The Food and Agriculture Organization Fisheries and Aquaculture Department recently prepared a series of press briefs on the state of the world fisheries and issues relating to sustainable fisheries. Please click the attachment below to view the briefs on:

- FAO's Brief on the State of World Marine Capture Fisheries
- FAO International Guidelines for the Management of Deep Sea Fisheries in the High Seas
- 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Combat IUU Fishing
- Flag State Performance

For more information on Port State Measures and Flag State Performance, please contact Mr. David Doulman, Senior Fishery Liaison Officer, Policy, Economics Institutions Service of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.
Address: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy
Phone: +39 06 5705 6752
Email: david.doulman@fao.org
http://www.fao.org/fishery/en

For more information on the State of World Marine Capture Fisheries, please contact Yimin Ye, Senior Fishery Resources Officer, Resource Use and Conservation Division of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.
Address: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy.
Phone: +39 06 5705 4592
Email: yimin.ye@fao.org
http://www.fao.org/fishery/en

For more information on the Management of Deep-Sea Fishereis in the High Seas, please contact: Jessica Sanders, Fisheries Management and Conservation Officer, Economics and Policy Division of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, or Merete Tandstad, Fishery Resources Officer, Marine and Inland Fisheries Service of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.
Address: Vialle delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy
Phone: +39 06 5705 4610; + 39 06 5705 2019
Email: jessica.sanders@fao.org; merete.tandstad@fao.org
http://www.fao.org/fishery/en