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At its thirty-first Session, the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) reiterated its support for the continued development of the Global Record by FAO and some Members recognized the need for an advisory committee to clarify outstanding issues and to find a solution...

Whilst reiterating its support for the Global Record’s continued development by FAO, the thirty-first session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI), held in Rome (9 – 13 June 2014), commended FAO on the preparation of the strategy document and the...

Work on the Global Record has progressed since COFI 30 session in addressing all COFI requests. In addition, FAO is presenting a Strategy Document on the proposed way forward for the Global Record and is demonstrating a Prototype System at...

Delegations from Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam participated in the first expert workshop on the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels (Global Record) in...

The thirtieth session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI), held in Rome (9 – 13 July 2012), recognized the necessity of a global unique vessel identifier (UVI) as a key component of the Global Record project to identify and to...