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Number of members	137
Members	List of Countries
Chair	Mr Zbigniew Karnicki (Poland).
Secretary	Mr Hiromoto Watanabe
Working languages	Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Frequency of sessions	Normally one session during each biennium.
Next session	29th session, 31/1 – 4/2 2011
Previous session	28th session, 2-6 March 2009
Reports and Documents online	COFI 2009, COFI 2007, COFI 2005, COFI 2003, COFI 2001, COFI 1999, COFI 1997
Other Information	Officers of sessions Drafting Committees Drafting Committees by Region Rules of Procedure

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Committee on Fisheries
The responsibility of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) is to review the fisheries work programmes and their implementation, to conduct periodic general reviews of international fishery problems and to examine possible solutions for them. Its functions are enumerated in Rule XXX of the General Rules of the Organization. Interested members of FAO need to apply formally for membership. For more information contact the Committee secretary.
Contact
	Mr Hiromoto Watanabe Secretary, Committee on Fisheries


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