Report of the Twenty-Ninth Session of the Committee on Fisheries. Rome, 31 January– 4 February 2011

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 973 FIPI/R973 (En)

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Report of the twenty-ninth session of the

COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES

Rome, 31 January–4 February 2011

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Report of the twenty-ninth session of the

COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES

Rome, 31 January–4 February 2011

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ABSTRACT

The twenty-ninth session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) was held in Rome, Italy, from 31 January to 4 February 2011. The Committee reviewed issues of an international character and the FAO programme of work in fisheries and aquaculture. The Committee agreed that additional efforts were required to broaden and intensify the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and related instruments. The Committee adopted the Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Inland Capture Fisheries and recommended that FAO develop an Evaluation Framework to Assess the Conformity of Public and Private Ecolabelling Schemes with the relevant FAO Guidelines. The Committee approved the FAO Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification and recommended that FAO develop an evaluation framework to assess the conformity of public and private certification schemes with the Guidelines. The Committee agreed that port State measures were a potent and cost-effective tool to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and recognized the critical role of capacity development. The Committee reiterated its support for the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels as one of the useful tools to combat IUU. The Committee noted FAO’s roadmap for fisheries, aquaculture and climate change. The Committee supported FAO’s role and effort to improve the integration of fisheries and aquaculture development and management, biodiversity conservation and environmental protection and reaffirmed FAO as the primary source of scientific expertise and advice regarding global issues on fisheries and aquaculture. The Committee endorsed the International Guidelines on Bycatch Management and Reduction of Discards. The Committee approved the development of a new international instrument on small-scale fisheries in the form of international guidelines. The Committee also agreed to the establishment and implementation of a global assistance programme. The Committee expressed its support for the Organization-wide reforms, including the new Strategic Framework and agreed with the proposed priorities, including areas for emphasis and de-emphasis, while it took note of some conflicting views regarding these priorities.

CONTENTS

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GLOBAL POLICY AND REGULATORY MATTERS FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE CONFERENCE vii

PROGRAMME AND BUDGETARY MATTERS FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL ix

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OPENING OF THE SESSION 1–3

ELECTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS AND DESIGNATION OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE 4–5

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SESSION 6

PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR RESPONSIBLE FISHERIES AND RELATED INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL PLANS OF ACTION AND STRATEGIES, AND OTHER MATTERS 7–12

DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TWELFTH SESSION OF THE COFI SUB-COMMITTEE ON FISH TRADE, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, 26–30 APRIL 2010 13–16

DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE COFI SUB-COMMITTEE ON AQUACULTURE, PHUKET, THAILAND, 27 SEPTEMBER–1 OCTOBER 2010 17–29

PROGRESS MADE WITH REGARD TO MEASURES AGAINST ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED AND UNREGULATED (IUU) FISHING, INCLUDING PORT STATE MEASURES, FLAG STATE PERFORMANCE, MARKET-RELATED MEASURES AND DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL RECORD OF FISHING VESSELS, REFRIGERATED TRANSPORT VESSELS AND SUPPLY VESSELS 30–38

FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE IN OUR CHANGING CLIMATE: ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION MEASURES IN FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE 39–44

FAO’S ROLE FOR IMPROVED INTEGRATION OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 45–52

GOOD PRACTICES IN THE GOVERNANCE OF SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES: SHARING OF EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED IN RESPONSIBLE FISHERIES FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 53–60

FAO'S PROGRAMME OF WORK IN FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE 61–67

ANY OTHER MATTERS 68–70

DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT SESSION 71

APPENDIXES Page

A Agenda 13

B List of delegates and observers 14

C List of documents 55

D Opening remarks by Ms Ann Tutwiler, FAO Deputy Director- General (Knowledge) 57

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GLOBAL POLICY AND REGULATORY MATTERS FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE CONFERENCE

The Committee: i) Agreed that additional efforts were required to broaden and deepen the implementation of the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (the Code) and its associated instruments (para. 7). ii) Endorsed the report of the twelfth session of the Sub-Committee on Fish Trade, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26−30 April 2010 (para. 13a). iii) Adopted the Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Inland Capture Fisheries (para. 13c). iv) Agreed to continue FAO collaboration with the World Trade Organization (WTO) on issues related to trade in fish and fishery products, and in particular the ongoing negotiations on fisheries subsidies (para. 13d). v) Approved the FAO Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification (para. 21). vi) Adopted the report of the fifth session of the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture (para. 29). vii) Agreed that illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing continued to be a major global threat to the long-term sustainable management of fisheries and the maintenance of productive and healthy ecosystems (para. 30). viii) Agreed that port State measures were a potent and cost-effective tool to combat IUU fishing (para. 31). ix) Reiterated its support for the Global Record as one of the useful tools to combat IUU fishing (para. 36). x) Agreed that better coordination between UN organizations and agencies was required and encouraged FAO to improve interagency coordination and look for stronger synergies (para. 41). xi) Requested FAO to continue efforts to raise the profile of the sector, including in the preparations for the Conference of the Parties (COP) 17 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (para. 42). xii) Recommended that FAO continues to play a leading role in promoting and raising awareness about the Code and the benefits and sustainability arising from responsible fisheries and aquaculture (para. 47). xiii) Endorsed the International Guidelines on Bycatch Management and Reduction of Discards (para. 50). xiv) Agreed that FAO should continue to give high priority to small-scale fisheries and ensure adequate visibility for them, particularly in relevant international fora which dealt directly or indirectly with these fisheries (para. 54). xv) Approved the development of a new international instrument on small-scale fisheries that would draw on relevant existing instruments, complementing the Code (para. 56).

viii xvi) Agreed that the new instrument should be voluntary in nature, address both inland and marine fisheries and focus on the needs of developing countries (para. 56). xvii) Recommended that all stakeholders should be associated, as appropriate, with its development (para. 56). xviii) Agreed that the new instrument should take the form of international guidelines, rather than an international plan of action or a new Code article (para. 57). xix) Agreed on the need to strengthen the conditions of safety at sea in particular with regard to small-scale fisheries (para. 59). xx) Agreed that FAO, through its Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, and in particular the Assistant Director-General for Fisheries and Aquaculture, should play a proactive advocacy role about fisheries and aquaculture issues, within their respective mandates, through regular high-level, direct contacts with Members and stakeholders, especially with regard to promoting the implementation of the Code and its related instruments, and proposing priority areas of work (para 67).

PROGRAMME AND BUDGETARY MATTERS FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL

The Committee i) Requested FAO to prepare a report on the extent of the implementation of the 1999 FAO International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (IPOA-Sharks), and the challenges being faced by Members in implementing the instrument, for presentation to the thirtieth ession of COFI (para. 8j). ii) Requested FAO support in capacity-building to implement the ecosystem approach to inland fisheries (para. 9). iii) Requested FAO to study the possibility of funding under the Regular Programme the FAO Expert Advisory Panel for Assessment of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) listing proposals for commercially- exploited aquatic species (para. 15). iv) Recommended that more emphasis should be given to FAO’s work towards the development of aquaculture in Africa, Latin America, small-island developing States (SIDS) and Central Asia and the Caucasus and Near East (para. 18). v) Recommended that in the future FAO Programme of Work and Budget (PWB), greater priority be given to the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department for its work on aquaculture (para. 19). vi) Recommended that the new reporting questionnaire on aquaculture be simplified, finalized and implemented (para. 20). vii) Recommended that FAO develop an evaluation framework to assess the conformity of public and private certification schemes with the FAO aquaculture certification guidelines (para. 23). viii) Strongly recommended that assistance be provided to address the two fast spreading diseases of Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) in freshwater fish in Southern Africa and Infectious Myonecrosis Virus in shrimp in Southeast Asia (para. 24). ix) Requested FAO to report to the thirtieth session of COFI concerning progress with the implementation of its capacity-development work to support port State measures (para. 32). x) Requested FAO to form an open-ended working group or similar mechanism to draft terms of reference for the ad hoc working group envisioned in Article 21 of the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (para. 33). xi) Welcomed the arrangements made to convene the FAO Technical Consultation on Flag State Performance in May 2011 (para. 34). xii) Reiterated its support for the Global Record as one of the useful tools to combat IUU fishing (para. 36).

x xiii) Recommended that FAO:

• continue efforts to keep Members informed about the implications of climate change for fisheries and aquaculture, based on the best available scientific information and the needs of vulnerable nations and developing countries; • provide Members with information on possible fishing industry contributions to climate change and on technologies and ways to reduce the sector’s reliance on, and consumption of, fossil fuels, respecting the principles embodied within the UNFCCC; • continue and strengthen support to Members and especially developing countries, particularly in relation to adaptation, including facilitating access of these countries to UN adaptation funds for fisheries and aquaculture; and • help to raise the profile and awareness of the role of fisheries and aquaculture regarding food security under climate change, considering that important terrestrial food sources could be seriously affected in many areas (para. 40g). xiv) Recommended that FAO:

• collaborate with relevant international organizations, for example, CITES, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to build and share information, create synergies and provide coherent guidance; • continue its efforts to work with and strengthen RFBs; and • continue to collaborate with non-governmental organizations (para. 46). xv) Recommended that FAO provide support in capacity building and implementation of the International Guidelines on Bycatch Management and Reduction of Discards and ensure that the guidelines do not become barriers to international trade (para. 50). xvi) Approved the development of a new international instrument on small-scale fisheries that would draw on relevant existing instruments, complementing the Code (para. 56). xvii) Agreed to the establishment and implementation of a global assistance programme along the thematic areas proposed in document COFI/2011/8 (para. 60). xviii) Agreed with the priorities, including areas for emphasis and de-emphasis, as described in document COFI/2011/9 (para. 61). xix) Agreed that activities of a continuing nature linked to FAO’s prime responsibilities and core functions should primarily be funded by the Regular Programme funds (para. 62). xx) Agreed to de-emphasize the convening of the Global Conference on Fleet Capacity, without prejudice to the general work on fishing capacity (para. 63). xxi) Did not support the proposed de-emphasis of the issues related to safety at sea for fishing vessels (para. 63). xxii) Agreed to review its practices including its rules of procedure at its thirtieth session in 2012 (para. 66). xxiii) Approved Sri Lanka’s proposal to convene an Asia Regional Ministerial Meeting entitled “Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Economic Development” and to request for FAO to be a partner in this activity, along with the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia- Pacific (NACA) (para. 68). xxiv) Agreed that the thirtieth session of COFI should be held at FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy, from 9 to 13 July 2012 (para. 71).

OPENING OF THE SESSION

1. The Committee on Fisheries (COFI) held its twenty-ninth session in Rome from 31 January to 4 February 2011. The session was attended by 115 Members of the Committee, by observers from two other FAO Member Nations, one Associated Member, the Holy See, by representatives from five specialized agencies of the United Nations and by observers from 64 intergovernmental and international non-governmental organizations. A list of delegates and observers is attached as Appendix B.

2. Mr Zbigniew Karnicki, Chairperson, twenty-eighth session of COFI opened the session welcoming the record number of participants to COFI. He congratulated the new Assistant Director-General of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Mr Árni M. Mathiesen upon his appointment and thanked the former Assistant Director-General, Mr Ichiro Nomura, for his good leadership of the Department during 2000−2010.

3. Ms Ann Tutwiler, Deputy Director-General (Knowledge) delivered a statement on behalf of Mr Jacques Diouf, Director-General of FAO. The text of her statement is attached as Appendix D. Mr Mathiesen proceeded to introduce the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2010 (SOFIA) and to present its main findings.

ELECTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS AND DESIGNATION OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE

4. The Committee elected Mr Mohammed Pourkazemi (Iran, Islamic Republic of) as Chairperson and Mr Johán H. Williams (Norway) as First Vice-Chairperson. Canada, Chile, India, Spain and Zimbabwe were elected as Vice-Chairpersons.

5. The following Members were elected to the Drafting Committee: United States of America (Chair), Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Congo (Republic of), Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Russian Federation, Sweden and Syrian Arab Republic.

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SESSION

6. The Committee adopted the Agenda and Timetable for the session. The Agenda is given in Appendix A to this Report. The list of documents which were placed before the Committee is shown in Appendix C.

PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR RESPONSIBLE FISHERIES AND RELATED INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL PLANS OF ACTION AND STRATEGIES, AND OTHER MATTERS

7. The Committee recognized that progress was being made to implement the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (the Code) and its associated instruments but agreed that additional efforts were required to broaden and deepen implementation. The Committee expressed disappointment that only 36 percent of FAO Members had responded to the questionnaire. The Committee strongly urged all Members to respond to the questionnaire as a means of demonstrating their commitment to the Code’s implementation.

8. In relation to the Code’s implementation, the Committee: (a) noted the importance of incorporating the Code’s principles into national policy and legislation to promote a solid base for the long-term sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture; (b) stressed the need to involve all stakeholders; (c) underscored the importance of using information collected from the Code’s questionnaire to identify implementation challenges, linkages to FAO’s technical assistance programme, and to quantify and assess progress and results achieved; (d) encouraged Members to improve and extend the collection and analysis of information to support enhanced conservation and management; (e) urged Members to ensure that the best scientific advice available underpins the elaboration of conservation and management measures; (f) agreed that the use of traditional knowledge could, as appropriate, play an important role in elaborating conservation and management measures in small- scale fisheries; (g) encouraged Members to apply widely the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) and aquaculture (EAA) and the precautionary approach; (h) underlined the need for FAO to continue to promote the implementation of the international plans of action (IPOAs). In particular, the Committee recognized the threats posed to sustainable fisheries by illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and fleet overcapacity; (i) underlined the need to enhance the ability of developing countries to develop their own fisheries as well as to participate in high seas fisheries including access to such fisheries; (j) FAO was requested to prepare a report on the extent of the implementation of the 1999 FAO International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (IPOA-Sharks), and the challenges being faced by Members in implementing the instrument, for presentation to the Thirtieth Session of COFI; (k) recognized the importance of monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS), including vessel monitoring systems (VMS), to improve fisheries conservation and management; and (l) noted that some Members and regional fishery bodies (RFBs) were implementing marine protected areas (MPAs) as a tool to support more effective fisheries conservation and management.

9. The Committee acknowledged that not all countries had equivalent capacity to implement the Code. The Committee stressed the need for well-targeted capacity development activities to be continued and strengthened. This should include, inter alia, technical assistance to support the implementation of the IPOAs and the EAF and EAA. The Committee reiterated the importance of inland fisheries and the challenges facing them, and requested FAO support in capacity-building to implement the ecosystem approach to inland fisheries. The Committee also encouraged initiatives to facilitate technology transfer to developing countries and regional workshops to promote the Code’s implementation. The Committee recognized the assistance provided to developing countries by FAO’s FishCode Programme.

10. The Committee expressed its concern about the challenges posed by piracy to the responsible management of fisheries in the Indian Ocean. The Committee acknowledged that piracy was creating an additional burden for fishery administrations, making it more difficult to manage fisheries as human and financial resources were diverted to other uses.

11. The Committee welcomed the positive results of the 2010 pilot test of the electronic Code questionnaire and agreed that it should be implemented for the 2012 COFI session. However, the Committee was aware that Members would continue to have the option to complete the questionnaire in paper copy if they preferred.

12. The Committee welcomed the ongoing collaboration between FAO, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in relation to safety at sea. The Committee encouraged the continuation of such collaboration and existing activities.

DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TWELFTH SESSION OF THE COFI SUB-COMMITTEE ON FISH TRADE, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, 26−30 APRIL 2010

13. The Committee agreed to: (a) endorse the report of the twelfth session of the Sub-Committee on Fish Trade, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26−30 April 2010; (b) refer the report of the Expert Consultation to Develop an FAO Evaluation Framework to Assess the Conformity of Public and Private Ecolabelling Schemes with the FAO Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries, Rome, 24−26 November 2010, to the thirteenth session of the Sub-Committee on Fish Trade for further guidance and follow-up action, including consideration of the need to convene a Technical Consultation on this matter; (c) adopt the Guidelines as contained in Appendix E of the Report of the Expert Consultation on the Development of Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Inland Capture Fisheries, Rome, 25−27 May 2010; (d) continue FAO collaboration with the World Trade Organization (WTO) on issues related to trade in fish and fishery products, and in particular the ongoing negotiations on fisheries subsidies; and (e) accept the offer made by India to host the thirteenth session of the Sub-Committee on Fish Trade.

14. The Committee expressed the view that: (a) technical aspects related to trade and management should be considered by the FAO Expert Advisory Panel for Assessment of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) listing proposals for commercially-exploited aquatic species in accordance with the existing terms of reference; (b) FAO should initiate work to develop international best practices guidelines for traceability of fish and fishery products in order to facilitate coherence of different traceability systems; (c) FAO should continue to provide input to improve the classification of fish and fishery products in the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System) and provide technical assistance to developing countries implementing new Harmonized System codes; and (d) FAO should monitor and analyse the impact of international trade in fish and fishery products on food security.

15. The Committee requested FAO to study the possibility of funding under the Regular Programme the FAO Expert Advisory Panel for Assessment of CITES listing proposals for commercially-exploited aquatic species.

16. The Committee thanked the Government of Argentina for hosting the twelfth session of the Sub-Committee on Fish Trade.

DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE COFI SUB-COMMITTEE ON AQUACULTURE, PHUKET, THAILAND, 27 SEPTEMBER−1 OCTOBER 2010

17. The Committee recognized the growing importance of aquaculture for food and nutrition security, poverty alleviation, employment creation and its overall social and economic benefits to the people worldwide. The Committee emphasized the need for better management of the sector to ensure its sustainable growth.

18. The Committee recommended that more emphasis should be given to FAO’s work towards the development of aquaculture in Africa, Latin America, small island developing States (SIDS) and Central Asia and the Caucasus and Near East. The Committee recognized the importance of the regional approach to aquaculture and emphasized that it should be targeted in FAO’s future activities.

19. Considering the growing demand for technical assistance by Members for sustainable development and management of aquaculture, the Committee recommended that in the future FAO Programme of Work and Budget (PWB) greater priority be given to the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department for its work on aquaculture.

20. The Committee emphasized the importance of improving the Members responses to FAO reporting on progress in the implementation of the aquaculture provisions of the Code and recommended that the new reporting questionnaire on aquaculture be simplified, finalized and implemented.

21. The Committee approved the FAO Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification.

22. The Committee noted that the implementation of the Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification shall be gradual. The Committee recognized the existing standards and guidelines set by international organizations and instruments such as the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) for aquatic animal health and welfare, CODEX Alimentarius Commission for Food Safety and ILO for socio-economic aspects. However, in the absence of a precise international reference framework for the implementation of some specific minimum criteria contained in the Guidelines, it will be necessary to develop, at a multilateral level and in coordination with the relevant intergovernmental organizations, appropriate standards, in order to ensure that the certification systems do not become unnecessary barriers to trade and remain consistent with the reference international standards, in particular with the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade of the WTO. The Committee also noted the need for the provision of assistance for capacity development in developing countries.

23. The Committee recommended that FAO develop an evaluation framework to assess the conformity of public and private certification schemes with the FAO aquaculture certification guidelines

24. The Committee underscored the necessity for improving biosecurity in aquaculture and strongly recommended that assistance be provided to address the two fast spreading diseases of Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) in freshwater fish in Southern Africa and Infectious Myonecrosis Virus in shrimp in Southeast Asia. The Committee also stressed the importance of understanding the interactions between wild capture fisheries and aquaculture as well as cooperation with other international organizations involved in biosecurity issues.

25. The Committee stressed the importance of promoting the use of indigenous aquatic species in aquaculture and requested FAO’s assistance for this purpose.

26. The Committee appreciated the establishment of regional aquaculture networks in Latin America and Africa and recommended that assistance be provided to improve their contribution to aquaculture development in those regions.

27. The Committee thanked the Government of Thailand for hosting the fifth session of the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture.

28. The Committee accepted the offer by South Africa to host the Sixth Session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, in Cape Town, 2−6 April 2012.

29. The Committee adopted the report of the fifth session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture.

30. The Committee agreed that IUU fishing continued to be a major global threat to the long-term sustainable management of fisheries and the maintenance of productive and healthy ecosystems. The Committee noted that developing countries in particular were impacted by IUU fishing. The Committee also noted that many Members were taking action to combat it.

31. The Committee agreed that port State measures were a potent and cost-effective tool to combat IUU fishing. The Committee noted the adoption of the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (the Agreement), noting that many Members had their domestic processes in train for the ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to the Agreement.

32. The Committee recognized the critical role of capacity development as a means of assisting developing countries to combat IUU fishing through port State measures. The Committee welcomed FAO’s capacity-development initiatives and noted that there was strong support for FAO to commence preparatory work aimed at the future implementation of Article 21 of the Agreement. The Committee requested FAO to report to the thirtieth session

6 of COFI concerning progress with the implementation of its capacity-development work to support port State measures.

