More than 160 representatives, including government officials, fishers and fisheries-related stakeholders, NGOs, CSOs, IGOs and academics from 42 countries gathered in Yeosu, Republic of Korea, in mid September. The meeting Tenure and User Rights in Fisheries 2018: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 looked at tenure and user rights in coastal, inland...

Marine and inland fisheries provide millions of people around the globe with food security and livelihood opportunities. Advancing knowledge on how the world's marine and inland capture fisheries are accessed, used, and managed using various types of rights-based approaches (RBAs) is a crucial step towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...

"The development of voluntary guidelines to ensure the sustainability of small-scale fisheries and their enhancement in a food security context are initiatives that secure the sustainable use of resources for all the small-scale fish workers and their communities," said Babacar Diop, an officer of the Senegalese Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy. Speaking at...

During the third day of COFI, an informal meeting on the SSF-GSF took place in FAO Headquarters. In 2016, the FAO Committee on Fisheries welcomed the development a Global Strategic Framework in Support of the SSF Guidelines (SSF-GSF), with the full and effective participation of all regions and in consultation...

The Committee on Fisheries (COFI), is the only global inter-governmental forum where major international fisheries and aquaculture problems and issues are examined and recommendations addressed to governments, regional fishery bodies, NGOs, fishworkers, FAO and international community, periodically on a world-wide basis. COFI will be an opportunity to exchange on progress...