Committee on Fisheries meeting 2-6 March at FAO's Rome headquarters
Millions of people in the developing world depend on fishing for food and income.
©Photo: ©FAO
FAO has released the newest edition of its The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report during the meeting of the 28th session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI, Rome, Italy 2-6 March).
Read the press release on the new SOFIA report: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/10270/icode/
Read the full report itself: http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0250e/i0250e00.htm
Watch a webcast of FAO's presentation of the SOFIA report: http://www.fao.org/webcast/
COFI meeting agenda: ftp://ftp.fao.org/fi/DOCUMENT/COFI/COFI_28/1e.pdf
COFI side events: http://www.fao.org/tempref/FI/DOCUMENT/COFI/COFI_28/side_events.pdf
Journalists wishing to accredit to cover COFI should contact the FAO media office at (+39) 06 570 53625 or [email protected].
For more information, contact:
George Kourous, FAO media relations (Rome, Italy)
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: (+39) 06.570.53168
Mobile: (+39) 348.141.6802
Skype: g_kourous