33. The Committee supported the statement concerning the Agreement by the Africa Group that requested the Committee to support the rapid implementation and entry into force of the Agreement. The Committee requested FAO to form an open-ended working group or similar mechanism to draft terms of reference for the ad hoc working group envisioned in Article 21 of the Agreement. This group would also assess capacity needs and explore funding mechanisms.

34. Considering that compliance by flag States with their duties under international law is an essential factor in achieving sustainable fisheries and combating IUU fishing, the Committee welcomed the arrangements made to convene the FAO Technical Consultation on Flag State Performance in May 2011.

35. With respect to market-related measures to combat IUU fishing the Committee urged Members to ensure that such measures were clear and as simple as possible, did not become unnecessary barriers to trade and were implemented in a fair, transparent and non- discriminatory manner with adequate prior consultation between exporting and importing States. The Committee also encouraged FAO to provide technical assistance to developing countries to support the implementation of market-related measures to combat IUU fishing.

36. The Committee noted the recommendations of the November 2010 Technical Consultation on the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels (Global Record), and reiterated its support for the Global Record as one of the useful tools to combat IUU fishing. The Committee also recognized the need for further work to refine some of the terms used in the recommendations for establishing the Global Record.

37. The Committee recognized that the Global Record should be developed as a voluntary initiative under FAO’s supervision with a need for flexibility and a phased approach to implementation. The Committee indicated that the development of the Global Record should be done in a cost-effective manner, taking advantage of existing systems and information technology (IT) platforms, where possible. To achieve efficiencies, the Committee proposed that FAO further consults with other organizations, particularly IMO, IHS-Fairplay and regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs), as appropriate. To support the Global Record as a long-term initiative, the Committee indicated its preference for the use of FAO Regular Programme funds to the extent possible, supplemented as required, by extra- budgetary funding.

38. The Committee recognized that capacity development in the management of fisheries is an essential aspect to the assistance to be provided to developing countries for their participation in the Global Record.

FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE IN OUR CHANGING CLIMATE: ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION MEASURES IN FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE

39. The Committee recognized the significant activities undertaken by FAO during the intersessional period regarding climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation.

40. The Committee recommended: (a) that Members should intensify their efforts to assess environmental and anthropogenic factors affecting aquatic ecosystems including changes in migratory patterns of fish species and other adverse impacts including ocean acidification, and should consider these in management approaches; (b) that FAO should continue efforts to keep Members informed about the implications of climate change for fisheries and aquaculture, based on the best available scientific information and the needs of vulnerable nations and developing countries; (c) that emphasis should be placed on the ecological and economic resilience of fisheries and aquaculture operations and the communities that depend on them; (d) that FAO should provide Members with information on possible fishing industry contributions to climate change and on technologies and ways to reduce the sector’s reliance on, and consumption of, fossil fuels, respecting the principles embodied within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); (e) while recognizing the global nature of climate change, it was necessary to downscale the analysis of, and responses to, climate change impacts at the national and regional levels. Regional bodies and organizations should play a leading role in coordinating actions by countries in their region; (f) taking note of the urgent need of many Members for technical assistance, that FAO should continue and strengthen support to Members and especially developing countries, particularly in relation to adaptation, including facilitating access of these countries to UN adaptation funds for fisheries and aquaculture; and (g) that FAO should help to raise the profile and awareness of the role of fisheries and aquaculture regarding food security under climate change, considering that important terrestrial food sources could be seriously affected in many areas.

41. The Committee agreed that better coordination between UN organizations and agencies is required and encouraged FAO to improve interagency coordination and look for stronger synergies.

42. The Committee agreed that marginalization of fisheries and aquaculture is a major problem and requested FAO to continue efforts to raise the profile of the sector, including in the preparations for the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) 17.

43. The Committee highlighted the role of large marine ecosystems as a relevant scale to address climate change and the need to implement concerted and harmonized management approaches by countries with shared ecosystems and stocks.

44. The Committee noted FAO’s roadmap for fisheries, aquaculture and climate change, encouraged its further development and recommended that appropriate funding be provided. The Committee further noted that such work should be complementary to other core areas of

work such as the implementation of, and compliance with, the Code as well as the implementation of EAF and EAA.

FAO’S ROLE FOR IMPROVED INTEGRATION OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

45. The Committee supported FAO’s efforts to improve the integration of fisheries and aquaculture development and management with environmental protection and conservation of biological diversity.

46. The Committee reaffirmed that FAO is the primary source of scientific expertise and advice regarding global issues on fisheries and aquaculture. The Committee recognized that the mandates of several international organizations are relevant to some aspects of fisheries and aquaculture. To increase sustainable use and conservation of aquatic resources, the Committee recommended that FAO: (a) collaborates with relevant international organizations, for example, CITES, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to build and share information, create synergies and provide coherent guidance; (b) continues its efforts to work with and strengthen RFBs; and (c) continues to collaborate with non-governmental organizations.

47. The Committee recognized the important role that fisheries and aquaculture play in providing food security and economic opportunities and recommended that FAO continues to play a leading role in promoting and raising awareness about the Code and the benefits and sustainability arising from responsible fisheries and aquaculture.

48. The Committee reaffirmed the relevance of the EAF and EAA and endorsed the approach as the appropriate framework to assist with this integration. Furthermore, some specific activities relevant to biodiversity conservation were highlighted, including: (a) establishing MPAs, including MPA networks; (b) carrying out restocking programmes to support depleted populations of wild stocks; (c) identification and protection of fish refugia; (d) carrying out impact assessments; and (e) continuing action to implement the FAO guidelines on deep sea fisheries.

49. The Committee took note of the needs of developing countries in relation to the necessity to strengthen their technical capacities in order to ensure a better implementation of the working framework deriving from the EAF and EAA.

50. The Committee adopted the Report of the Technical Consultation to Develop International Guidelines on Bycatch Management and Reduction of Discards1 and endorsed the International Guidelines on Bycatch Management and Reduction of Discards contained therein. The Committee further recommended that FAO provides support in capacity building

1 FAO. 2011. Report of the Technical Consultation to Develop International Guidelines on Bycatch Management and Reduction of Discards. Rome, 6–10 December 2010. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 957. Rome, FAO. 32p.

and implementation of these guidelines and ensure that the guidelines do not become barriers to international trade. The Committee thanked the Government of Norway for its leadership in this process.

51. The Committee noted that Iceland endorsed the Guidelines noting that it was a voluntary instrument, and that their understanding of the term “their objectives” in paragraph 3.1.1 related to the objectives of the competent national fisheries management authority.

52. The Committee noted that some Members reiterated that references in the Guidelines to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) did not prejudice the position of any State with respect to signature, ratification or accession to this instrument, and that some Members also reiterated that references in the Guidelines to the 1995 UN Fish Stocks Agreement did not imply that this Agreement may apply to States that had not expressed their consent to be bound by it.

GOOD PRACTICES IN THE GOVERNANCE OF SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES: SHARING OF EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED IN RESPONSIBLE FISHERIES FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

53. The Committee welcomed the conclusions and recommendations stemming from an extensive process of consultation, including three regional workshops, with the effective participation of stakeholders.

54. The Committee agreed on the important role played by the small-scale fisheries sector, particularly for developing countries in the context of food security and poverty alleviation. The Committee noted that often this importance was not recognized and due attention was not given to the needs of small-scale fishers and their communities. The Committee further agreed that FAO should continue to give high priority to small-scale fisheries and ensure adequate visibility for them, particularly in relevant international fora which dealt directly or indirectly with these fisheries.

55. The Committee recognized the need to take account of the heterogeneity, diversity and complexity of the small-scale fisheries sector, including its cross-sectoral and gender dimensions, when defining policies and measures. The Committee noted the concern about the need for clarification of the term “small-scale fisheries”.

56. Consistent with the conclusions and recommendations of the regional workshops, the Committee approved the development of a new international instrument on small-scale fisheries that would draw on relevant existing instruments, complementing the Code. The Committee agreed that the new instrument should be voluntary in nature, address both inland and marine fisheries and focus on the needs of developing countries. The Committee indicated some preliminary issues to be addressed in this instrument, recommending that all stakeholders should be associated, as appropriate, with its development.

57. The Committee agreed that the new instrument should take the form of international guidelines, rather than an international plan of action or a new Code article.

58. The Committee noted the proposal made by some Members to establish a COFI Sub- Committee on Small-scale Fisheries.

59. The Committee agreed on the need to strengthen the conditions of safety at sea in particular with regard to small-scale fisheries.

60. The Committee agreed to the establishment and implementation of a global assistance programme along the thematic areas proposed.2

FAO’S PROGRAMME OF WORK IN FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE

61. The Committee expressed its support for the Organization-wide reforms, including the new Strategic Framework, and welcomed the approach taken in the preparation of document COFI/2011/9.

62. The Committee agreed with the priorities, including areas for emphasis and de- emphasis, as described in the document. In particular, the Committee agreed that activities of a continuing nature linked to FAO’s prime responsibilities and core functions should primarily be funded by the Regular Programme funds.

63. The Committee agreed to de-emphasize the convening of the Global Conference on Fleet Capacity, without prejudice to the general work on fishing capacity. The Committee did not support the proposed de-emphasis of the issues related to safety at sea for fishing vessels.

64. The Committee took note of some conflicting views that were expressed regarding the emphasis or de-emphasis given to specific areas or activities such as deep-sea fisheries.

65. The Committee also took note of the way in which extra-budgetary resources are related to the regular budget and stressed that, as a matter of principle, extra-budgetary funds should be allocated to priority areas as identified in the PWB.

66. The Committee agreed to review its practices including its rules of procedure at its thirtieth session in 2012.

67. The Committee agreed that FAO, through its Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, and in particular the Assistant Director-General for Fisheries and Aquaculture, should play a proactive advocacy role about fisheries and aquaculture issues, within their respective mandates, through regular high-level, direct contacts with Members and stakeholders, especially with regard to promoting implementation of the Code and its related instruments, and proposing priority areas of work.

ANY OTHER MATTERS

68. In a statement to the Committee, Sri Lanka advised that it recognized fisheries and aquaculture as a priority sector within the national plan of development under its Presidential Vision. Sri Lanka informed the Committee about its intention to convene an Asia Regional Ministerial Meeting entitled “Aquaculture Development for Food Security and Economic Development”, to discuss, decide and develop a mutually-beneficial regional partnership to ensure responsible, sustainable, viable and profitable development of Asian aquaculture. Sri Lanka requested FAO to be a partner in this activity, along with the Network of

2 COFI/2011/8.

Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA). Upon request of the Committee, Thailand clarified that there was a similar event scheduled in Thailand in June 2011, the ASEAN- SEAFDEC Conference on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security Towards 2020 “Fish for the People 2020: Adaptation to a Changing Environment”. The Committee approved Sri Lanka’s proposal.

69. The Committee heard a statement of the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture of Congo (Republic of) in his current role as Chair of the Regional Fisheries Commission for the Gulf of Guinea (COREP). The Committee was advised that COREP’s scope of work included assessment of fish resources and knowledge of stock dynamics of commercial resources for the management of the Gulf of Guinea fisheries resources. COREP gave high priority to both fisheries and aquaculture development. The Minister’s statement encouraged Members and FAO to collaborate with, and support activities of, COREP. The Committee noted that Members were invited to participate in the forthcoming COREP Regional Scientific Conference on Fisheries and Aquaculture to be held in Central Africa in November 2011.

70. The delegate of the Kyrgyz Republic, also speaking on behalf of Azerbaijan and Turkey, informed the Committee about the importance of recreational fisheries in the Central Asian and Caucasus Region and requested that global attention be given to the collection of data and information to enable proper management of these fisheries. The delegate encouraged FAO to make more effective use of RFMOs concerning the increasing awareness and implementation of the Code and related instruments.

DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT SESSION

71. The Committee agreed that the thirtieth session of COFI should be held at FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy, from 9 to 13 July 2012.

APPENDIX A

Agenda

1. Opening of the session

2. Election of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons and designation of Drafting Committee

3. Adoption of the Agenda and arrangements for the Session

4. Progress in the Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and related instruments, including International Plans of Action and Strategies, and other matters

5. Decisions and recommendations of the twelfth session of the COFI Sub- Committee on Fish Trade, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26–30 April 2010

6. Decisions and recommendations of the fifth session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, Phuket, Thailand, 27 September–1 October 2010

7. Progress made with regard to measures against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, including port State measures, flag State performance, market- related measures and development of a Comprehensive Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels

8. Fisheries and aquaculture in our changing climate: adaptation and mitigation measures in fisheries and aquaculture

9. FAO’s role for improved integration of fisheries and aquaculture development and management, biodiversity conservation and environmental protection

10. Good practices in the governance of small-scale fisheries: Sharing of experiences and lessons learned in responsible fisheries for social and economic development

11. FAO’s Programme of Work in fisheries and aquaculture

12. Any other matters

13. Date and place of the next session

14. Adoption of the report

APPENDIX B List of delegates and observers

MEMBERS OF THE Abdel-Nasser ZAIR ARGENTINA/ARGENTINE COMMITTEE/ Inspecteur général MEMBRES DU COMITÉ/ Ministère algérien de la pêche Marcelo SANTOS MIEMBROS DEL COMITÉ et des ressources halieutiques Director Nacional de Alger Coordinación Pesquera AFGHANISTAN/ Phone: +213 21 433160 Subsecretaría de Pesca y AFGANISTÁN Fax: +213 21 433179 Acuicultura E-mail: [email protected] Secretaría de Agricultura, Abdul Razak AYAZI Ganadería y Pesca Agriculture Attaché ANGOLA Ministerio de Agricultura, Alternate Permanent Ganadería y Pesca Representative to FAO Maria Esperanca PIRES DOS Buenos Aires Permanent Representation to SANTOS Phone: +54 11 43492331 FAO Directeur national des pêches Fax: +54 11 4349267 Embassy of the Islamic Ministère de l'agriculture, E-mail: marcsan@ Republic of Afghanistan développement rural et pêche minagri.gob.ar Rome, Italie Luanda Phone: +39 06 8611009 Phone: +244 012243214 María del Carmen SQUEFF Fax: +39 06 86322939 E-mail: esperancamaria2000@ Representante Permanente E-mail: [email protected] yahoo.com.br Alterno ante la FAO Representación Permanente ALGERIA/ALGÉRIE/ Carlos Alberto AMARAL ante la FAO ARGELIA Conseiller Encargado de Negocios a.i. Représentant permanent Embajada de la República Azeddine RIACHE auprès de la FAO Argentina Conseiller des affaires Représentation permanente Roma, Italia étrangères auprès de la FAO Phone: +39 06 48073300 Représentant permanent Rome, Italie Fax: +39 06 48906984 auprès de la FAO Phone: +39 348 8142566 E-mail: [email protected] Représentation permanente Fax: +39 06 772695241 auprès de la FAO E-mail: Holger MARTINSEN Ambassade de la République [email protected] Dirección General de algérienne démocratique et Consejería Legal populaire Isabel RANGEL Ministerio de Relaciones Rome, Italie Chercheur Exteriores, Comercio Phone: +39 06 44202533 Institut national de recherche Internacional y Culto E-mail: de la pêche Buenos Aires embassy@algerianemnassy Luanda Phone: +54 11 48198008 Phone: +244 2309732 E-mail: [email protected] Karima BOUBEKEUR Fax: +244 2309731 Secrétaire E-mail: bimamenezs@ Ramiro SANCHEZ Représentant permanent hotmail.com Director Nacional de auprès de la FAO Planificación Pesquera Représentation permanente Subsecretaría de Pesca y auprès de la FAO Acuicultura Ambassade de la République Secretaría de Agricultura, algérienne démocratique et Ganadería y Pesca populaire Ministerio de Agricultura, Rome, Italie Ganadería y Pesca Phone: +39 06 44202533 Buenos Aires E-mail: embassy@ Phone: +54 11 43492590 algerianemnassy.it Fax: +54 11 43492654 E-mail: resanc@ minagri.gob.ar

Carlos Federico TAGLE ARMENIA/ARMÉNIE AZERBAIJAN/ Dirección de Temas AZERBAÏDJAN/ Económicos Especiales Zohrab MALEK AZERBAIYÁN Ministerio de Relaciones Ambassador Exteriores, Comercio Permanent Representative to Rauf HAJIYEV Internacional y Culto FAO Head of Department on Buenos Aires Permanent Representation to Aquatic Bioresources Phone: +54 11 48197358 FAO Reproduction and Protection Fax: +54 11 48197324 Embassy of the Republic of Ministry of Ecology and E-mail: [email protected] Armenia Natural Resources Rome, Italy Baku Agustín ZIMMERMANN Phone: +39 06 5201924; 1924 Phone: +99 412 5666753 Secretario Mobile: +39 333 4788305 Fax: +99 412 5668942 Representante Permanente Fax: +39 06 5201924 E-mail: raufhajiyev@ Alterno ante la FAO E-mail: zohrab.malek@ hotmail.com Representación Permanente gmailo.com ante la FAO Mehman AKHUNDOV Embajada de la República AUSTRALIA/AUSTRALIE Director Argentina Azerbaijan Fisheries Research Roma, Italia Lorraine HITCH Institute Phone: +39 06 48073300 Manager Baku Fax: +39 06 48906984 Domestic Fisheries Policy Phone: +99 412 4962280/ E-mail: [email protected] Department of Agriculture, 4963037 Fisheries and Forestry Fax: +99 412 4963037 Elisa CALVO Canberra E-mail: [email protected] Directora de Economía Phone: +61 2 6272 5750 Pesquera E-mail: lorraine.hitch@ Fuad FARZALIBAYOV Subsecretaría de Pesca y daff.gov.au Second Secretary Acuicultura Deputy Permanent Ministerio de Agricultura, Travis POWER Representative to FAO Ganadería y Pesca Minister-Counsellor Permanent Representation to Buenos Aires (Agriculture) FAO Phone: +54 11 43492476 Deputy Permanent Embassy of the Republic of Fax: +54 11 43932504 Representative to FAO Azerbaijan E-mail: [email protected] Permanent Representation to Rome, Italy FAO Phone: +39 06 85305557/ Paola GUCIONI Australian Delegation to 85357989 Coordinadora de Captura OECD Fax: +39 06 85831448 Legal Embassy of Australia E-mail: un.rome.org@ Subsecretaría de Pesca y Rome, Italy mission.mfa.gov.az; Acuicultura Phone: +39 06 85272376 f_farzalibayov@mfa. gov.az Secretaría de Agricultura, Fax: +39 06 85272346 Ganadería y Pesca E-mail: travis.power@ BANGLADESH Ministerio de Agricultura, dfat.gov.au Ganadería y Pesca Md. Abdul Latif BISWAS Buenos Aires Minister for Fisheries and Phone: +54 11 43492330 Livestock Fax: +54 11 43492637 Bangladesh Secretariat E-mail: pgucio@ Dhaka minagri.gob.ar

Masud Bin MOMEN Sultana AFROZ BELIZE/BELICE Ambassador Counsellor Permanent Representative to Permanent Representation to Gabino Celso CANTO FAO FAO Chief Executive Officer Permanent Representation to Embassy of the People's Ministry of Agriculture and FAO Republic of Bangladesh Fisheries Embassy of the People's Rome, Italy Belmopan Republic of Bangladesh Phone: +501 8222330 Rome, Italy BELGIUM/BELGIQUE/ Mobile: +501 6272785 Phone: +39 06 3293838 BÉLGICA Fax: +501 8222409 Mobile: +39 338 6316992 E-mail: gabinocanto@ Fax: +39 06 8084853 Martine VAN DOOREN yahoo.com E-mail: mbmomen@ Ministre Conseiller hotmail.com Représentant permanent BRAZIL/BRÉSIL/BRASIL auprès de la FAO Rais Hossain SAROWER Representation permanente Ideli SALVATTI First Secretary auprès de la FAO Minister Permanent Representative to Ambassade de Belgique State of Fisheries and FAO Rome, Italie Aquaculture Permanent Representation to Phone: +39 06 3609511 Ministry of Fisheries and FAO Fax: +39 06 36095135 Aquaculture Embassy of the People's E- mail: RomeFAO@ Brasilia Republic of Bangladesh diplobel.fed.be Phone: +5561 32183802 Rome, Italy Fax: +5561 32182877 Phone: + 39 06 8078541 Marc HEIRMAN Fax: +39 06 8084853 Conseiller Antonino MARQUES PORTO Représentant permanent E SANTO Syed Arif AZAD auprès de la FAO Ambassador Deputy Director Representation permanente Permanent Representative to Department of Fisheries auprès de la FAO FAO Dhaka Ambassade de Belgique Permanent Representation to Phone: +88 02 9569953 Rome, Italie FAO Fax: +88 02 9567217 Phone: +39 06 3609511 Rome, Italy E-mail: s_arif_azad@ Fax: +39 06 3226935 Phone: +39 06 68307576 yahoo.com E-mail: RomeFAO@ Fax: +39 06 68398802 diplobel.fed.be E-mail: [email protected] Hilton Kumer SHAHA Assistant Private Secretary Barbara ROEGIERS Antonio Carlos CONQUISTA Minister for Fisheries and European Policy Adviser Secretary Livestock Department of Agriculture and Infrastructure and Promotion Bangladesh Secretariat Fisheries of Fisheries and Aquaculture Dhaka Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry of Fisheries and Policy Divison Aquaculture Syed Mahmudul HUQ Brussels Brasilia Chairman Phone: +32 2 5527956 Phone: +5561 32183802 Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Fax: +32 2 5527921 Fax: +5561 32182877 Foundation E-mail: barbara.roegiers@ Dhaka lv.vlaanderen.be Lúcia Maria MAIERÁ Phone: +88 02 8859151 Head Fax: +88 02 8859575 International Advisory E-mail: [email protected] Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Muhammad Shamsul KIBRIA Brasilia Joint Secretary Phone: +5561 32183802 Ministry of Fisheries and Fax: +5561 32182877 Livestock Phone: +880 2 7161977 Fax: +880 2 9567217 E-mail: [email protected]

