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Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI)

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The Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI) works with Members and partners to transform aquatic systems and promote the responsible and sustainable management of aquatic food systems, for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life. Leaving no one behind.

Aquatic food systems are critical for global food security and nutrition. They are an essential resource as they support human well-being and sustain the lives and livelihoods of billions of people, in particular coastal and riparian communities that are vulnerable to poverty and malnutrition.

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture website

 
Konya, Turkey - Fishing boats stand by a cage culture where fish are held in floating net pens.
Sustainable Aquaculture

 
Area lead: Xinhua Yuan
Teams

Global and regional processes
Team leader: Matthias Halwart

National planning and development support
Team leader: Kwang Suk Oh

Technology and production
Team leader: Graham Mair

Samsun, Turkey - A local fisherman propelling his boat by punting a pole against the bed of the lake.
Sustainable Fisheries

 
Area lead: Vera Agostini
Teams

Assessment and management
Team leader: Pedro Barros

Equitable livelihoods
Team leader: Nicole Franz

Global and regional processes
Team leader: Matthew Camilleri

Technology and operations
Team leader: Raymon van Anrooy

Tokyo, Japan - Scenes from the Tsukiji market in Tokyo.
Sustainable Trade and Value Chains

Area lead: Audun Lem
Teams

Food safety, nutrition & health
Team leader: Melba Reantaso

Trade and markets
Team leader: Marcio Castro de Souza

Value chain development
Team leader: Nianjun Shen

Madagascar - Rice production and fish farming. Man fishing while a farmer weeds the nearby rice field.
Cross-cutting areas of  work

 
 
Area leads: Director and Deputy Directors

Teams

Resilience
Team leader: Kim Friedman

Statistics
Team leader: Stefania Vannuccini

Information and knowledge management
Team leader: Marc Taconet

Divisional support and project cycle unit
Team leader: Steven Ciocca

Gender
Focal point: Jennifer Gee

Port of Cherchell, Tipaza, Algeria. Trawling vessels.
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

Executive Secretary: Miguel Bernal

Teams

Fisheries
Team leader: Miguel Bernal (ad int.)

Aquaculture
Team leader: Housam Hamza

Compliance
Team leader: Miguel Bernal (ad int.)

Publications and Communication
Team leader: Dominique Bourdenet

Underwater, Malta - Bluefin Tuna is a species commonly farmed in pens outside the coast of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea.
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission

 
Executive Secretary: Paul De Bruyn

Teams

Science
Team leader: Paul De Bruyn (ad interim)

Data
Team leader: Fabio Fiorellato

Compliance
Team leader: Gerard Domingue

Administration
Team leader: Howard Whalley