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Regional Fishery Body Secretariat's Network. Membership

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 70 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-130752-6

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This publication introduces the Regional Fishery Body Secretariats' Network (RSN), its foundation by FAO, its role and developments, as well as its members and partners from around the world. The FAO RSN Secretariat develops this publication following the advice of COFI 32 on the needed of visibility to the work of the RSN as well as its members, the regional fishery bodies (RFBs) and regional fishery management organizations (RFMOs); and considering the increasing importance of these actors in regional cooperation and, in the international agenda, for delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This publication offers a map of the RSN membership, and a short presentation and general overview of the current 58 RSN members, including references to their members, mandate, area of competence and species.

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