Olyntho VIEIRA BULGARIA/BULGARIE Jean Jacques Raymond Deputy SANZHIE BOKALLY Permanent Representative of Ivan KONDOV Secrétaire exécutif Brazil to FAO Minister Plenipotentiary Caisse de développement de la Permanent Representation to Permanent Representative to pêche maritime/MINEPIA FAO FAO Douala Rome, Italy Permanent Representation to Phone: +237 77700483/ Phone: +39 06 68307576 FAO 33424624 Fax: +39 06 68398802 Rome, Italy Fax: +237 33424064 E-mail: olyntho.vieira@ Phone: +39 06 3224640 E-mail: cdpm74.dla95@ brafao.it Fax: +39 06 3226122 yahoo.fr E-mail: [email protected] Claudio Roberto POLES Counsellor Konstantin PETROV CANADA/CANADÁ Alternate Permanent Head of Sector Representant to FAO International Relations Michael PEARSON Permanent Representation to National Agency of Fisheries Director General FAO and Aquaculture International Affairs Rome, Italy Sofia Directorate Phone: +39 06 68307576 Phone: +359 8 98432976 Fisheries and Oceans Canada Fax: +39 06 68398802 E-mail: konstantin.petrov@ Ottawa iara.government.bg Phone: +1 613 9931914 Fábio H. V. HAZIN Fax: +1 613 9909574 Director BURKINA FASO E-mail: michael.pearson@ Department of Fisheries and dfo-mpo.gc.ca Aquaculture Laurent Dit Diandioua Federal Rural University of COULIDIATI Marco VALICENTI Pernambuco State Représentant permanent Counsellor Recife adjoint auprès de la FAO Permanent Representative to Phone: +81 33206500/6501 Représentation permanente FAO Fax: +81 33206500/6501 auprès de la FAO Permanent Representation to E-mail: fhvhazin@ Ambassade du Burkina Faso FAO terra.com.br Rome, Italie Canadian Embassy Phone: +39 3667045058 Rome, Italy Fernanda GARCIA Fax: +39 0642016701 Phone: +39 06 854442551 SAMPAIO E-mail: coulidiati_laurent@ Fax: +39 06 854442930 Advisor yahoo.fr E-mail: marco.valicenti@ Secretariat of Aquaculture international.gc.ca Planning and Management CAMEROON/CAMEROUN/ Ministry of Fisheries and CAMERÚN Angela BEXTEN Aquaculture Assistant Director Brasilia Ousman BABA MALLOUN International Fisheries Policy Phone: +5561 20233724 Directeur des pêches et de Fisheries and Oceans Canada Fax: +5561 20233911 l'aquaculture Ottawa E-mail: Ministère de l'élevage, des Phone: +1 613 9933050 [email protected] pêches et des industries Fax: +1 613 9909574 animales E-mail: angela.bexten@ Mônica BRICK PERES Yaounde dfo-mpo.gc.ca Environmental Analyst Phone: +237 22316049 Chico Mendes Institute for Mobile: +237 99973408/ Jennifer BUIE Biodiversity Conservation 237 77884563 Manager (ICMBio) Fax: +237 22313048 Resource Management Teresópolis E-mail: bmalloumousman@ Fisheries and Oceans Canada Phone: +55 61 33419054 yahoo.com; Ottawa Fax: +55 61 33419057 [email protected] Phone: +1 613 9900096 E-mail: monicabrickper3es@ Fax: +1 613 9907051 gmail.com E-mail: jennifer.buie@ dfo-mpo.gc.ca Jeferson DA SILVA Details not provided

Jake RICE Jorge ULLOA Jessica FUENTES Advisor Diputado Asesora en Acuicultura National Senior Ecosystem Cámara de Diputados Subsecretaría de Pesca Science Valparaíso Valparaíso Fisheries and Oceans Canada E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +56 32 2502819 Ottawa E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1 613 9900288 Cristián CAMPOS E-mail: jake.rice@dfo- Diputado Hector BACIGALUPO mpo.gc.ca Cámara de Diputados Gerente General Valparaíso Sociedad Nacional de Pesca Pola YIP E-mail: [email protected] Santiago International Fisheries Policy Phone: +56 2 2692533 Fisheries and Oceans Canada Felix INOSTROZA E-mail: hbacigalupo@ Ottawa Director Nacional de Pesca somapesca.cl Phone: +1 613 9983229 Servicio Nacional de Pesca Fax: +1 6139909574 Santiago Carlos VIAL E-mail: pola.yip@dfo- Vicepresidente mpo.gc.ca Guillermo SILVA Sociedad Nacional de Pesca Director Santiago CAPE VERDE/CAP-VERT/ Intereses Marítimos y Medio Phone: +562 2692533 CABO VERDE Ambiente Acuático E-mail: [email protected] Dirección General del Jose Eduardo BARBOSA Territorio Marítimo y de CHINA/CHINE Ambassadeur Marina Mercante Représentant permanent Santiago Xiaobing LIU auprès de la FAO Director Représentation permanente Alejandro COVARRUBIAS Division of International auprès de la FAO Jefe de Asuntos Cooperation Ambassade de la République Internacionales Bureau of Fisheries du Cap-Vert Servicio Nacional de Pesca Ministry of Agriculture Rome, Italie Valparaíso Beijing Phone: +39 06 4744678/ Phone: +56 32 2819301 Phone: +86 1059192928 4744596 E-mail: Fax: +86 59192973 Fax: +39 06 4744643 [email protected] E-mail: xiaobingliu@ E-mail: jeduardo.barbosa@ hotmail.com fastwebnet.it; Marisol PEREZ [email protected] Primer Secretario Handi GUO Representante Permanente Counsellor CHILE/CHILI Alterno ante la FAO Permanent Representative to Representación Permanente FAO Pablo GALILEA ante la FAO Permanent Representation to Subsecretario de Pesca Embajada de la República de FAO Subsecretaría de Pesca Chile Embassy of People's Republic Valparaíso Roma, Italia of China Phone: +56 32 2502802/ Phone: +39 06 844091 Rome, Italy 2502801 Fax: +39 06 85304552 Phone: +39 06 59193124 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +39 06 59193130 María Alicia BALTIERRA E-mail: [email protected] Oscar GODOY ARCAYA Asesora en Asuntos Embajador Internacionale Representante Permanente Subsecretaría de Pesca ante la FAO Valparaíso Representación Permanente E-mail: ante la FAO [email protected] Embajada de la República de Chile Roma, Italia Phone: +39 06 844091 Fax: +39 06 8841452 E-mail: [email protected]

Ming ZHANG Martha Lucia DE LA PAVA Emile ESSEMA First Secretary Subgerente Pesca y Secrétaire exécutif Permanent Representative to Acuicultura Comité régional des pêches du FAO Instituto Colombiano de Golfe de Guinée (COREP) Permanent Representation to Desarrollo Rural INCODER Libreville FAO Bogotá Phone: +241 07105063 Embassy of People's Republic Phone: +57 1 3834300 Fax: +39 06 8417422 of China E-mail: mdelapava@ E-mail: [email protected] Rome, Italy incoder.gov.co Phone: +39 06 59193123 Boniface NGOULOU Fax: +39 06 59193130 Elsy PERUCHO GÓMEZ Conseiller aux finances E-mail: zhangming@ Administradora de Empresas Chargé de la coordination des agri.gov.cn Bogotá budgets et des projects Phone: +091 3830444 Ministère de la pêche et de Lejun XU E-mail:[email protected] l'aquaculture Deputy Director Brazzaville General Office CONGO E-mail: [email protected] Bureau of Fisheries, MOA Beijing Hellot Matson MAMPOUYA Marc MANKOUSSOU Phone: +86 1059192976 Ministre de la pêche et de Conseiller Fax: +86 1059192936 l'aquaculture Représentant permanent E-mail: [email protected] Brazzaville suppléant auprès de la FAO E-mail: hellotmatson@ Représentation permanente Yanrong YI yahoo.fr auprès de la FAO Deputy Director Ambassade de la République Law and Policy Division Mamadou KAMARA du Congo Bureau of Fisheries, MOA DEKAMO Rome, Italie Beijing Ambassadeur Phone: +39 06 8417422 Phone: +86 1059192986 Représentant permanent Fax: +39 06 841722 Fax: +86 1059192956 auprès de la FAO E-mail: marckoussouk@ E-mail: fisherieslaw@ Représentation permanente yahoo.fr agri.gov.cn auprès de la FAO Ambassade de la République Alain MAKOSSO COLOMBIA/COLOMBIE du Congo Directeur de la coopération Rome, Italie Ministère de la pêche et de Alejandro LONDOÑO Phone: + 39 06 8417422 l'aquaculture GARCÍA Fax: +39 06 8417422 Brazzaville Director Ejecutivo Phone: +242 06 6387118 Cámara de la Industria Dieudonne KISSIEKIAOUA E-mail: makosso_alain@ Pesquera y APROPESCA Conseiller à la pêche et à yahoo.fr Bogotá l'aquaculture Phone: +57 1 3440476 Ministère de la pêche et de Emilia Rita ADDHAS E-mail: [email protected] l'aquaculture GANEZI Brazzaville Secrétaire particulière Beatriz Helena CALVO Ministère de la pêche et de VILLEGAS Claver Clotaire OKOUYA l'aquaculture Consejero Conseiller à l'agriculture, à la C/C Ambassade du Congo Representante Permanente pêche et à l'élevage Rome, Italie Adjunta ante la FAO S/C Ambassade du Congo Representación Permanente Rome, Italie COOK ISLANDS/ÎLES ante la FAO Phone: +39 06 8417422 COOK/ISLAS COOK Embajada de la República de Fax: +39 06 8417422 Colombia E-mail: [email protected] Garth BROADHEAD Roma, Italia Advisor Phone: +39 06 3612131 Ministry of Marine Resources Fax: +39 06 3225798 Avarua E-mail: beatriz.calvo@ cancilleria.gov.co

Koroa RAUMEA Jorge REVOLLO CZECH REPUBLIC/ Director Ministro Consejero RÉPUBLIQUE TCHÈQUE/ Inshore Fisheries and Representante Permanente REPÚBLICA CHECA Aquaculture Alterno ante la FAO Ministry of Marine Resources Representación Permanente Jiri MUCHKA Rarotonga ante la FAO Second Secretary Phone: +682 28721 Embajada de la República de Permanent Representative to Fax: +682 29721 Costa Rica ante la Santa Sede FAO E-mail: k.raumea@ Roma, Italia Permanent Representation to mmr.gov.ck Phone: +39 06 80660390 FAO Fax: +39 06 80660390 Embassy of the Czech Eva-Marie BROICH E-mail: [email protected] Republic Details not provided Rome, Italy Greta PREDELLA Phone: +39 06 360957 COSTA RICA Asistente Fax: +39 06 3244466 Representante Permanente E-mail: rome@embassy. Xinia CHAVES ante la FAO mzv.cz Viceministra de Agricultura y Representación Permanente Ganadería ante la FAO Jiri PONDELICEK Ministerio de Agricultura y Embajada de la República de Director Ganaderia Costa Rica ante la Santa Sede Department of the Civil San José Roma, Italia Service of Forests, Game Phone: +506 22204346 Phone: +39 06 80660390 Management and Fisheries Fax: +506 22322103 Fax: +39 06 80660390 Ministry of Agriculture E-mail: [email protected] Prague Fernando SÁNCHEZ Phone: + 420 221 812 062 Embajador ante la Santa Sede CÔTE D'IVOIRE Fax: + 420 221 812 980 Representante Permanente E-mail: jiri.pondelicek@ ante la FAO Aboubakar BAKAYOKO mze.cz Representación Permanente Représentant permanent ante la FAO adjoint auprès de la FAO DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S Embajada de la República de Représentation permanente REPUBLIC OF KOREA/ Costa Rica ante la Santa Sede auprès de la FAO RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE Roma, Italia Ambassade de la République DÉMOCRATIQUE DE Phone: +39 06 80660390 de Côte d'Ivoire CORÉE/REPÚBLICA Fax: +39 06 80660390 Rome, Italie POPULAR DEMOCRÁTICA Phone: +39 06 44231129 DE COREA Antonio PORRAS Fax: +39 06 44292531 Director General Técnico Tae Song HAN INFOPESCA Marie Hortense GUEI- Permanent Representative to Instituto Costarricense de SEKOUET FAO Pesca y Acuicultura Chargé d'études Permanent Representation to San José Rome, Italie FAO Phone: +506 22481196 E-mail: [email protected] Embassy of the Democratic Fax: +506 26610748 People's Republic of Korea E-mail: porrasantonio1@ CYPRUS/CHYPRE/CHIPRE Rome, Italy yahoo.com Phone: +39 06 54220749 Christina PITTA Fax: +39 06 54210090 Alternate Permanent E-mail: [email protected] Representative to FAO Permanent Representation to FAO Rome, Italy Phone: +39 06 6865758 Fax: +39 06 68803756 E-mail: cpitta1472@ gmail.com

Chol Min KIM ECUADOR/ÉQUATEUR Abel Paladines BAZURTO Alternate Director Permanent Representative to Leonardo MARIDUEÑA Delipesca FAO ALCÍVAR Phone: +593 5 2624440 Permanent Representation to Viceministro de Acuacultura y Fax: +593 5 2624442 FAO Pesca E-mail: [email protected] Embassy of the Democratic Ministerio de Agricultura, People's Republic of Korea Ganadería, Acuacultura y Rafael TRUJILLO Rome, Italy Pesca Director Ejecutivo Phone: +39 06 54220749 Guayaquil Cámara Nacional de Pesquería Fax: +39 06 54210090 Phone: +593 4 2671995 Phone: +593 4 2306142 E-mail: [email protected] ext. 3294 Fax: +593 4 2566346 Fax: +593 2 681775 E-mail: [email protected] Hyo Sik KIM E-mail: viceministroap@ Counsellor magap.gob.ec EGYPT/ÉGYPTE/EGIPTO Permanent Representative to FAO Carlos VALLEJO Essam OSMAN FAYED Permanent Representation to Embajador Minister Plenipotentiary FAO Representante Permanente Deputy Permanent Embassy of the Democratic ante la FAO Representative to FAO People's Republic of Korea Reprentación Permanente ante Permanent Representation to Rome, Italy la FAO FAO Phone: +39 06 542220749 Embajada de la República del Embassy of the Arab Republic Fax: +39 06 54210090 Ecuador of Egypt E-mail: [email protected] Roma, Italia Rome, Italy Phone: +39 06 89672820 Phone: +39 06 8548956 DENMARK/DANEMARK/ Fax: +39 06 89672821 Mobile: +39 335 7915366 DINAMARCA Fax: +39 06 8542603 Francisco SALGADO E-mail: dressam_fayed@ Søren SKAFTE RIVADENEIRA yahoo.com Deputy Alterno Permanent Representative to Representante Permanente EL SALVADOR FAO ante la FAO Permanent Representation to Representación Permanente Juan BARRERA FAO ante la FAO Asesor Royal Danish Embassy Embajada de la República del Viceministro de Agricultura y Rome, Italy Ecuador Ganadería Phone: +39 06 9774831 Roma, Italia Ministerio de Agricultura y Fax: +39 06 97748399 Phone: +39 06 89672820 Ganadería E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +39 06 89672821 San Salvador Phone: +503 22101914 Egill BOCCANERA Manuel Humberto GÓMEZ Fax: +503 22101750 Agricultural Attaché PROAÑO E-mail: juan.barrera@ Royal Danish Embassy Oficina de Defensa mag.gob.sv Rome, Italy Jefe de Coordinación Técnica Phone: +39 06 9774831 y Logística Maria Eulalia JIMENEZ Fax: +39 06 97748399 Embajada del Ecuador ZEPEDA E-mail: [email protected] Roma, Italia Ministra Consejera Phone: +39 06 8417425 Representante Permanente Mobile: +39 389 5345270 ante la FAO E-mail: mhgomezp@ Representación Permanente yahoo.com ante la FAO Embajada de El Salvador Luigi Antonio AZUA Roma, Italia Director Coordinador de la Phone: +39 06 8076605 Asociación de Atuneros del Fax: +39 06 8079726 Ecuador Manta

Mario GONZALEZ Patrick RABE FINLAND/FINLANDE/ RECINOS Administrator FINLANDIA Director Regional DG DEVCO European SICA/OSPESCA Commission Markku ARO San Salvador Brussels Director E-mail: Patrick.Rabe@ Ministry of Agriculture and ESTONIA/ESTONIE ec.europa.eu Forestry Department of Fisheries and Madis REINUP Carlos ALDEREGUIA Game Head of Fisheries Economy Executive Secretary Helsinki Department Long Distance Regional Phone: +358 916053361 Ministry of Agriculture Advisory Council (LDRAC) Fax: +358 916052640 Tallin Bruxelles E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Marilia CRESPO Riikka LAATU EUROPEAN UNION Administrator Permanent Representative to (MEMBER EP Committee on Fisheries FAO ORGANIZATION)/UNION Secretariat Permanent Representation to EUROPÉENNE European Parliament FAO (ORGANISATION Bruxelles Embassy of the Republic of MEMBRE)/UNIÓN E-mail: Marilia.Crespo@ Finland EUROPEA europarl.europa.eu Rome, Italy (ORGANIZACIÓN Phone: +39 06 852231 MIEMBRO) Michael EARLE Fax: +39 06 8540362 Administrator Political Group E-mail: riikka.laatu@ Antonio FERNANDEZ European Parliament formin.fi AGUIRRE Bruxelles Affaires internationales, droit E-mail: Michael.Earle@ FRANCE/FRANCIA de la mer et organisations europarl.europa.eu régionales de pêche Nicolas GORODETSKA Direction générale MARE Isabella LOEVIN Bureau des affaires Bruxelles Member of the EP européennes et Phone: +32 22951611 Committee on Fisheries internationales E-mail: Antonio.Fernandez- European Parliament Direction des pêches [email protected] Bruxelles maritimes et de l'aquaculture E-mail: Isabella.Loevin@ Ministère de l'agriculture, de Eduarda DUARTE DE europarl.europa.eu l'alimentation, de la pêche, de SOUSA la ruralité et de Policy Officer DG MARE B-1 FIJI/FIDJI l'aménagement du territoire DG MARE B-1 European Paris Commission Penina Ravulo Phone: +33 1 49558254 Bruxelles CIRIKIYASAWA Fax: +33 1 49558200 Deputy Secretary E-mail: nicolas.gorodetska@ Claudia FUMO Ministry of Fisheries and agriculture.gouv.fr Advisor Forestry European Union to the Holy Suva See Order of Malta and to the UN Organisations Rome, Italy E-mail: Claudia.Fumo@ eeas.europa.eu

