Publications
This document is the final report of the Thirty-fifth Session of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) convened in Cebu, the Philippines from 11 to 13 May 2018. The event was hosted by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Department of Agriculture, the Philippines. It was attended by 14 APFIC member countries, two non-APFIC FAO members and ten partner organizations....
This document has been developed in recognition of the increasingly diverse demands for water from irrigation systems and the need to introduce more holistic land uses into conventional irrigation management. Despite historical precedents the potential for the integration of fish production (capture fisheries and aquaculture)...
Asia has experienced rapid growth of aquaculture in the past four decades and this has significantly contributed to an increased supply of fish products for improved nutrition of the Asian people. It has also strongly benefitted the global seafood trade, local...
This document presents the final report of the Seventy-sixth Session of the Executive Committee of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) that was held in Manila, Philippines, from 21 to 23 February 2017. The APFIC Executive Committee at its Seventy-sixth Session comprised Philippines (Chair), Thailand (Vice-Chair), Viet Nam and Republic of Korea (Members), Sri Lanka (former Chair) and...
This is the final report of the Sixth Asia Pacific Fisheries Commission (APFIC) Regional Consultative Forum Meeting (RCFM) convened in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8-10 February 2016 under the theme “Promoting Blue Growth in fisheries and aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region”. The “Blue Sectors” of fisheries and aquaculture make a significant contribution to food and nutrition security and the...