Ludovic SCHULTZ Christine TON NU Nfamara Jerro DAMPHA Chef Conseiller scientifique Director Fisheries Department Bureau des affaires Représentant permanente Ministry of Fisheries Water européennes et suppléant auprès de la FAO Resources and National internationales Représentation permanente Assembly Matters Direction des pêches auprès de la FAO Banjul maritimes et de l'aquaculture Rome, Italie Phone: +220 4201515 Ministère de l'agriculture, de Phone: +39 06 68405240 Fax: +220 9924834 l'alimentation, de la pêche, de Fax: +39 06 68405215 E-mail: d.nfamara@ la ruralité et de E-mail: christine.tonnu@ yahoo.com l’aménagement du territoire diplomatie.gouv.fr Paris GERMANY/ALLEMAGNE/ Phone: +33 0607667155 GABON/GABÓN ALEMANIA Fax: +33 1 49558200 E-mail: ludovic.schultz@ Guy Anicet RERAMBYATH Hans Heinrich WREDE agriculture.gouv.fr Directeur géneral des pêches Ambassador et de l'aquaculture Permanent Representative to Marc GHIGLIA Ministère de l'agriculture, de FAO Directeur de l'union des l'élevage, de la pêche et du Permanent Representation to armateurs à la pêche de développement rural FAO France (UAPF) Libreville Embassy of the Federal Paris Phone: +241 748992 Republic of Germany Phone: +33 1 42663260 Fax: +241 764602 Rome, Italy Fax: +33 1 47429112 Phone: +39 06 49213280 E-mail: [email protected] Louis Stanislas Fax: +39 06 49213281 CHARICAUTH Charlotte GOBIN Conseiller Reinhold HANEL Chargée de mission Représentant permanent Head of Institute of Fisheries biodiversité marine auprès de la FAO Ecology Sous-direction du littoral et Représentation permanente Johann Heinrich von Thunen- des milieux marins auprès de la FAO Institut (vTI) Direction de l'eau et de la Ambassade de la République Federal Research Institute for biodiversité Gabonaise Rural Areas, Forestry and Ministère de l'écologie, du Rome, Italie Fisheries développement durable, des Phone: +39 06 85358970/ Hamburg transports et du logement 85304534 Phone: +49 0 40 38905290 Paris Fax: +39 06 8417278 Fax: +49 0 40 38905290 Phone: +33 1 40818212 E-mail: ambassadedugabon1@ E-mail: reinold.hanel@ Fax: +33 1 40817187 interfree.it vti.bund.de E-mail: charlotte.gobin@ developpement-durable. GAMBIA/GAMBIE Heiko LIEDEKER gouv.fr Panelist Fatimah Fatou SOSSEH Leading Standards Jean-Jacques SOULA JALLOW Bonn Conseiller agricole Deputy Permanent Secretary Phone: +49 173 6688374 Représentant permanent Ministry of Fisheries and E-mail: [email protected] suppléant auprès de la FAO Water Resources and Natural Représentation permanente Matters Leonie RENWRANTZ auprès de la FAO Banjul Desk Officer Rome, Italie Phone: +220 4227627/ Federal Ministry of Food, Phone: +39 06 68425240 9998442 Agriculture and Consumer Fax: +39 06 68405215 E-mail: [email protected] Protection E-mail: jean-jacques.soula@ Bonn diplomatie.gouv.fr Phone: +49 0 228 995294124 Fax: +49 0 228 995294084 E-mail: leonie.renwrantz@ bmelv.bund.de

Bernd WIRTZFELD Samuel N.K. QUAATEY Fraterno DIAZ MONGE Desk Officer Director of Fisheries Director Federal Ministry of Economic Ministry of Food and MAGA-DIPESCA Cooperation and Agriculture Ciudad de Guatemala Development Accra Phone: +502 59908448 Bonn Phone: +233 302675144 E-mail: diaz.monge@ Phone: +49 0 228 995353717 Fax: +233 302675146 hotmail.com E-mail: bernd.wirtzfeld@ E-mail: samquaatey@ bmz.bund.de yahoo.com Hugo ALSINA LAGOS Asesor de Asuntos Marc NOLTING Adelaide BOATENG- Internacionales Senior Planning Officer SIRIBOE MAG - DIPESCA Fisheries, Aquaculture, Minister Counsellor Ciudad de Guatemala Coastal Zones Permanent Representative to Phone: +502 42182899 Gesellschaft fur Internationale FAO E-mail: [email protected] Zusammennarbeit (GIZ) Permanent Representation to Eschborn FAO Alfredo TRINIDAD Phone: +49 0 6196791450 Embassy of the Republic of VELÁSQUEZ Fax: +49 0 619679801450 Ghana Representante Permanente E-mail: [email protected] Rome, Italy ante la FAO Phone: +39 3277307884 Representación Permanente GHANA Fax: +39 06 86325762 ante la FAO E-mail: [email protected] Embajada de la República de Kwesi AHWOI Guatemala Minister for Food and GREECE/GRÈCE/GRECIA Roma, Italia Agriculture Phone: +39 06 36381143 Ministry of Food and Nike-Ekaterini Fax: +39 06 3291639 Agriculture KOUTRAKOU Accra Deputy Ileana RIVERA DE Phone: +233 302663036/ Permanent Representative to ANGOTTI 244321003 FAO Consejero Fax: +233 302663250 Permanent Representation to Representante Permanente E-mail: [email protected] FAO ante la FAO Embassy of Greece Representación Permanente Nii Amasah NAMOALE Rome, Italy ante la FAO Deputy Minister for Food and Phone: +39 06 85375525/ Embajada de la República de Agriculture 85375564 Guatemala Ministry of Food and Fax: +39 06 85375503/ Roma, Italia Agriculture 8415927 Phone: +39 06 36381143 Accra E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +39 06 3291639 Phone: +233 208120236 Fax: +233 302666559 GUATEMALA GUINEA/GUINÉE E-mail: [email protected] Alfredo de Jesús ORELLANA Abdoulaye TRAORE Evelyn Anita STOKES- MEJÍA Conseiller économique HAYFORD Viceministro Représentant Permanent Ambassador Sanidad Agropecuaria y Suppléant auprès de la FAO Permanent Representative to Regulaciones MAGA Representation permanente FAO Ciudad de Guatemala auprès de la FAO Permanent Representation to Phone: +502 24137035 Ambassade de la République FAO Fax: +502 24137036 de Guinée Embassy of the Republic of E-mail: alfredo.orellana@ Rome, Italie Ghana maga.gob.gt Phone: +39 06 8078989 Rome, Italy Fax: +39 06 8077588 Phone: +39 3319882852 E-mail: ambaguineerome1@ Fax: +39 06 86325762 virgilio.it E-mail: ambassador@ ghanaembassy.it

Amadou Telivel DIALLO Mayra REINA DE TITTA Kai STOLZENBURG Chef de Cabinet Ministro Consejero Desk Officer Ministère de la pêche et de Representante Permanente DG B 3 A Fisheries Council of l'aquaculture Adjunto ante la FAO the European Union Conakry Representación Permanente Brussels Phone: +222 60 215296 ante la FAO Phone: + 32 22817693 E-mail: [email protected] Roma, Italia E-mail: kai.stolzenburg@ Phone: +39 06 3207236 consilium.europa.eu HAITI/HAÏTI/HAITÍ Fax: +39 06 3207973 ICELAND/ISLANDE/ Géri BENOIT Alicia MEDINA ISLANDIA Représentant permanent Oficial Superior de Pesquerías auprès de la FAO Asesor Técnico Honduras Johann GUDMUNDSSON Representation permanente Programa Arrecife Director auprès de la FAO Mesoamericano Department of International Ambassade de la République WWF-Mexico/MAR Affairs d'Haïti La Ceiba Ministry of Fisheries and Rome, Italie Phone: +504 24406063 Agriculture Phone: +39 06 44254106/07 Fax: +504 26682460 Reykjavik Fax: +39 06 44254208 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +354 5458300 E-mail: ambhaiti@haiti2006. Fax: +354 5521160 191.it HUNGARY/HONGRIE/ E-mail: johann.gudmundsson@ HUNGRÍA slr.stjr.is Carl Benny RAYMOND Conseiller Tamás BARDÓCZ Gudni BRAGASON G. Représentant suppléant auprès Head of Fishery Unit Ministry of Foreign Affairs de la FAO Department of Foresty, Reykjavik Représentation permanente Fishery and Hunting Phone: +354 8649963 auprès de la FAO Ministry of Rural Fax: +354 5458949 Ambassade de la République Development E-mail: [email protected] d'Haïti Budapest Rome, Italy Phone: +39 06 5190116 Hermann Orn INGOLFSSON Phone: +39 06 44254106/07 Fax: +39 06 97256859 Director-General Fax: +39 06 44254208 E-mail: tamas.bardocz@ International Development E-mail: ambhaiti@haiti2006. vm.gov.hu Cooperation 191.it Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ágnes DÚS Reykjavík HONDURAS Assistant Phone: +354 5457421 Permanent Representative to Fax: +354 5458949 Gabriela PINEDA DE ARIAS FAO E-mail: [email protected] Directora de Pesca y Permanent Representation to Acuicultura FAO Ragheidur Elfa Dirección General de Pesca y Embassy of Hungary THORSTEINSDOTTIR Acuicultura Rome, Italy Director Secretaría de Agricultura y Phone: +39 06 5190116 Department of Natural Ganadería E-mail: [email protected] Resources and Environmental Tegucigalpa Affairs Phone: +504 2393843 Balázs HAMAR Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fax: +504 2391987 Permanent Representative to Reykjavik E-mail: [email protected] FAO Phone: +354 5458923 Permanent Representation to FAO Embassy of Hungary Rome, Italy Phone: +39 06 5190116 Fax: +39 06 97256859 E-mail: [email protected]

Brynhildur Agus Apun BUDHIMAN Ibrahim ISMAIL BENEDIKTSDOTTIR Director Secretary Advisor Fisheries Resources Directorate General of Capture Department of International Directorate General Capture Fisheries Affairs Fisheries Ministry of Marine Affairs and Ministry of Fisheries and Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Agriculture Fisheries Jakarta Reykjavik Jakarta Phone: +62 21 3521781 Phone: +354 5458300 Phone: +62 21 3453008 Fax: +62 21 3521781 Fax: +354 5521160 Fax: +62 21 3453008 E-mail: Iskandar ISMANADJI brynhildur.benediktsdottir@ Hanung CAHYONO Director of Production slr.stjr.is Head Directorate General of Legal Organization and Public Aquaculture INDIA/INDE Relation Division Ministry of Marine Affairs and Directorate General of Marine, Fisheries Shobhana Kumar Coastal and Small Islands Jakarta PATTANAYAK Jakarta Phone: +62 21 78831914 Permanent Representative to Phone: +62 21 3519070 Fax: +62 21 78831914 FAO Fax: +62 21 320357 Permanent Representation to Nina NIRMALASARI FAO Endroyono ENDROYONO Head of Directorate Business Embassy of the Republic of Head of Sub-directorate Institution India Fishing Vessel Construction Subdirectorate General of Rome, Italy and Feasibility Capure Fisheries Phone: +39 06 42013972 Ministry of Marine Affairs and Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fax: +39 06 48904470 Fisheries Fisheries E-mail: agri.wing@ Jakarta Jakarta indianembassy.it Phone: +62 21 3521781 Phone: +62 21 3521781 Fax: +62 21 3521781 Fax: +62 21 3521781 Tarun SHRIDHAR Member Joint Secretary Shahandra HANITIYO Purwanto PURWANTO Fisheries Assistant Director Department of Animal Deputy Director for United Research Center for Fisheries Husbandry, Dairying and Nations Cooperation Management and Fisheries Ministry of Marine Affairs and Conservation Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries Ministry of Marine Affairs and Governement of India Jakarta Fisheries New Delhi Phone: +62 21 3519070 Jakarta Phone: +91 1123381994 Fax: +62 21 3864293 Phone: +62 21 64711940 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +62 21 6402640 Saut Parulian INDONESIA/INDONÉSIE HUTAGALUNG Danny RAHDIANSYAH Director Third Secretary Achmad POERNOMO Foreign Market Development Permanent Representative to Secretary Directorate General of FAO Agency for Marine and Fisheries Product Processing Permanent Representation to Fisheries Research and and Marketing FAO Development Ministry of Marine Affairs and Embassy of the Republic of Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Indonesia Fisheries Jakarta Rome, Italy Jakarta Phone: +62 21 3513300 Phone: +39 06 4200911 Phone: +62 21 64711583 Fax: +62 21 3521977 Fax: +39 06 4880280 Fax: +62 21 64711438

Andi SOESMONO Javad SHAKHS Ali Asghar MOJAHEDI Deputy Director TAVAKOLIAN J. Director General Center of Analysis for Ambassador Fishing and Fisheries Affairs International and Institution Permanent Representative to Iran Fisheries Organization Cooperation FAO Ministry of Jihad-e- Ministry of Marine Affairs and Permanent Representation to Agriculture Fisheries FAO Teheran Jakarta Rome, Italy Phone: +39 06 5780334 Phone: +62 21 3864293 Phone: +39 06 5780334 Fax: +39 06 5747636 Fax: +62 21 3864293 Fax: +39 06 5747636 E-mail: a_mojahedi@ E-mail: missiranfao@ hotmail.com Suharta SUHARTA missiranfao.191.it Head Seyed Morteza Zarei ZAREI Monitoring System Mohammad POURKAZEMI Permanent Representative Subdirectorate Chairperson of the twenty- Attaché to FAO Ministry of Marine Affairs and ninth session of the Permanent Representation to Fisheries Committee on Fisheries FAO Jakarta Head of International Sturgeon Embassy of the Islaman Phone: +62 813 43020087 Research Republic of Iran Fax: +62 21 3523073 Institute-Iranian Fisheries Rome, Italy Research Institute Phone: +39 06 5780334 Trian YUNANDA Phone: +39 06 5780334 Fax: +39 06 5747636 Head Fax: +39 06 5747636 E-mail: missiranfao@ Program Cooperation Sub- E-mail: pkazemi_m@ missiranfao.191.it Division Directorate General yahoo.com of Capture Fisheries IRAQ Ministry of Marine Affairs and Mehdi SHAKOURI Fisheries Deputy (Aquaculture) Hassan JANABI Jakarta Iran Fisheries Organization Ambassador Phone: +62 213521781 Ministry of Jihad-e- Permanent Representative to Fax: +62 213521781 Agriculture FAO Tehran Permanent Representation to Ansori ZAWAWI Phone: +39 06 5780334 FAO Secretary Fax: +39 06 5747636 Embassy of the Republic of Directorate General E-mail: mehdishakouri@ Iraq Marine And Fisheries yahoo.com Rome, Italy Resources Surveillance Phone: +39 06 88920492 Ministry of Marine Affairs and Mohammad GHASEMI Mobile: +39 328 0523635 Fisheries Deputy Fax: +39 06 64420252 Jakarta Fishing and Fishing Harbors E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +62 213523153 Iran Fisheries Organization Fax: +62 213520346 Teheran IRELAND/IRLANDE/ Phone: +39 06 5780334 IRLANDA IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC Fax: +39 06 5747636 OF)/IRAN (RÉPUBLIQUE Jarlath O'CONNOR ISLAMIQUE D')/IRÁN Abbas AMINI Deputy Permanent (REPÚBLICA ISLÁMICA Director General Representative to FAO DEL) Public and International Permanent Representation to Relations FAO Seyed Aminollah TAGHAVI Iran Fisheries Organization Embassy of Ireland MOTLAGH Ministry of Jihad-e- Rome, Italy Head Agriculture Phone: +39 06 6979121 Iran Fisheries Organization Tehran Fax: +39 06 6792354/ Ministry of Jihad-e- Phone: +39 06 5780334 69791231 Agriculture Fax: +39 06 5747636 E-mail: jarlath.oconnor@ Tehran E-mail: abb_amin@ dfa.ie; mariaterese.gemma@ Phone: +39 06 780334 yahoo.com dfa.ie Fax: +39 06 5747636

ITALY/ITALIE/ITALIA Toshikazu MIYAMOTO Haruo TOMINAGA Global Guardian Trust International Affairs Division Claudio MISCIA Tokyo Fisheries Agency Counsellor Government of Japan Permanent Representation to Katsumasa MIYAUCHI Tokyo FAO Alternate Permanent Phone: +81 3 35911086 Rome Representative to FAO Fax: +81 3 35020571 Phone: +39 06 59084050 Permanent Representation to E-mail: haruo_tominaga@nm. Fax: +39 06 59084176 FAO maff.go.jp Embassy of Japan Alternate(s) Rome, Italy Nobuyuki YAGI Mauro BERTELLETTI Phone: +39 06 48799415/0/1/2 Graduate School of Coordinator - Ministry of Fax: +39 06 4885109 Agricultural and Life Agricultural Forestal and E-mail: [email protected] Sciences Food Politics Tokyo D.G. Fishery and Aquaculture Joji MORISHITA Rome Counsellor Makoto YAMAUCHI Phone: +39 06 59084050 Resources Management Deputy Director Fax: +39 06 59084176 Department Fisheries Agency Ecosystem Conservation E-mail: m.bertelletti@ Office politicheagricole.gov.it Akiko ONODERA Resource and Environment Ministry of Foreing Affairs Research Division Fisheries Stefano CATAUDELLA Fisheries Division Agency Professor Economic Affairs Bureau Tokyo Ministry of Agriculture Food Tokyo and Forestry Phone: +81 3 55018000 Yoshio KANEKO Rome ext. 3665 Global Guardian Trust Phone: +39 06 72595957 E-mail: akiko.onodera@ Tokyo E-mail: [email protected] mofa.go.jp Phone: +81 19 6942741 E-mail: yoshikan@intd. Chiara ORTENZI Shingo OTA biglobe.ne.jp Ministry of Agriculture Food Senior Fisheries Negotiator and Forestry Policies International Affairs Division JORDAN/JORDANIE/ Fishery Department Fisheries Agency JORDANIA Rome Tokyo Phone: +39 06 59084504 Ibrahim ABU ATILEH Fax: +39 06 59084176 Kazumasa SHIOYA Deputy Permanent E-mail: c.ortenzi@politiche Minister Councellor Representative to FAO agricole. gov.it Deputy Permanent Permanent Representation to Representative to FAO FAO Simone SERRA Permanent Representation to Embassy of the Hashemite Ministry of Agriculture Food FAO Kingdom of Jordan and Forestry Embassy of Japan Rome, Italy Directorate General Fishery Rome, Italy Phone: +39 06 86205303/04; and Aquaculture Phone: +39 06 48799415/0/1/2 +39 3318133145 Rome Fax: +39 06 4885109 Fax: +39 068606122 Phone: +39 06 47824042 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Yoshihiro TAKAGI Advisor Giorgia SPADA Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation JAPAN/JAPON/JAPÓN Tokyo

Kenji KAGAWA Councellor Fisheries Agency Tokyo

KENYA Manar AL-SABAH LATVIA/LETTONIE/ Alternate Permanent LETONIA Godfrey V. MONOR Representative to FAO Director Permanent Representation to Normundus RIEKSTINS Ministry of Fisheries FAO Head of Fisheries Department Development Rome, Italy Ministry of Agriculture Nairobi Phone: +39 06 5754598 Riga Phone: +254 20 2716103 Fax: +39 06 5754590 Phone: +371 7027107 Fax: +254 20 2730086 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +371 7027512 E-mail: [email protected]; E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Norma CALABRESE Support Staff LITHUANIA/LITUANIE/ Susan W. IMENDE Permanent Representative to LITUANIA Assistant Director of Fisheries FAO Ministry of Fisheries Permanent Representation to Darius NIENIUS Development FAO Director Nairobi Rome, Italy Ministry of Agriculture of Phone: +254 20 2716103 Phone: +39 06 5754598 Lithuania Fax: +254 20 2730086 Fax: +39 06 5754590 Fisheries Department E-mail: E-mail: [email protected] Embassy of the Republic of [email protected] Lithuania Meriem CHENA Rome, Italy Randolf PAYET Support Staff Phone: +370 52398456/ Regional Executive Secretary Permanent Representative to 8559052 South West Indian Ocean FAO Fax: +370 52391212/8559053 Fisheries Project Permanent Representation to E-mail: [email protected] Regional Management Unit FAO Mombasa Rome, Italy MADAGASCAR Phone: +254 721453545 Phone: +39 06 5754598 Fax: +254 412001133 Fax: +39 06 5754590 Georges RAFOMANANA E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Secrétaire général Ministère de la pêche et des KUWAIT/KOWEÏT Said STELI ressources halieutiques Support Staff Antananarivo Khaled A.O. AL RASHED Permanent Representative to Phone: +261 320720173 Permanent Representative to FAO Fax: +261 202249014 FAO Permanent Representation to E-mail: [email protected] Permanent Representation to FAO FAO Rome, Italy Josiane RATSIMBAZAFY Rome, Italy Phone: +39 06 5754598 Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Phone: +39 06 5754598 Fax: +39 06 5754590 Ambassade de la République Fax: +39 06 5754590 E-mail: [email protected] de Madagascar E-mail: [email protected] Rome, Italie Dawood AL-ABDULGADER Phone: +39 06 6620089 Faisal AL-HASAWI Details not provided E-mail: Alternate Permanent [email protected] Representative to FAO KYRGYZSTAN/ Permanent Representation to KIRGHIZISTAN/ Harimandimby FAO KIRGUISTÁN RASOLONJATOVO Rome, Italy Directeur du Centre de Phone: +39 06 5754598 Dogdurbk DOGOCHIEV surveillance des pêches Fax: +39 06 5754590 Director of Fisheries Ministère de la pêche et de E-mail: [email protected] Department ressources halieutiques Ministry of Agriculture Antananarivo Bishkek Phone: +261 202240065 Phone: +996 312 620545 Fax: +261 202249014 Fax: +996 312 626567 E-mail: rasolo.vevey@ E-mail: [email protected] blueline.mg

Monsieur MONJA Shariffah Norhana SYED MALTA/MALTE Conseiller MUSTAFFA Représentant permanent Minister Counsellor Michael MIFSUD adjoint auprès de la FAO Alternate Permanent Senior Fisheries Protection Représentation permanente Representative to FAO Officer auprès de la FAO Permanent Representation to Fisheries Control Directorate Rome, Italie FAO Ministry of Resources and Phone: +39 06 620085 Embassy of Malaysia Rural Affairs E-mail: ambamad@ Rome, Italy Valletta hotmail.com Phone: +39 06 8417026/5764 Phone: +356 22031247 Fax: +39 06 8555040 Fax: +356 22031209 MALAWI E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: michael.mifsud@ gov.mt Friday NJAYA Azhar MOHD ISA Chief Fisheries Officer- Assistant Agriculture Attaché MAURITANIA/ Plannning Alternate Permanent MAURITANIE Lilongwe Representative to FAO Phone: +265 999278088 Permanent Representation to Azza Ahmed Cheikk ould Fax: +265 1788511 FAO JEDOU E-mail: [email protected] Embassy of Malaysia Directrice Rome, Italy Aménagement des ressources MALAYSIA/MALAISIE/ Phone: +39 06 8415764/1339 et de l'océanographie MALASIA Fax: +39 06 8555110 (DARO) E-mail: aaa.rome@ Ministère des pêches et de Head of Delegation ambasciatamalaysia.it l'économie maritime Datuk Hj. Suhaili HJ. LEE Phone: +222 22421007 Deputy Director General MALDIVES/MALDIVAS E-mail: [email protected] Operation Department of Fisheries Hussain RASHEED HASSAN Mohamed MBareck Ould Putrajaya Minister for State for Fisheries SOUEILIM Phone: +60 3 8870402/4003 and Agriculture Directeur Fax: +60 3 88895502 Ministry of Fisheries and Institut mauritanien de E-mail: [email protected] Agriculture recherches océanographiques Malé et des pêches (IMROP) Dato' Ramli NAAM Phone: +960 3330096 Phone: +222 22421068 Ambassador Mobile: +960 7771407 Fax: +222 45745081 Permanent Representative to Fax: +960 3326558 E-mail: [email protected] FAO E-mail: hussain.hassan@ Permanent Representation to fishagri.gov.mv MAURITIUS/MAURICE/ FAO MAURICIO Embassy of Malaysia Mohamed SHIHAM ADAM Rome, Italy Director General Daroomalingum MAUREE Phone: +39 068417026/ 5764 Marine Research Centre Director Fax: +39 068555040 Ministry of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries E-mail: mw.rome@embassy Agriculture and Marine Port Louis malaysia.it Resources Phone: +230 2112470 Malé Mobile: +230 2508553 Azman MOHD SAAD Phone: +960 3313681 Fax: +230 2081929 Agriculture Attaché Fax: +960 3322509 E-mail: dmauree@mail. Alternate Permanent E-mail: [email protected] gov.mu Representative to FAO Embassy of Malaysia Rome, Italy Phone: +39 06 8417026/1339 Fax: +39 06 8555110 E-mail: aaa.rome@ambasciata malaysia.it

MEXICO/MEXIQUE/ Abdelmalek FARAJ Carla Elisa Luis MUCAVI MÉXICO Chef du laboratoire approches et Permanent Representative to méthodes FAO Miguel Angel CISNEROS Institut national des recherches Permanent Representation to MATA halieutiques FAO Investigador Titular del Casablanca Embassy of the Republic of Instituto Nacional de Pesca Phone: +212 661079909 Mozambique (INAPESCA) E-mail: [email protected] Rome, Italy Centro Regional de Phone: +39 06 37514675 Investigaciones Pesqueras de Youssef OUATI Fax: +39 06 37514699 Guaymas Chef E-mail: Sonora Division de la coopération [email protected] Phone: +52 6222221021/5925 Département de la pêche maritime ext.114 Ministère de l'agriculture et NAMIBIA/NAMIBIE Fax: +52 6222221021/5925 de la pêche maritime ext.114 Rabat Ulitala HIVELUAH E-mail: miguel.cisneros@ Phone: +212 5 37688162 Permanent Secretary inapesca.sagarpa.gob.mx Fax: +212 5 37688194 Ministry of Fisheries and Marine E-mail: [email protected] Resources Alejandro QUIROZ Windhoek SORIANO MOZAMBIQUE Phone: +264 61 2053007 Investigador Asociado Fax: +264 61244566 Instituto Nacional de Pesca Gabriel Serafim MUTHISSE E-mail: [email protected] (Inapesca) Deputy Minister Distrito Federal Ministry of Fishery Anna Ndinelao ERASTUS Phone: +52 5538719515/6 Maputo Director Fax: +52 5538719515/6 Fax: +258 21 325087 Policy, Planning and Economics E-mail: E-mail: agmuthisse@moz. Windhoek [email protected] pesca.gov.mz Moses MAURIHUNGIRIRE MOROCCO/MAROC/ Simeao LOPES Director MARRUECOS Director-General Resource Management National Fisheries Administration Windhoek Lhoussaine KHATOURI Pedroso Phone: +264 811293145 Représentant permanent adjoint Phone: +258 21358000 Fax: +264 61220558 auprès de la FAO Fax: +258 21 320335 E-mail: mmaurihungirire@ Representation permanente auprès E-mail: [email protected] gmail.com de la FAO Ambassade du Royaume du Maroc Laurinda Fernando Saide Peter AMUTENYA Rome, Italie BANZE Director Phone: +39 06 Alternate Permanent Fisheries Operation 4402524/3279273347 Representative to FAO Windohoek Fax: +39 06 4402695 Permanent Representation to Phone: +264 612053116 E-mail: [email protected] FAO Fax: +264 61240412 Embassy of the Republic of E-mail: [email protected] Abdelouahed BENABBOU Mozambique Directeur de la coopération et des Rome, Italy Hashali HAMUKUAYA affaires juridiques Phone: +39 06 37514675 Details not provided Département de la pêche maritime Fax: +39 06 37514699 Rabat E-mail: [email protected] NAURU Phone: +212 537688198 Fax: +212 537688194 Paula C. SANTANA AFONSO Charleston Dedenu Deiye E-mail: [email protected] Deputy Director DEIYE Fisheries Research Institute Chief Executive Officer Maputo Fisheries and Marine Phone: +258 823091540 Resources Authority Fax: +258 21492112 Yaren E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +674 5573055 E-mail: [email protected]

Monte DEPAUNE Catherine MCGREGOR NIGER/NÍGER Support Services Manager Alternate Permanent Fisheries and Marine Representative to FAO Hassane HAROUNA MAIGA Resources Authority Permanent Representation to Conseiller Yaren FAO Représentant permanent Phone: +674 5573136 Embassy of New Zealand auprès de la FAO E-mail: monte.depaune@ Rome, Italy Représentation permanente naurugov.nr Phone: +39 06 8537501 auprès de la FAO Fax: +39 06 4402984 Rome, Italie NETHERLANDS/PAYS-BAS/ E-mail: cathie.mcgregor@ PAÍSES BAJOS mfat.govt.nz NIGERIA/NIGÉRIA

Reinder SCHAAP NICARAGUA Yaya OLANIRAN Y. Counsellor Ambassador Fisheries and Marine Danilo ROSALES Permanent Representative to Biodiversity PICHARDO FAO Ministry of Economic Affairs, Vice Presidente Ejecutivo Permanent Representation to Agriculture and Innovation Instituto Nicaraguense de FAO The Hague Pesca y Acuicultura (Inpesca) Embassy Nigeria Phone: +31 703784187 Phone: +505 22442460 Rome, Italy E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +505 22442552 Phone: +39 06 6896672 E-mail: drosales@inpesca. Fax: +39 06 6877840 NEW ZEALAND/ gob.ni E-mail: nigeriapermrep@E- NOUVELLE-ZÉLANDE/ mail.com NUEVA ZELANDIA Julio Cesar GUEVARA QUINTANA Abiodun WALI Jane WILLING Coordinador de Asuntos de Alternate Permanent Manager International Pesca Representative to FAO Ministry of Fisheries INATUN Permanent Representation to Phone: +644 8194651 Managua FAO Fax: +644 8194644 E-mail: [email protected] Embassy of Nigeria E-mail: [email protected] Rome, Italy Monica ROBELO RAFFONE Phone: +39 06 6896672 Anna FALLOON M. Fax: +39 06 6877840 International Advisor Representante Permanente E-mail: nigeriapermrep@E- Ministry of Fisheries ante la FAO mail.com Wellington Representación Permanente Phone: +644 4702600 ante la FAO NORWAY/NORVÈGE/ E-mail: República de Nicaragua NORUEGA [email protected] Roma, Italia Phone: +39 06 32110020 Johan H. WILLIAMS Alastair MACFARLANE Fax: +39 063203041 Director General General Manager E-mail: embanicfao@ Ministry of Fisheries and Trade and Information cancilleria.gob.ni Coastal Affairs New Zeland Seafood Industry Oslo Council Junior ESCOBAR FONSECA Phone: +47 22 249090 Phone: +64 21 687537 Agregado Técnico para Fax: +47 22 249585 E-mail: alastair.macfarlane@ Asuntos de Cooperación seafood.co.nz Embajada de la República de Yngve TORGERSEN Nicaragua Deputy Director General Roma, Italia Ministry of Fisheries and Phone: +39 06 32110020 Coastal Affairs E-mail: jescobar@cancilleria. Oslo gob.ni Phone: +47 22 249090 Fax: +47 22 249585 E-mail: Yngve.Torgersen@ fkd.dep.no

Anne MAGNUSSON Aksel EIKEMO OMAN/OMÁN Senior Advisor Director Ministry of Fisheries and Directorate of Fisheries Ibrahim AL-BUSAIDE Coastal Affairs Bergen Director General of Fisheries Oslo Phone: +47 91143577 Development Phone: +47 22 249090 E-mail: aksel.eikemo@ Muscat Fax: +47 22 249585 fiskeridir.no Phone: +968 24688256 E-mail: Anne.Magnusson@ Fax: +968 24693246 fkd.dep.no Terje LOBACH E-mail: ibrahim.busaidi@ Director mof.gov.om Tore Jan RIISE Directorate of Fisheries Special Advisor Bergen Khalfan AL-RASHDI Ministry of Fisheries and E-mail: terje.lobach@ Head of Hatcheries Coastal Affairs fiskeridir.no Technology Oslo Phone: +968 24688137 Phone: +47 22 249090 Anne B OSLAND E-mail: khalfanrashdi@ Fax: +47 22 249585 Senior Advisor gmail.com E-mail: Tore-jan.Riise@ Directorate of Fisheries fkd.dep.no Bergen Rashid AL GHAFRI E-mail: anne.osland@ Director of Fisheries Affairs Silje REM fiskeridir.no Albatinah Region Advisor AL.Bidaia Ministry of Fisheries and Kirsten BJORU K.R. Phone: +968 99745905 Coastal Affairs Deputy Permanent Fax: +968 26846705 Oslo Representative to FAO E-mail: alghafri_03@ Phone: +47 22 249090 Permanent Representation to hotmail.com Fax: +47 22 249585 FAO E-mail: [email protected] Embassy of the Kingdom of Mahmoud RASMI Norway to FAO Coordinator Einar TALLAKSEN Royal Norwegian Embassy UN Agencies in Rome Senior Advisor Rome, Italy Embassy of the Sultanate of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phone: +39 06 5717031 Oman Oslo Fax: +39 06 57170326 Rome, Italy Phone: +47 22 243000/1 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +39 06 36300545 Fax: +47 22 249580/1 Fax: +39 06 3296802 E-mail: einar.tallaksen@ Dag Erling STAI mfa.no Deputy Director General PANAMA/PANAMÁ Ministry of Fisheries and Brit FISKNES Coastal Affairs Don Guido Juvenal Senior Advisor Oslo MARTINELLI DELLA NORAD Phone: +47 22 249090 TOGNA Oslo Fax: +47 22 249585 Embajador E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: dag-erling.stai@ Representante Permanente fkd.dep.no ante la FAO Asmund BJORDAL Embajada de la República de Research Director Hans Kristian AMUNDSEN Panamá Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Deputy Minister Roma, Italia Institute of Marine Research Ministry of Fisheries and Phone: +39 06 44265429 Bergen Coastal Affairs E-mail: E-mail: aasmund.bjordal@ Oslo missionepermanentefao@ imr.no Phone: +47 22249090 embajadadepanama.it

Alf Hakon HOEL Per Kristian ENGE Director Senior Advisor Institute of Marine Research Ministry of Fisheries and Bergen Coastal Affairs E-mail: alf.haakon.hoel@ Oslo imr.no Phone: +47 22249090

Alexis RODRIGUEZ Zbigniew KARNICKI Egidio BARBEITO J. E. Jefe del Departamento de Chief Advisor on Common Counsellor Control y Cumplimiento Fisheries Policy Permanent Representative to Autoridad Maritima of European Union FAO Panama City Sea Fisheries Institute Permanent Representation to Phone: +507 5015081 Gdynia FAO E-mail: alrodriguez@ Phone: +48 0 587356219 Embassy of the Portuguese amp.gob.pa Fax: +48 0 587356110 Republic E-mail: zkarnicki@mir. Rome, Italy PERU/PÉROU/PERÚ gdynia.pl Phone: +39 06 84480219 Fax: +39 06 8417404 Manuel ALVAREZ Wojciech OSTROWSKI E-mail: [email protected] Representante Permanente Permanent Representative to Alterno ante la FAO FAO QATAR Representación Permanente Permanent Representation to ante la FAO FAO Akeel HATOOR Roma, Italia Embassy of the Republic of Alternate Phone: +39 06 80691510 Poland Permanent Representative to E-mail: [email protected] Rome, Italy FAO Phone: +39 3384855278 Embassy of the State of Qatar PHILIPPINES/FILIPINAS E-mail: [email protected] Rome, Italy Phone: +39 06 44249450 Noel DE LUNA Lidia KACALSKA- Fax: +39 06 44245273 Deputy Permanent BIENKOWSKA E-mail: [email protected] Representative to FAO Head Permanent Representation to Unit Ministry of Agriculture REPUBLIC OF KOREA/ FAO and Rural Development RÉPUBLIQUE DE CORÉE/ Embassy of the Philippines Warsaw REPÚBLICA DE COREA Rome, Italy E-mail: l.kacalska@minrol. Phone: +39 06 39746717 gov.pl Jang-woo SEO Fax: +39 06 39889925 Director E-mail: [email protected] Magdalena KROPIWNICKA Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Technical Adviser Forestry and Fisheries Esteban PAGARAN to POLBIOS Seoul Alternate Permanent (EU Presidency 2011) Phone: +82 2 5002408 Representative to FAO Warsaw Fax: +82 2 5039174 Permanent Representation to E-mail: E-mail: seojw33169@yahoo. FAO magdalena@foodandclimate. co.kr Embassy of the Philippines org Rome, Italy Ki-hwan KIM Phone: +39 06 39746717 PORTUGAL Deputy Director Fax: +39 06 39740872 Ministry of Food, Agriculture, E-mail: [email protected] Emilia BATISTA Forestry and Fisheries Direzione Generale Pesca Seoul POLAND/POLOGNE/ Ministry of Agriculture Phone: +82 2 5002412 POLONIA Lisbona Fax: +82 2 5039174 Phone: +351 213035850 E-mail: [email protected] Leszek DYBIEC Fax: +351 213035922 Counsellor E-mail: ebatista@ Hyo-jung JUNG Ministry of Agriculture and dgpa.min-agricultura.pt Assistant Director Rural Development Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Warsaw Forestry and Fisheries E-mail: leszek.dybiec@ Seoul minrol.gov.pl Phone: +82 2 5002413 Fax: 82 2 5039174 E-mail: [email protected]

Yong-min SHIN Kamil BEKYASHEV SAUDI ARABIA/ARABIE Advisor Senior Specialist Researcher SAOUDITE/ARABIA Pukyong National University Russian Federal Research SAUDITA Busan Institute of Fisheries and Phone: +82 516295310 Oceanography (VNIRO) Anwar Essa AL SUNAIHER Fax: +82 516295315 Moscow Director General E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +7 4992649387 Aquaculture Department Fax: +7 4992649187 Ministry of Agriculture Min-gyu PARK E-mail: [email protected] Riyadh Professor of Law Phone: +966 1 4031635 Inha University Evgeny KATS Fax: +966 1 4031635 Incheon Head E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +82 10 20352339 Legal Department of the E-mail: [email protected] Federal Agency for Fisheries Abdelaziz bin Abdallah AL Moscow YAHYA ROMANIA/ROUMANIE/ Phone: +7 4959870542 Director General RUMANIA Fax: +7 4956281904 Fisheries Management E-mail: [email protected] Department Marian Sorinel MANAILA Ministry of Agriculture President Alexander OKHANOV Riyadh National Agency for Fisheries Alternate E-mail: [email protected] and Aquaculture Permanent Representative to Bucharest FAO Mohamad Saad HAZZAA Permanent Representation to Department Aquaculture Carmen CONSTANTIN FAO Ministry of Agriculture Counsellor Embassy of the Russian Jeddah European Affairs Federation Phone: +966 2342082 Ministry of Agriculture and Rome, Italy Fax: +966 2342082 Rural Development Phone: +39 06 8557749 E-mail: Bucharest Fax: +39 06 8557749 [email protected] Phone: +40 21 3072300 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +40 21 3134766 Waleed Bin Khaled A. Olga SEDYKH KRIMLY Alina Stefana CATANA Deputy Director Deputy Head of the International Law Fisheries Development Permanent Representative to Division and Cooperation Division FAO Department Marine Fisheries Management Permanent Representation to Federal Agency for Fisheries Department FAO Moscow Ministry of Agriculture Embassy of Romania Phone: +7 4956213180 Riyadh Rome, Italy Fax: +7 4956289891 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +39 06 8073082 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +39 06 8084995 SENEGAL/SÉNÉGAL SAN MARINO/SAINT- RUSSIAN FEDERATION/ MARIN Ciré Amadou KANE FÉDÉRATION DE RUSSIE/ Secrétaire Permanent FEDERACIÓN DE RUSIA Marina EMILIANI CSRP Counsellor Dakar Alexander FOMIN Permanent Representative to Phone: +221 33 8640475 Deputy Head FAO Fax: +221 33 8640477 Federal Agency for Fisheries Permanent Representation to E-mail: [email protected] Moscow FAO Phone: +7 4959870521 Embassy of the Republic of Ousmane NDIAYE Fax: +7 4956281904 San Marino Directeur des pêches E-mail: [email protected] Rome, Italy maritimes Phone: +39 06 8072511/5131 Dakar Fax: +39 06 8070072 E-mail: [email protected]

SEYCHELLES Denisa MEDVEDOVA Hussein NURHASSAN Counsellor Ambassador Extraordinary to Peter SINON Permanent Representative to Quirinale Minister FAO Embassy of the Republic of Ministry of Investment, Permanent Representation to Somalia Natural Resources and FAO Rome, Italy Industry Embassy of the Slovak Phone: +39 06 063220651 Mahé Republic Fax: +39 06 3200898 Phone: +248 676299 Rome, Italy E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +248 225994 Phone: +39 06 36715206 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: denisa.medvedova@ SOUTH AFRICA/AFRIQUE mzv.sk DU SUD/SUDÁFRICA Roy CLARISSE Deputy Managing Director SLOVENIA/SLOVÉNIE/ Mqondisi NGADELA Seychelles Fishing Authority ESLOVENIA Director Compliance Mahé Department of Agriculture, Phone: +248 670300 Rok TOMSIC Forestry and Fisheries Mobile: +248 511725 Counsellor (Economic Affairs) Cape Town Fax: +248 224508 Permanent Representative to Phone: +27 21 4023070/ E-mail: [email protected] FAO 486 5139821 Rome, Italy E-mail: [email protected] Finley RACOMBO Phone: +39 06 80914310 Acting CEO of Seychelles Fax: +39 06 8081741 Belemane SEMOLI Fishing Authority E-mail: [email protected] Director Mahé Department of Agriculture, E-mail: [email protected] SOMALIA/SOMALIE Forestry and Fisheries Cape Town Jan ROBINSON Mohamed MOALLIN Phone: +27 21 4023534 Manager HASSAN Fax: +27 21 4023690 Fisheries Research Minister for Fisheries, Marine E-mail: [email protected] Seychelles Fishing Authority Resources and Environment Fishing Port Mogadishu Saasa PHEEHA Mahé E-mail: samodoon@ Director Phone: +248 670338 gmail.com Offshore and Highseas E-mail: [email protected] Fisheries Management Abukar AWES Phone: +27 21 4023563 SLOVAKIA/SLOVAQUIE/ Permanent Representative to Fax: +27 21 4023618 ESLOVAQUIA FAO E-mail: [email protected] Permanent Representation to Jan SUKOVSKY FAO SPAIN/ESPAGNE/ESPAÑA Chief State Counsellor Embassy of the Republic of Ministry of Agriculture and Somalia Alberto LOPEZ GARCIA Rural Development of the Rome, Italy ASENJO A. Slovak Republic Phone: +39 06 063220651 Embajador Department of Animal Fax: +39 06 3200898 Representante Permanente Production (Aquaculture and ante la FAO Marine Fisheries) Musse CABDULLAHI Representación Permanente Bratislava Advisor of the Minister ante la FAO Phone: +42 12 59266553 Rome, Italy Embajada de España E-mail: jan.sukovsky@ E-mail: mcabdullahi@ Roma, Italia land.gov.sk hotmail.com Phone: +39 06 6878762 Fax: +39 06 6873076 E-mail: [email protected]

Carmen ASENCIO SRI LANKA Gothami INDIKADAHENA CASTILLEJO Deputy Subdirectora General Adjunta Rajitha SENARATNE Permanent Representative to de Acuerdos y ORP Minister for Fisheries and FAO Secretaría General del Mar Aquatic Resources Permanent Representation to Ministerio de Medio Ambiente Development FAO y Medio Rural y Marino Ministry of Fisheries and Embassy of the Democratic Madrid Aquatic Resources Socialist Republic of Phone: +34 91 3476175 Development Sri Lanka Fax: +34 91 3476042 Colombo Rome, Italy E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +94 112 446188 Phone: +39 06 8554560 Fax: +94 112 446187 Fax: +39 06 84241670 Elias GUIA E-mail: drrajsenaratne@ E-mail: Representante Permanente hotmail.com gothamiindikadahena@ ante la FAO yahoo.com Representación Permanente Kondaramage UJITH ante la FAO ANURADHA Sujatha SENARATNE Embajada de España Managing Director Deputy Director Roma, Italia Cey-Nor Foundation Ltd National Hospital Phone: +39 06 6869539 Colombo Colombo Fax: +39 06 6873076 Phone: +94 112 439021 E-mail: secretary@fisheries. E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +94 112 445582 gov.lk E-mail: [email protected] Aurora DE BLAS Hemantha CARBONERO Jayantha CHANDRASOMA WARNAKULASURIYA H. Subdirectora General de Chairman Ambassador Economía Pesquera National Aquaculture Permanent Representative to Secretaría General del Mar Development Authority of FAO Ministerio del Medio Ambiente Sri Lanka Permanent Representation to y Medio Rural y Marino Pelawatte, Battaramulla FAO Madrid Phone: +94 11 2786497 Embassy of Sri Lanka Phone: +34 91 3473681 Fax: +94 11 2786497 Rome, Italy Fax: +34 91 3478445 E-mail: chairman@naqda. Phone: +39 06 884080/ E-mail: [email protected] gov.lk 8554560 Fax: +39 06 84241670 MERCEDES ALONSO Damitha DE ZOYSA E-mail: [email protected] FRAYLE Secretary Subdirectora General de las Ministry of Fisheries and SUDAN/SOUDAN/SUDÁN Organizaciones y Acuerdos Aquatic Resources Internationales Development Mohamed ELFAKI ELNOR Secretaria General del Mar Colombo Permanent Representative to Madrid Phone: +94 112 327060 FAO Phone: +91 3476040 Fax: +94 112 541184 Rome, Italy Fax: +91 3476042 E-mail: secretary@fisheries. Phone: +39 06 33222138 E-mail: [email protected] gov.lk Fax: +39 06 3340841

SWEDEN/SUÈDE/SUECIA

Cecilia NORDIN VAN GANSBERGHE Ambassador Permanent Representative to FAO Permanent Representation to FAO Embassy of Sweden Rome, Italy Phone: +39 06 441941 Fax: +39 06 44194762

Gunilla GREIG Joompol SANGUANSIN Piyawat NAIGOWIT Advisor Director Second Secretary and International Development Marine Fisheries Research and Alternate Cooperation Unit Development Bureau Permanent Representative to Swedish Board of Fisheries Department of Fisheries Kaset FAO Göteborg Klang Permanent Representation to Bangkok FAO Staffan LARSSON Phone: +662 5620542 Rome, Italy Advisor Fax: +662 5620542 E-mail: dome117@ Swedish Board of Fisheries E-mail: joompols@ hotmail.com Göteborg fisheries.go.th TONGA Reine JOHANSSON Waraporn PROMPOJ Advisor Director Lord VAEA Federation of Swedish Fisheries Foreign Affairs Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fishermen Division Forests and Fisheries Göteborg Department of Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Bangkok Forests and Fisheries Anna LARSSON Phone: +662 579 8215 Nuku'alofa Alternate Fax: +662 562 0529 Phone: +676 27400 Ministry of Rural Affairs E-mail: wprompoj@ Fax: +676 27401 Stockholm yahoo.com E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC/ Malinee SMITHRITHEE RÉPUBLIQUE ARABE Fisheries Biologist Sione VAILALA MATOTO SYRIENNE/REPÚBLICA Professional Level Coastal CEO for Agriculture and ÁRABE SIRIA Fisheries Food, Forests and Fisheries Research and Development Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Ammar AWAD Bureau Forests and Fisheries First Secretary Department of Fisheries Nuku'alofa MFA Bangkok Phone: +676 24644 Rome, Italy Phone: +662 562 0523 Fax: +676 23888 Phone: +39 06 67498039 Fax: +662 562 0493 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +39 06 6794989 E-mail: malinee_pom@ E-mail: hotmail.com TURKEY/TURQUIE/ [email protected] TURQUÍA Sairak CHAILANGGAR THAILAND/THAÏLANDE/ Counsellor (Agriculture) Durali KOCAK TAILANDIA Deputy Permanent Deputy Director General Representative to FAO Protection and control Somying PIUMSOMBUN Permanent Representation to Ankara Director General FAO Phone: +90 312 4186318 Department of Fisheries Office of Agricultural Affairs Fax: +90 312 4186318 Ministry of Agriculture and Royal Thai Embassy E-mail: [email protected] Cooperatives Rome, Italy Bangkok Phone: + 39 06 30363687 Hasan KILIC Phone: +662 5620523 Fax: +39 06 30312700 Specialist Fax: +662 5620493 Ankara E-mail: somyingp@ Tritaporn KHOMAPAT Phone: +90 312 4174176/5051 fisheries.go.th Minister (Agriculture) Fax: +90 312 4186318 Permanent Representative to E-mail: [email protected] FAO Office of Agricultural Affairs Royal Thai Embassy Rome, Italy Phone: +39 06 30363687 Fax: +39 06 30312700 E-mail: thagri.rome@ gmail.com

Fazil DUSUNCELI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/ Fatma SOBO Alternate Permanent ÉMIRATS ARABES UNIS/ Assistant Director of Fisheries Representative to FAO EMIRATOS ÁRABES Ministry of Livestock Permanent Representation to UNIDOS Development and Fisheries FAO Dar-es-Salaam Embassy of the Republic of Saif Mohammed AL SHARA Phone: +255 784285748 Turkey Assistant Undersecretary Fax: +255 2860471 Rome, Italy Water Resources and Nature E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +39 3200341015 Protection Affairs (MOEW) Fax: +39 06 4941526 Abu Dhabi UNITED STATES OF E-mail: turkishagri.rome@ Phone: +971 42148444 AMERICA/ÉTATS-UNIS yahoo.com Fax: +971 42655822 D'AMÉRIQUE/ESTADOS E-mail: smalshara@ UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA UGANDA/OUGANDA moew.gov.ae David A. BALTON Robert SABIITI Ebrahim Abdulla JAMALI Ambassador for Oceans and Alternate Permanent Director of Marine Fisheries Representative to FAO Environment Research Deputy Assistant Secretary for Embassy of Uganda Centre (MOEW) Oceans and Fisheries Rome, Italy Ministry of Environmental Department of State Phone: +39 3351582795 Water Washington DC Fax: +39 06 3213688 Abu Dhabi Phone: +1 202 6472396 E-mail: [email protected]; Phone: +971 67655881 Fax: +1 202 6470217 ugandaembassyrome@ Fax: +971 67655581 E-mail: [email protected] hotmail.com E-mail: eaaljamli@ moew.gov.ae William GIBBONS-FLY UKRAINE/UCRANIA Director UNITED KINGDOM/ Office of Marine Conservation Victor DRONYK ROYAUME-UNI/REINO Bureau of Oceans Head UNIDO Environment and Science State Agency for Fisheries Washington DC Phone: +38 044 4866243 Richard PARSONS Phone: +1 202 6472335 Fax: +38 044 4820148 Head Fax: +1 202 7367350 E-mail: [email protected] International Sustainable E-mail: gibbons-flywh@ Marine and Fisheries Team state.gov Alternate(s) Department for Environment, Andriy CHUKLIN Food and Rural Affairs Gerald LEAPE Head London Senior Officer Department of Aquaculture Phone: +44 207 2383129 International Marine Policy State Agency for Fisheries E-mail: richard.parsons@ Pew Environment Group Phone: +38 044 4846332 defra.gsi.gov.uk Washington DC Fax: +38 044 4846350 Phone: +1 202 8871346 E-mail: [email protected] UNITED REPUBLIC OF Mobile: +1 202 4313938 TANZANIA/RÉPUBLIQUE- Fax: +1 202 5522299 Yana SKIBINETSKA UNIE DE TANZANIE/ E-mail: [email protected] Permanent Representative to REPÚBLICA UNIDA DE FAO TANZANÍA Rebecca LENT Permanent Representation to Director FAO Wilfred NGIRWA Office of International Affairs Embassy of Ukraine Permanent Representative to National Marine Fisheries Rome, Italy FAO Service Phone: +39 06 8413345 Permanent Representation to National Oceanic and Fax: +39 06 8547539 FAO Atmospheric Administration E-mail: [email protected] Embassy of the United Silver Spring, MD Republic of Tanzania Phone: +1 301 7139090 Rome, Italy Fax: +1 301 7132313 Phone: +39 3391912594 E-mail: rebecca.lent@ E-mail: wilfredngirwa@ noaa.gov yahoo.co.uk

Cheri McCARTY Stetson TINKHAM Manuel CLAROS OVIEDO International Policy Advisor Director M.E. Office of International Affairs International Affairs Segundo Secretario National Oceanic and National Fisheries Institute Representación Permanente Atmospheric Administration McLean, VA ante la FAO (NOAA) Phone: +1 703 7528892 Embajada de la Republica Silver Spring, MD Fax: +1 703 7527583 Bolivariana de Venezuela Phone: +1 301 7139090 E-mail: [email protected] Rome, Italy Mobile: +1 240 4293825 Phone: +39 06 3241676 Fax: +1 301 7139106 Deirdre M. WARNER- Fax: +39 06 806 90022 E-mail: cheri.mccarty@ KRAMER E-mail: [email protected] noaa.gov Senior Foreign Affairs Officer Office of Marine Conservation VIET NAM Jean-Pierre PLÉ (OES/OMC) Deputy Director Department of State Pham Anh TUAN NOAA Fisheries Washington DC Deputy Director General Office of International Affairs Phone: +1 202 6472883 General Fisheries US Department of Commerce Fax: +1 202 7367350 Administration National Oceanic and E-mail: warner- Ministry of Agriculture and Atmospheric Administration [email protected] Rural Development Silver Spring, MD Hanoi Phone: +1 301 7139090 URUGUAY Phone: +84 437245114 ext. 116 E-mail: tuanpa.khin@ Mobile: +1 202 8216138 Daniel GILARDONI mard.gov.vn Fax: +1 202 7139013 Director General E-mail: Jean-Pierre.Ple@ Dirección Nacional de Pham Thi Tuyet HOA noaa.gov Recursos Acuáticos Deputy Director-General Ministerio de Ganadería, International Cooperation Greg SCHNEIDER Agricultura y Pesca Departement Senior International Trade Montevideo Ministry of Agriculture and Specialist Phone: +39 06 4821776 Rural Development Office of International Affairs Fax: +39 06 4823695 Hanoi NOAA Fisheries E-mail: dgilardoni@dinara. E-mail: tuyethoa.htqt@ National Oceanic and gob.uy mard.gov.vn Atmospheric Administration Silver Spring, MD VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN Nguyen Thi Thu HUONG Phone: +1 301 7139090 REPUBLIC OF)/ Expert Fax: +1 301 7132313 VENEZUELA Legal Legislation Department E-mail: Greg.Schneider@ (RÉPUBLIQUE Ministry of Agriculture and noaa.gov BOLIVARIENNE DU)/ Rural Development VENEZUELA (REPÚBLICA Hanoi Dean SWANSON BOLIVARIANA DE) E-mail: thuhuong2hna@ Chief yahoo.com.vn International Fisheries Affairs Gladys URBANEJA DURAN Division G.F. Nguyen Thi Trang NHUNG Department of Commerce Embajadora General Fisheries Deputy National Oceanic and Representante Permanente Director Atmospheric Administration ante la FAO Science and Technology National Marine Fisheries Representación Permanente Department Administration Service ante la FAO Ministry of Agriculture and Silver Spring, MD Embajada de la República Rural Development Phone: +1 301 7132276 Bolivariana de Venezuela Hanoi Fax: +1 301 7132313 Rome, Italy Phone: +84 4 37245374 E-mail: Dean.Swanson@ Phone: +39 06 3241676 Fax: +84 4 37245374 noaa.gov Fax: +39 06 80690022 E-mail: tranghhung73@ E-mail: [email protected] yahoo.com

Nguyen chi THANH Samuel MAPALA ZIMBABWE Cousellor Ambassador Deputy Permanent Permanent Representative to Tendai NHEKEDZA Representative to FAO FAO Counselor Embassy of the Socialist Permanent Representation to Alternate Permanent Republic of Viet Nam FAO Representative to FAO Rome, Italy Embassy of the Republic of Permanent Representation to E-mail: [email protected] Zambia FAO Rome, Italy Embassy of the Republic of YEMEN/YÉMEN Phone: +39 06 36002590 Zimbabwe Fax: +39 06 97613035 Rome, Italy Abdulraoof Mohamed E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +39 06 68308282 BINBREK Fax: +39 06 6830832 Assistant Deputy Minister for Patrick NGALANDE E-mail: tnhekedza@yahoo. Quality Acting Director of Fisheries co.uk Ministry of Fish Wealth Ministry of Livestock and Sanaa Fisheries ASSOCIATE MEMBER Phone: +96 773 3218521 Lusaka MEMBRE ASSOCIÉ E-mail: binbrek@yemen. Phone: +39 06 36002590 MIEMBRO ASOCIADO net.ye Fax: +39 06 97613035 E-mail: [email protected] FAROE ISLANDS/ÎLES FÉROÉ Nabil Ali ABDULKADER (LES)/ISLAS FEROE Counselor John MWANGO Responsible for Cultural Chief Elin MORTENSEN Affairs and Communication Aquaculture Research Officer Advisor c/o Embassy of the Republic Ministry of Livestock and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of Yemen Fisheries Faroe Islands Rome, Italy Lusaka Tórshavn Phone: +39 06 44231679 Phone: +39 06 36002590 Phone: +298 306142 Fax: +39 06 44234763 Fax: +39 06 97613035 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: segreteria@ E-mail: [email protected] yemenembassy.it Jens Helgi TOFTUM Trevor SICHOMBO Advisor ZAMBIA/ZAMBIE First Secretary Ministry of Fisheries, Permanent Representative to Faroe Islands Bradford MACHILA FAO Tórshavn Minister Permanent Representation to Phone: +298 553240 Ministry of Livestock and FAO E-mail: jens.helgi.toftum@ Fisheries Development Embassy of the Republic of fisk.fo Lusaka Zambia Phone: +26 0211250274 Rome, Italy E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +39 06 36002590 Fax: +39 06 97613035 E-mail: [email protected]

OBSERVERS FROM Lelio BERNARDI REPRESENTATIVES OF FAO MEMBER Adviser UNITED NATIONS AND NATIONS/ Observateur permanent SPECIALIZED OBSERVATEURS de la FAO AGENCIES/ D'ÉTATS MEMBRES DE Bureau de l'Observateur REPRÉSENTANTS DES LA FAO/ permanent du Saint- NATIONS UNIES ET DES OBSERVADORES DE Siège auprès de la FAO INSTITUTIONS LOS ESTADOS Cité du Vatican SPÉCIALISÉES/ MIEMBROS DE LA FAO Phone: +39 06 69887234 REPRESENTANTES DE Fax: +39 06 69887195 NACIONES UNIDAS Y EQUATORIAL E-mail: osserfao@ ORGANISMOS GUINEA/GUINÉE mhsfao.va ESPECIALIZADOS ÉQUATORIALE/ GUINEA ECUATORIAL Achille SCHETTINI UNITED NATIONS/ Adviser ORGANISATION DES Crisantos OBAMA Observateur permanent NATIONS UNIES/ Permanent auprès de la FAO ORGANIZACIÓN DE LAS Representative to FAO Bureau de l'Observateur NACIONES UNIDAS Permanent permanent du Saint- Representation to FAO Siège auprès de la FAO Michael SHEWCHUK Rome, Italy Cité du Vatican Legal Officer Phone: +39 3312491870 Phone: +39 06 69887234 Division for Ocean Affairs E-mail: obamarefao@ Fax: +39 06 69887195 and the Law of the Sea gmail.com E-mail: osserfao@ Office of Legal Affairs mhsfao.va United Nations HOLY SEE/SAINT- New York, United States of SIÈGE/SANTA SEDE José Cleberson DE America FREITAS SILVA Phone: +1 917 3672255 S.E. Mons. Luigi Adviser Fax: +1 212 9635847 TRAVAGLINO Observateur permanent E-mail: [email protected] Observateur permanent auprès de la FAO auprès de la FAO Bureau de l'Observateur UNITED NATIONS Bureau de l'Observateur permanent du Saint- ENVIRONMENT permanent du Saint- Siège auprès de la FAO PROGRAMME/ Siège auprès de la FAO Cité du Vatican PROGRAMME DES Cité du Vatican Phone: +39 06 69887234 NATIONS UNIES POUR Phone: +39 06 69887234 Fax: +39 06 69887195 L'ENVIRONNEMENT/ Fax: +39 06 69887195 E-mail: osserfao@ PROGRAMA DE LAS mhsfao.va E-mail: osserfao@ NACIONES UNIDAS mhsfao.va PARA EL MEDIO AMBIENTE Vincenzo BUONOMO Adviser Jihyun LEE Observateur permanent Environmental Affairs du Saint-Siège auprès Officer for Marine and de la FAO Coastal Biodiversity Bureau de l'Observateur Secretariat of the permanent du Saint- Convention on Biological Siège auprès de la FAO Diversity Cité du Vatican United Nations Phone: +39 06 69887234 Environment Programme Fax: +39 06 69887195 Montreal, Canada E-mail: osserfao@ Phone: +1 514 2882220 mhsfao.va Fax: +1 514 2886588 E-mail: [email protected]

Takehiro NAKAMURA Randall BRUMMETT OBSERVERS FROM Coordinator Senior Fisheries Specialist INTERGOVERNMENTAL Marine Ecosystems Unit Washington DC, United ORGANIZATIONS/ Marine and Coastal States of America OBSERVATEURS Ecosystem Branch Phone: +1 202 4732853 D'ORGANISATIONS Division of Environmental Fax: +1 202 4776391 INTERGOUVERNEMEN- Policy Implementation E-mail: rbrummett@ TALES/OBSERVADORES Nairobi, Kenya worldbank.org DE LAS Phone: +254 20 7623886 ORGANIZACIONES Mob. +254 727531240 Jingjie CHU INTERGUBERNAMEN- Fax: +254 20 7624249 Young Professional TALES E-mail: Washington DC, United takehiro.nakamura@ States of America AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT unep.org Phone: +1 202 4733965 BANK/BANQUE AFRICAINE Fax: +1 202 4776391 DE DÉVELOPPEMENT/BANCO Louisa WOOD E-mail: AFRICANO DE DESARROLLO Head [email protected] Marine Assessment and Felix MARTTIN Decision Support Kieran KELLEHER Senior Fisheries Officer Cambridge, United Senior Fisheries Specialist Tunis, Tunisia Kingdom Washington DC, United Phone: +216 71102004 Phone: +44 7872 542106 States of America Fax: +216 71332210 E-mail: louisa.wood@ Phone: +1 202 4739180 unep-wcmc.org Fax: +1 202 4776391 AFRICAN UNION/UNION E-mail: AFRICAINE/UNIÓN WORLD BANK GROUP/ [email protected] AFRICANA GROUPE DE LA BANQUE MONDIALE/GRUPO DEL WORLD HEALTH Nancy GITONGA BANCO MUNDIAL ORGANIZATION/ RAC Coordinator ORGANISATION Nairobi, Kenya James L. ANDERSON MONDIALE DE LA Phone: +254 20 3674000 Lead of Fisheries Specialist SANTÉ/ORGANIZACIÓN Fax: +254 20 3674341 Washington DC, United MUNDIAL DE LA SALUD E-mail: nancy.gitonga@ States of America au_ibar.org Phone: +1 202 4733470 Allyn Lise TAYLOR Fax: +1 202 4776391 Geneva, Switzerland Simplice NOUALA FONKOU E-mail: janderson8@ Chief worldbank.org WORLD TRADE Animal Production Officer ORGANIZATION/ Nairobi, Kenya Michael ARBUCKLE ORGANISATION Senior Fisheries Specialist MONDIALE DU AGREEMENT ON THE Washington DC, United COMMERCE/ CONSERVATION OF States of America ORGANIZACIÓN ALBATROSSES AND PETRELS Phone: +1 202 4737672 MUNDIAL DEL Fax: +1 202 4776391 COMERCIO Warren PAPWORTH E-mail: marbuckle@ Executive Secretary worldbank.org Wilf SWARZ Tasmania, Australia Research Officer Phone: +61 439 323505 Tim BOSTOCK Center William Rappard Fax: +61 3 62335497 Senior Fisheries Specialist Geneva, Switzerland E-mail: warren.papworth@ International Development Phone: +44 22 7395992 acap.org Washington DC, United E-mail: williamswarz@ States of America wto.org E-mail: tim.bostock@ talktalk.net

ASIA PACIFIC FISHERIES CENTRE FOR MARKETING COMMISSION FOR THE COMMISSION/COMMISSION INFORMATION AND CONSERVATION OF DES PÊCHES POUR L'ASIE ET ADVISORY SERVICES FOR ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING LE PACIFIQUE/COMISIÓN DE FISHERY PRODUCTS IN THE RESOURCES/COMMISSION PESCA PARA ASIA-PACÍFICO ARAB REGION/CENTRE POUR POUR LA CONSERVATION LES SERVICES DE LA FAUNE ET DE LA Simon FUNGE SMITH D'INFORMATION ET DE FLORE MARINES DE APFIC Secretary CONSULTATION SUR LA L'ANTARCTIQUE/COMISIÓN Senior Fishery Officer COMMERCIALISATION DES PARA LA CONSERVACIÓN DE Regional Office for Asia PRODUITS DE LA PÊCHE LOS RECURSOS MARINOS and the Pacific POUR LA RÉGION ARABE VIVOS DEL ANTÁRTICO Bangkok, Thailand Phone: +66 (0)2 697 4149 Abdellatif BELKOUCH Andrew WRIGHT Managing Director Executive Secretary BAY OF BENGAL Casablanca, Morocco Tasmania, Australia PROGRAMME Phone: +212 552 540856/ Phone: +61 3 62101111 440386 Fax: +61 3 62248144 Yugraj YADAVA Fax: +212 522 540855 E-mail: andrew_wright@ Director E-mail: abdellatif.belkouch@ ccamlr.org Tamil Nadu, India infosamak.org Phone: +91 44 24936188 COMMISSION FOR THE Fax: +91 44 24936102 CENTRE FOR MARKETING CONSERVATION OF E-mail: INFORMATION AND SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA/ [email protected] ADVISORY SERVICES FOR COMMISSION POUR LA FISHERY PRODUCTS IN CONSERVATION DU THON CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY/ LATIN AMERICA AND THE ROUGE DU SUD/COMISIÓN COMMUNAUTÉ DES CARIBBEAN/CENTRE POUR PARA LA CONSERVACIÓN CARAÏBES/COMUNIDAD DEL LES SERVICES DEL ATÚN DEL SUR CARIBE D'INFORMATION ET DE CONSULTATION SUR LA Robert KENNEDY Stan CROTHERS COMMERCIALISATION DES Executive Secretary Consultant PRODUITS DE LA PÊCHE EN Deakin West, Australia The World Bank AMERIQUE ET DANS LES Phone: +61 2 62828396 Washington DC, United States of CARAÏBES/CENTRO PARA Fax: +61 2 62828407 America LOS SERVICIOS DE E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1 64 43843844 INFORMACION Y E-mail: [email protected] ASESORAMIENTO SOBRA LA Ted Tien-Hsiang TSAI COMERCIALIZACION DE LOS Advisor CENTRAL AMERICAN PRODUCTOS PESQUEROS EN Deakin West, Australia ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICA LATINA Y EL Phone: +61 2 62828396 FISHERIES AND CARIBE Fax: +61 2 62828407 AQUACULTURE SECTOR/ E-mail: [email protected] ORGANISATION DU SECTEUR Graciela PEREIRA DES PÊCHES ET DE Director Assistant COMMISSION RÉGIONALE L'AQUACULTURE DE Montevideo, Uruguay DES PÊCHES DU GOLFE DE L'ISTHME CENTRAMÉRICAIN/ Phone: +598 29028701 GUINÉE ORGANIZACIÓN DEL SECTOR Fax: +598 29030501 PESQUERO Y ACUÍCOLA DEL E-mail: Graciela.Pereira@ Emile ESSEMA ISTMO CENTROAMERICANO infopesca.org Secrétaire exécutif

Mario GONZALEZ RECINOS Phone: +241 07062364 Roland WIEFELS Director Regional de Pesca y E-mail: [email protected] Director Acuicultura (SICA/OSPESCA) Montevideo, Uruguay San Salvador, El Salvador Phone: +598 29028701 Phone: +503 22488840 Fax: +598 29030501 Fax: +503 22488899 E-mail: Roland.Wiefelf@ E-mail: [email protected] infopesca.org

COMMISSION ÉCONOMIQUE Masaki OIKAWA EUROFISH DU BÉTAIL, DE LA VIANDE Fisheries Expert Executive ET DES RESSOURCES Secretariat Aina AFANASJEVA HALIEUTIQUES EN CEMAC Rabat, Morocco Director (CEBEVIRHA) Phone: +212 537 688331 International Organization for the Fax: +212 537 688329 Development of Fisheries in Gabriel N'GOMA E-mail: oikawamasakichofu@ Central and Eastern Europe Conseiller technique en pêche yahoo.co.jp Copenhagen, Denmark N'Djamena, Tchad Phone: + 45 33377768 Phone: [email protected] CONVENTION ON Fax: + 45 33377756 INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN E-mail: aina.afanasjeva@ Manuel N'cogo OBONO ENDANGERED SPECIES OF eurofish.dk Directeur de la pêche et WILD FAUNA AND FLORA/ l'aquaculture CONVENTION SUR LE FISHERIES COMMITTEE FOR N'Djamena, Tchad COMMERCE THE WEST CENTRAL GULF INTERNATIONAL DES OF GUINEA COMMITTEE FOR INLAND ESPÈCES DE FAUNE ET DE FISHERIES AND FLORE SAUVAGES Philippe CACAUD AQUACULTURE OF AFRICA MENACÉES D'EXTINCTION/ MCS Adviser CONVENCIÓN SOBRE EL Brussels, Belgium John Frederic MOEHL COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL Phone: +32 479299350 Secretary DE ESPECIES AMENAZADAS E-mail: [email protected] Senior Aquaculture Expert DE FAUNA Y FLORA Office of the Regional SILVESTRES Ndaje Seraphin DEDI Representative Secretary General Regional Office for Africa (RAF) David H. W. MORGAN Accra, Ghana Accra, Ghana Chief, Scientific Phone: +233 207586321 Phone: +233 24 4331746 Services Team E-mail: [email protected] CITES Secretariat COMMON FUND FOR Geneva, Switzerland FISHERY COMMITTEE FOR COMMODITIES/FONDS Phone: +41 22 9178123 THE EASTERN CENTRAL COMMUN POUR LES Fax: +41 22 7973417 ATLANTIC/COMITÉ DES PRODUITS DE BASE/FONDO E-mail: [email protected] PÊCHES POUR COMÚN PARA LOS L'ATLANTIQUE CENTRE- PRODUCTOS BÁSICOS John Erik SCANLON EST/COMITÉ DE PESCA PARA Secretary-General EL ATLÁNTICO CENTRO- Nianjun SHEN CITES Secretariat ORIENTAL Associate Project Manager International Environment House Amsterdam, The Netherlands Châtelaine Alhaji M. JALLOW Phone: +31 205754952 Geneva, Switzerland Secretary Fax: +31 206760231 Phone: +41 22 9178119 Senior Fishery Officer E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +41 22 7973417 Office of the Regional Representative CONFÉRENCE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF Regional Office for Africa (RAF) MINISTÉRIELLE SUR LA CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES/ Accra, Ghana COOPÉRATION COMMUNAUTÉ Phone: +233 (0)21 675000 HALIEUTIQUE ENTRE LES ÉCONOMIQUE DES ÉTATS Fax: +233 (0)21 7010944 ÉTATS AFRICAINS D'AFRIQUE CENTRALE/ RIVERAINS DE L'OCÉAN COMUNIDAD ECONÓMICA ATLANTIQUE DEL ÁFRICA CENTRAL

Hachim EL AYOUBI Georges MBA-ASSEKO Secrétaire exécutif Fishery Officer Rabat, Morocco Libreville, Gabon Phone: +212 537 688328/30 Phone: +241 06 611140/ Fax: +212 537 68 83 29 07 020129 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +241 444732 E-mail: [email protected]

GENERAL FISHERIES INTERGOVERNMENTAL INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE ORGANIZATION FOR COMMISSION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN/ MARKETING INFORMATION CONSERVATION OF COMMISSION GÉNÉRALE AND COOPERATION ATLANTIC TUNAS/ DES PÊCHES POUR LA SERVICES FOR FISHERY COMMISSION MÉDITERRANÉE/COMISION PRODUCTS IN AFRICA/ INTERNATIONALE POUR LA GENERAL DE PESCA DEL ORGANISATION CONSERVATION DES MEDITERRANEO INTERGOUVERNEMENTALE THONIDÉS DE D'INFORMATION ET DE L'ATLANTIQUE/COMISIÓN Abdellah SROUR COOPÉRATION POUR LA INTERNACIONAL PARA LA Acting Deputy Executive COMMERCIALISATION DES CONSERVACIÓN DEL ATÚN Secretary PRODUITS DE LA PÊCHE EN DEL ATLÁNTICO FAO Headquarters AFRIQUE/ORGANIZACIÓN Rome, Italy INTERGUBERNAMENTAL DE Driss MESKI Phone: +39 06 57055730 INFORMACIÓN Y Executive Secretary E-mail: [email protected] COOPERACIÓN PARA LA Madrid, Spain COMERCIALIZACIÓN DE LOS Phone: +34 914165600 INDIAN OCEAN TUNA PRODUCTOS PESQUEROS EN Fax: +34 914152612 COMMISSION/COMMISSION ÁFRICA E-mail: [email protected] DES THONS DE L'OCÉAN INDIEN/COMISIÓN DEL ATÚN Satish HANOOMANJEE LAKE TANGANYIKA PARA EL OCÉANO INDICO Team Leader AUTHORITY/AUTORITÉ DU Windhoek, Namibia LAC TANGANYIKA Alejandro ANGANUZZI Phone: +294 61279434 Executive Secretary Fax: +264 61 279430 Kaitira Ibrahim KATONDA Victoria, Seychelles E-mail: s.hanoomanjee@ Directeur des pêches Phone: +248 225494 infosa.org.na Bujumbura, Burundi Fax: +248 224364 Phone: +257 22273585 E-mail: [email protected] INTERGOVERNMENTAL Fax: +257 79138000 ORGANIZATION FOR E-mail: Kaitira.Katonda@Ita- INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL MARKETING INFORMATION alt.org TUNA COMMISSION/ AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMISSION SERVICES FOR FISHERY LAKE VICTORIA FISHERIES INTERAMÉRICAINE DU THON PRODUCTS IN THE ASIA AND ORGANIZATION/ TROPICAL/COMISIÓN PACIFIC REGION/ ORGANISATION DES PÊCHES INTERAMERICANA DEL ORGANISATION DU LAC VICTORIA/ ATÚN TROPICAL INTERGOUVERNEMENTALE ORGANIZACIÓN PESQUERA DE RENSEIGNEMENTS ET DE PARA EL LAGO VICTORIA Guillermo COMPEAN CONSEILS TECHNIQUES Director of Investigation POUR LA Dick NEYKO La Jolla, United States of America COMMERCIALISATION DES Executive Secretary Phone: +1 858 5467100 PRODUITS DE LA PÊCHE EN Jinja, Uganda Fax: +1 858 5467133 ASIE ET DANS LE E-mail: [email protected] PACIFIQUE/ORGANIZACIÓN NETWORK OF INTERGUBERNAMENTAL DE AQUACULTURE CENTRES IN INFORMACIÓN Y ASIA AND PACIFIC/RÉSEAU ASESORAMIENTO TÉCNICO DE CENTRES PARA LA D'AQUACULTURE POUR LA COMERCIALIZACIÓN DE RÉGION ASIE ET PACIFIQUE/ PRODUCTOS PESQUEROS EN RED DE CENTROS DE LA REGIÓN DE ASIA Y EL ACUICULTURA DE ASIA Y EL PACÍFICO PACÍFICO

Muhammad AYUB Sena DE SILVA Director Director General Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Bangkok, Thailand Phone: +603 20783466 Phone: +66 2 5611728 Fax: +603 20786804 Fax: +66 2 5611727 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR NORDIC COUNCIL OF ORGANIZATION FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS/CONSEIL ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION NORDIQUE DES MINISTRES/ AND DEVELOPMENT/ Sloans CHIMATIRO CONSEJO NÓRDICO DE ORGANISATION DE Senior Fisheries Advisor MINISTROS COOPÉRATION ET DE Midrand, South Africa DÉVELOPPEMENT Phone: +27 11 2563600 Asmundur GUDJONSSON ÉCONOMIQUES/ Fax: + 27 11 2063762 Senior Adviser ORGANIZACIÓN PARA LA E-mail: [email protected] Copenaghen, Denmark COOPERACIÓN Y EL Phone: +45 33960255 DESARROLLO ECONÓMICOS Steve CUNNINGHAM E-mail: [email protected] Montpelier, France Carl-Christian SCHMIDT E-mail: cunningham_swc@ Helge PAULSEN Head of the Fisheries Policies yahoo.com Project coordinator Division Senior Advisory Scientist Trade and Agriculture Directorate Sarah LAWAN DTU-Aqua Paris-Cédex, France Special Liaison Officer Hirtshals, Denmark Phone: +33 145 249560 New York, United States of Phone: +45 40561138 E-mail: carl-christian.schmidt@ America Fax: +45 33963211 oecd.org Phone: +1 3475307926 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM NORTH EAST ATLANTIC FISHERIES AGENCY/ Estelle VAN DER MERWE FISHERIES COMMISSION/ ORGANISME DES PÊCHES DU Advisor COMMISSION DES PÊCHES FORUM DU PACIFIQUE/ Cape Town, South Africa DE L'ATLANTIQUE NORD- ORGANISMO DE PESCA DEL Phone: +27 217851010 EST/COMISIÓN DE FORO PARA EL PACIFICO E-mail: [email protected] PESQUERÍAS DEL ATLÁNTICO NORDESTE Tanielu SU'A Antonia HJORT Director General NFDS African office Kjartan HOYDAL Honiara, Solomon Islands Gaborone, Botswana Secretary Phone: +677 21124 Phone: +267 3926298 London, United Kingdom Fax: +677 23995 Fax: +267 3926290 Phone: +44 2076310016 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +44 2076369225 E-mail: [email protected] Pio E. MANOA Sandy DAVIES Legal Officer NFDS African Office NORTHWEST ATLANTIC Honiara, Solomon Islands Gaborone, Botswana FISHERIES ORGANIZATION/ Phone: +677 21124 Phone: +267 3926298 ORGANISATION DES PÊCHES Fax: + 677 23995 Fax: +267 3926290 DE L'ATLANTIQUE NORD- E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] OUEST/ORGANIZACION DE PESQUERÍAS DEL SOUTH EAST ATLANTIC Per Erik BERGH ATLÁNTICO NOROESTE FISHERIES ORGANIZATION/ NFDS African office ORGANISATION DES PÊCHES Gaborone, Botswana Vladimir SHIBANOV DE L'ATLANTIQUE DU SUD- Phone: +267 3926298 Executive Secretary EST/ORGANIZACIÓN DE LA Fax: +267 3926290 Nova Scotia, Canada PESCA DEL ATLÁNTICO E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1 902 4686582 SORIENTAL Fax: +1 902 4685538 E-mail: [email protected] Ben VAN ZYL Executive Secretary Walvis Bay, Namibia Phone: + 264 64 220387 E-mail: [email protected]

SOUTHEAST ASIAN SUBREGIONAL FISHERIES OBSERVERS FROM FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION/SOUS- INTERNATIONAL NON- CENTER/CENTRE DE COMMISSION RÉGIONALE GOVERNMENTAL DÉVELOPPEMENT DES DES PÊCHES/COMISIÓN ORGANIZATIONS/ PÊCHES DE L'ASIE DU SUD- SUBREGIONAL DE PESCA OBSERVATEURS DES EST/CENTRO DE ORGANISATIONS NON- DESARROLLO DE LA PESCA Ciré Amadou KANE GOUVERNEMENTALES EN ASIA SUDORIENTAL Secrétaire permanent INTERNATIONALES/ Dakar, Sénégal OBSERVADORES DE LAS Chumnarn PONGSRI Phone: +221 33 8640475 ORGANIZACIONES Secretary General Fax: +221 33 8640477 INTERNACIONALES NO SEAFDEC Secretariat E-mail: [email protected] GUBERNAMENTALES Bangkok, Thailand Phone: +66 2 9406326 WESTERN AND CENTRAL BIRDLIFE Fax: +66 2 9406336 PACIFIC FISHERIES INTERNATIONAL/BIRDLIFE E-mail: [email protected] COMMISSION/COMMISSION INTERNACIONAL DES PÊCHES POUR LE Somboon SIRIRAKSOPHON PACIFIQUE CENTRAL ET Cleo SMALL Policy and Program Coodinator OCCIDENTAL/COMISIÓN DE Senior Policy Officer SEAFDEC Secretariat PESCA PARA EL PACÍFICO Birdlife Global Seabird Bangkok, Thailand OCCIDENTAL Y CENTRAL Programme Phone: +66 2 9406326 Sandy, United Kingdom Fax: +66 2 9406336 Peter FLEWWELLING Phone: +44 1767 693586 E-mail: [email protected] Compliance Manager Fax: +44 1767 692365 Bridgetown, Barbados E-mail: [email protected] Joebert D. TOLEDO Phone: +691 3201992 Chief of SEAFDEC Aquaculture Fax: +691 3201108 COALITION FOR FAIR Department E-mail: peter.flewwelling@ FISHERIES AGREEMENTS/ The Philippines wcpfc.int COALITION POUR DES Phone: +63 335119174 ACCORDS DE PÊCHE Fax: +63 29277825 WORLD ORGANISATION FOR ÉQUITABLES/COALICIÓN E-mail: [email protected] ANIMAL HEALTH/ POR ACUERDOS DE PESCA ORGANISATION MONDIALE EQUITATIVOS SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN DE LA SANTÉ ANIMALE/ FISHERIES COMMISSION/ ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL Hélène BOURS COMMISSION DES PÊCHES DE SANIDAD ANIMAL Secretariat IUU expert POUR LE SUD-OUEST DE Rixensart, Belgium L'OCÉAN INDIEN/ Gillian MYLREA E-mail: [email protected] COMISIÓN DE PESCA PARA Deputy Head EL OCÉANO ÍNDICO Trade Department Rashidi CHAMPUNGA SUDOCCIDENTAL Paris, France Advisor Phone: +33 144151888 President KIMWAM Aubrey HARRIS Fax: +33 142670987 Mtwara, Tanzania Secretary E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Senior Fisheries Officer Multi Disciplinary Team, SFSMD Simao DA SILVA Subregional Office for Southern President of ROPA Africa, SFS Guiné-Bissau Eastlea Harare, Zimbabwe Phone: +245 6672111 E-mail: [email protected]

Issiaga DAFFE President of UNPAG Guinea Phone: +224 64424863 E-mail: [email protected]

Epiphane EDJOSSAN Dawda Foday SAINE Cyril Antonius VON GAGERN Secrétaire général President of NAAFO Washington DC, United States of CERAD International Banjul, Gambia America Lomé, Togo Phone: +220 7453623 Phone: +1 202 5723305 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +1 240 6064625 E-mail: [email protected] Kajsa GARPE Yann YVERGNIAUX Programme Officer Assistant ENVIRONMENTAL Marine Ecosystems and CFFA DEVELOPMENT ACTION IN Fisheries International Brussels, Belgium THE THIRD WORLD/ Department Phone: +32 499 296534 ENVIRONNEMENT ET Swedish Society for Nature E-mail: yann.yvergniaux@ DÉVELOPPEMENT DU TIERS- Conservation (SSNC) gmail.com MONDE/MEDIO AMBIENTE Y Stockholm, Sweden DESARROLLO DEL TERCER Phone: +46 8 7026527 CLUSTER OF FISHING MUNDO Fax: +46 8 7020855 COMPANIES IN THIRD E-mail: kajsa.garpe@ COUNTRIES/EMPRESAS Papa Gora NDIAYE naturskyddsforeningen.se PESQUERAS EN PAÍSES Secrétaire exécutif TERCEROS (CLUSTER) Dakar, Sénégal Béatrice GOREZ Phone: +221 33 825 2787 CFFA Coordinator José Ramón FONTÁN Mob. +221 77 644 34 73 Brussels, Belgium Presidente Fax: +221 33 825 2799 Madrid, España E-mail: gora.ndiaye@ Gaoussou GUEYE Phone: +34 91 3096557 endadiapol.org; Vice Président CONIPAS Fax: +34 91 3095324 [email protected] Dakar, Sénégal E-mail: belen.rodriguez@ Phone: +32 02 6525201 clusterdepesca.com EUROPEAN BUREAU FOR Fax: +32 02 6540407 CONSERVATION AND E-mail: [email protected] ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT/BUREAU FUND EUROPÉEN POUR LA Vassen KAUPPAYMUTHOO CONSERVATION ET LE Director Scott EDWARDS DÉVELOPPEMENT Mauritian NGO Washington DC, United States of Supporting Local Artisanal America Arianna BROGGIATO Fishing Communities Kalipso Phone: +1 202 5723305 Fisheries Policy Officer Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius Fax: + 1 202 2346049 Secretariat of the Intergroup on Phone: +230 4653889 E-mail: [email protected] Climate Change and Fax: +230 4664094 Biodiversity of the European E-mail: [email protected] Lawrence EPSTEIN Parliament Project Manager Brussels, Belgium Juan Manuel LOPEZ ALVAREZ Washington DC, United States of Phone: + 32 485735945 Presidente Grupo de Trabajo America Fax: + 32 2 2303070/8272 Pesca Tradicional del Consejo Phone: +1 202 5712390148 E-mail: Arianna.Broggiato@ Consultivo E-mail: [email protected] ebcd.org (CCR-Sur) Europa España Thomas GRASSO FRIENDS OF THE SEA Phone: +34 981 941775 Washington DC, United States of E-mail: xoanlopez@ America Paolo BRAY confrariasgalicia.org Phone: +1 202 572 3305 Director Fax: +1 240 606 4625 Rome, Italy Sid'Ahmed Sidi MOHAMED E-mail: tgrasso@edf Phone: +39 3485650306/+39 ABEID 025821511 President Whitney TOME Fax: +39 02 58215400 Mauritanian Artisanal Fishing Special Projects Manager E-mail: paolobray@ Organisation FNP Oceans Program friendofthesea.org Mauritania Washington DC, United States of Phone: +222 36360087 America Fax: +222 45745430 Phone: +1 202 5723305 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +1 202 2346049 E-mail: [email protected]

GREENPEACE Sebastian MATHEW INTERNATIONAL OCEAN INTERNATIONAL Programme Adviser NOISE COALITION/ Chennai, India COALITION Sebastian LOSADA Phone: +91 44 28275303 INTERNATIONALE CONTRE Oceans Policy Adviser Fax: +91 44 28254457 LE BRUIT DANS LES Coruña, Spain E-mail: [email protected] OCEANS/COALICIÓN Phone: +34 626998254 INTERNACIONAL DE RUIDO E-mail: sebastian.losada@ Brian O'RIORDAN INTRAOCEÁNICO greenpeace.org Secretary ICSF Brussels Office Sigrid LUEBER INTERNATIONAL Rixensart, Belgium President COALITION OF FISHERIES Phone: +32 2 6525201 Waedenswil, Switzerland ASSOCIATIONS/COALITION Fax: +32 2 6540407 Phone: +41 44 7806688 INTERNATIONALE DES E-mail: [email protected] +41 79 4752687 ASSOCIATIONS Fax: +41 44 7806808 HALIEUTIQUES/COALICIÓN Mama Yawa SANDOUNO E-mail: [email protected] INTERNACIONAL DE Présidente ADEPEG-CPA ASOCIACIONES PESQUERAS Membre ICSF Ingrid OVERGARD Guinée Alternate John CONNELLY Phone: +224 60342192 CA, United States of America McLean, VA, United States of E-mail: [email protected]; Phone: + 1 415 7936248 America [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1 703 7528892 Fax: +1 703 7527583 Rene SCHARER INTERNATIONAL PLANNING Details not provided COMMITTEE FOR FOOD Javier GARAT SOVEREIGNTY/ McLean, VA, United States of Chandrika SHARMA COMITÉ INTERNATIONAL America Executive Secretary DE PLANIFICATION POUR Phone: +1 703 7528892 Chennai, India LA SOUVERAINETÉ Fax: +1 703 752 7583 Phone: +91 44 28275303 ALIMENTAIRE/COMITÉ Fax: +91 44 28254457 INTERNACIONAL DE INTERNATIONAL E-mail: [email protected] PLANIFICACIÓN PARA LA COLLECTIVE IN SUPPORT SOBERANÍA ALIMENTARIA OF FISHWORKERS/ INTERNATIONAL COLLECTIF CONFEDERATION OF SPORT Luca BIANCHI INTERNATIONAL D'APPUI FISHING Details not provided AUX TRAVAILLEURS DE LA PÊCHE/COLECTIVO Paola ALTOBELLI Zoila BUSTAMANTE INTERNACIONAL DE APOYO CIPS General Secretariat Phone: +32 2 2339315 AL PESCADOR ARTESANAL Rome, Italy Brussels, Belgium Fax: +39 06 36858109 E-mail: Zbustamante@ René Pierre CHEVER E-mail: segreteriainternazionale@ bono.parch Membre ICSF fipsas.it Lovetudy, France Alessandro FOSSI Phone: +33 0298874636 INTERNATIONAL FISHMEAL Biologiste des pêches E-mail: rene-pierre.chever@ AND FISH OIL Consultant and formateur wanadoo.fr ORGANIZATION/ Sète, France ORGANISATION Phone: +33 4 67 537370 Pierre GILLET INTERNATIONALE DE LA Mob.: +33 6 78 382767 Membre ICSF FARINE ET DE L'HUILE DE E-mail: [email protected] Jambes, Belgium POISSON/ORGANIZACIÓN Phone: +32 0476329081 INTERNACIONAL DE LA Beatriz GASCO Fax: +32 25137343 HARINA Y ACEITE DE Details not provided E-mail: [email protected] PESCADO Francisco LOPEZ John KURIEN Enrico BACHIS GUENDOLAY Member ICSF Business and Information Details not provided India Manager Phone: +91 471 2446989 Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Lucia MARINO E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +44 1727 842844 Details not provided

Antonio ONORATI INTERNATIONAL UNION ORGANIZATION FOR Details not provided FOR CONSERVATION OF PROMOTION OF NATURE/UNION RESPONSIBLE TUNA INTERNATIONAL SEAFOOD INTERNATIONALE POUR LA FISHERIES/ORGANIZACIÓN SUSTAINABILITY CONSERVATION DE LA PARA LA PESCA ASSOCIATION NATURE/UNIÓN RESPONSABLE DEL ATÚN INTERNACIONAL PARA LA Susan JACKSON CONSERVACIÓN DE LA Jun AKAMINE President NATURALEZA Advisor United States of America Tokyo, Japan Phone: +1 703 226 8101 Patricio BERNAL Phone: +81 3 35686388 Fax: +1 703 226 8100 Gland, Switzerland Fax: +81 3 35686389 E-mail: sjackson@is- Phone: +41 22 9990242 E-mail: [email protected] foundation.org Fax: 41 22 9990029 Eiko OZAKI INTERNATIONAL Harlan COHEN Advisor TRANSPORT WORKERS' Washington DC, United States of Tokyo, Japan FEDERATION/FÉDÉRATION America Phone: +81 3 35686388 INTERNATIONALE DES Phone: +1 202 5182079 Fax: +81 3 35686389 OUVRIERS DU TRANSPORT/ E-mail: [email protected] FEDERACIÓN Serge M. GARCIA INTERNACIONAL DE LOS Gland, Switzerland PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS TRABAJADORES DEL Phone: +41 22 9990242 TRANSPORTE Fax: +41 22 9990029 Susan LIEBERMAN Director, International Policy Andy HICKMAN Aurélie SPADONE Washington DC, United States of Campaigner Gland, Switzerland America Environmental Justice Phone: +41 22 9990242 Phone: + 1 202 5406528 Foundation Fax: +41 22 9990029 Fax: +1 202 5522299 London, United Kingdom E-mail: slieberman@ Phone: +44 207 2393310 Despina SYMONS PewTrusts.org E-mail: andy.hickman@ Gland, Switzerland ejfoundation.org Phone: +44 229990217 Maximiliano BELLO Fax: +44 229990025 Senior Advisor Rossen KARAVATCHEV Washington DC, United States of Senior Section Assistant Edward VANDEN BERGHE America ITF Seafarers, Fisheries and Gland, Switzerland Phone: +1 56 975164960 Inland Navigation Section Phone: +44 229990217 E-mail: mbello- London, United Kingdom Fax: +44 229990025 [email protected] Phone: +44 207 4032733 Fax: +44 207 3577871 MARINE STEWARDSHIP Katrhyn SCHLEIT E-mail: [email protected] COUNCIL Pew Leadership Fellow Washington DC, United States of Juliette WILLIAMS Kees LANKESTER America Executive Director Member of Board of Trustees Phone: +1 202 5406451 Environmental Justice London, United Kingdom Fax: +1 202 5522299 Foundation Phone: + 44 207 8113300 E-mail: [email protected] London, United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +44 207 2393310 Kristin VON KISTOWSKI Fax: +44 207 7136501 Senior Advisor E-mail: juliette.williams@ Berlin, Germany ejfoundation.org Phone: +49 1719508463 Fax: +49 3044051051 E-mail: [email protected]

SLOW FOOD WORLD FORUM OF FISH WORLD SOCIETY FOR THE HARVESTERS AND FISH PROTECTION OF ANIMALS Silvestro GRECO WORKERS/FORUM President MONDIAL DES Rebecca REGNERY Consiglio Scientifico AQUACULTEURS ET Deputy Director Italy PÊCHEURS/FORO MUNDIAL Wildlife Humane Society Phone: +39 3346479939 DE PESCADORES Y International E-mail: silvestrogreco@ TRABAJADORES DEL Washington DC, United States of gmail.com SECTOR PESQUERO America E-mail: [email protected] SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES Gavino ACEVEDO PARTNERSHIP Phone: +507 9544460 Naomi Susie WATTS Fax: +507 64138212 Shark Consultant Lisa BORGES E-mail: gguino_antonio@ Humane Society International European Fisheries Manager hotmail.com Washington DC, United States of Brussels, Belgium America Phone: +32 476 474451 Ujjaini HALIM E-mail: lisa.borges@ Phone: +507 9544460 WORLD WIDE FUND FOR sustainablefish.org Fax: +507 64138212 NATURE/FONDS MONDIAL POUR LA NATURE/FONDO TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL/ Margaret NAKATO MUNDIAL PARA LA TRAFFIC INTERNACIONAL Details not provided NATURALEZA

Stephanie VON MEIBOM WORLD FORUM OF FISHER Robin DAVIES European Programme PEOPLES/FORUM MONDIAL Deputy Leader Coordinator DES POPULATIONS DE Smart Fishing Initiative c/o WWF Germany PÊCHEURS/FORO MUNDIAL Gland, Switzerland Frankfurt, Germany DE COMUNIDADES DE Phone: +41 22 3649010 Phone: +49 6915347705 PESCADORES Fax: +41 22 3648836 Fax: +49 6979144231 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: stephanie.vonmeibom@ Naseegh JAFFER traffic.org Details not provided Lauren SPURRIER Managing Director Latin America WORLD CONSERVATION Andrew JOHNSTON Washington DC, United States of TRUST Details not provided America

Jaques BERNEY Natalia LAIÑO LAJO Executive Vice President Galicia, España FAO REGIONAL AND Lausanne, Switzerland Phone: +34 986240625 SUBREGIONAL OFFICES/ Fax: +41 216165000 Fax: +34 619315519 BUREAUX RÉGIONAUX E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]; ET SOUS-RÉGIONAUX/ [email protected] OFICINAS REGIONALES Marco PANI Y SUBREGIONALES Vice-President for European Sherry PICTOU Affairs Thomas MOTH POULSEN Rome, Italy Jorge VARELA Fishery and Aquaculture E-mail: [email protected] Tegucigalpa, Honduras Officer, SEUM Phone: +504 22380415 Subregional Office for Central Fax: +504 22380415 and Eastern Europe, SEU E-mail: jvarelamarguez@ Budapest, Hungary yahoo.com E-mail: Thomas.MothPoulsen@ fao.org Herman WIJETHUNGE General Secretary Negiombo, Sri Lanka Phone: +94 31 2239750 Fax: +94 31 4870658 E-mail: hermankumona@ gmail.com

Cherif TOUEILIB Masanami IZUMI Eva KOVACS Fishery Officer Fishery Officer Subregional Office for Subregional Office for North Subregional Office for the Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, SNE Pacific Islands, SAP SEU Tunis, Tunie Apia, Samoa Budapest, Hungary E-mail: Cherif.Toueilib@ E-mail: Izumi.Masanami@ E-mail: Eva.Kovacs@ fao.org fao.org fao.org Raymon Edward VAN Alejandro FLORES ANROOY Don GRIFFITHS Regional Office for Latin Fishery and Aquaculture Regional Office for Asia and America and Caribbean, Officer the Pacific, RAP RLC Subregional Office for Bangkok, Thailand Santiago, Chile Central Asia, SEC E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: Flores.Alejandro@ Ankara, Turkey fao.org E-mail: José PARAJUA Raymon.VanAnrooy@ Regional Office for Asia and fao.org the Pacific, RAP Bangkok, Thailand E-mail: [email protected]

OFFICERS OF THE COMMITTEE AT THE TWENTY-NINTH SESSION

Chairperson: Mr Mohammed Pourkazemi (Iran [Islamic Republic of])

First Vice-Chairperson: Mr Johán H. Williams (Norway)

Vice-Chairpersons: Canada, Chile, India, Spain and Zimbabwe

DRAFTING COMMITTEE

The Committee elected Ms Deirdre M. Warner-Kramer (United States of America) as Chairperson of the Drafting Committee, with the following membership: Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Congo (Republic of), Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Russian Federation, Sweden and Syrian Arab Republic.

FAO FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE DEPARTMENT

Assistant Director-General: Árni M. Mathiesen

Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Economics Jean-François Pulvenis Division: de Séligny

Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Resources Use and Kevern Cochrane Conservation Division:

SECRETARIAT

Secretary: H. Watanabe

Secretary, Drafting Committee: D.J. Doulman

Liaison and Meetings Officer: R. Al-Khafaji

APPENDIX C

List of documents

COFI/2011/1 Agenda and Timetable

COFI/2011/2 Progress in the Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and related instruments, including International Plans of Action and Strategies, and other matters

COFI/2011/2.Supp.1 Results of the Informal 2010 Pilot Test of the Electronic Questionnaire for the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries

COFI/2011/3 Decisions and recommendations of the twelfth session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Fish Trade, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26–30 April 2010

COFI/2011/4 Decisions and recommendations of the fifth session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, Phuket, Thailand, 27 September– 1 October 2010

COFI/2011/5 Progress made with regard to measures against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, including port State measures, flag State performance, market State measures and development of a Comprehensive Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels

COFI/2011/6 Fisheries and aquaculture in our changing climate: adaptation and mitigation measures in fisheries and aquaculture

COFI/2011/7 FAO’s role for improved integration of fisheries and aquaculture development and management, biodiversity conservation and environmental protection

COFI/2011/8 Good practices in the governance of small-scale fisheries: Sharing of experiences and lessons learned in responsible fisheries for social and economic development

COFI/2011/9 Priorities and results under the Medium-Term Plan and Programme of Work and Budget 2012–13

COFI/2011/Inf.1/Rev.1 List of documents

COFI/2011/Inf.2 List of participants

COFI/2011/Inf.3 Statement by the Director-General

COFI/2011/Inf.4/Rev.1 Annotations/Guide notes on agenda items

COFI/2011/Inf.5 Report of the twenty-eighth session of the Committee on Fisheries, Rome, Italy, 2–6 March 2009

COFI/2011/Inf.6 Achievements of Fisheries and Aquaculture Programmes 2008– 2009

COFI/2011/Inf.7 Follow-up to the Recommendations of the twenty-eighth session of the Committee on Fisheries, Rome, Italy, 2–6 March 2009

COFI/2011/Inf.8 Report of the twelfth session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Fish Trade, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26–30 April 2010

COFI/2011/Inf.9 Report of the fifth session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, Phuket, Thailand, 27 September–1 October 2010

COFI/2011/Inf.10 Report of the Technical Consultation on the Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification, Rome, Italy, 15–19 February 2010

COFI/2011/Inf.11 Report of the Technical Consultation to Identify a Structure and Strategy for the Development and Implementation of the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels, Rome, Italy, 8–12 November 2010

COFI/2011/Inf.12 Report of the Technical Consultation to Develop International Guidelines on Bycatch Management and Reduction of Discards, Rome, Italy, 6–10 December 2010

COFI/2011/Inf.13 Report of the Expert Consultation on the Development of FAO Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Inland Capture Fisheries, Rome, Italy, 25–27 May 2010

COFI/2011/Inf.14 Safety at Sea in the Fisheries Sector

COFI/2011/Inf.15 Statement of Competence and Voting Rights submitted by the European Union and its Member States

APPENDIX D

Opening remarks by Ms Ann Tutwiler FAO Deputy Director-General (Knowledge)

Mr Chairperson, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Observers, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a pleasure and an honor for me to welcome you to the twenty-ninth session of the Committee on Fisheries.

Fisheries and aquaculture play a vital role in the global, national and rural economy, in particular as regards their contribution to food security and nutritional quality, as well as employment and livelihoods. The FAO Committee on Fisheries is one of the governing bodies of the Organization but it is also a unique forum where any fisheries and aquaculture related matters may be discussed, at the highest level, by representatives of countries and of the respective fisheries authorities from all over the world. In addition, other intergovernmental organizations and international NGOs can also participate in this forum, which significantly broadens the participation in the debate and ensures that it is representative of all stakeholders.

As a governing body, your guidance is sought as to what must be done to achieve FAO’s strategic objective of ensuring the “sustainable management and use of fisheries and aquaculture resources”. In particular, your discussion on the FAO Programme of Work, including priorities in fisheries and aquaculture, will significantly contribute to the definition of the Strategic Framework of the Organization, its Medium-Term Plan and its Programme on Work and Budget for the next biennium 2012–13.

The Committee has a full and demanding agenda. Without taking too much of your time, I would like to briefly refer to some of the issues that you will be discussing this week.

• Fifteen years have elapsed since the adoption of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. However, its overall and effective implementation is still a challenge. The Committee is invited to provide guidance on how to continue to broaden and strengthen the implementation of the Code and related instruments.

• The Committee is invited to consider and, as appropriate, to endorse the reports of the Sub-Committee on Fish Trade and the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, the former of which also refers to the Report of the Expert Consultation on the Development of FAO Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Inland Capture Fisheries, held in May 2010, and the latter of which also includes the Report of the Technical Consultation on the Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification. The outcome of the Global Conference on Aquaculture, held in Phuket, Thailand, in September 2010, is also reported for information.

• Combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing remains a high priority. The Committee is invited to note progress with regard to measures against IUU fishing and provide guidance on the next steps to be taken, in particular the establishment of a comprehensive Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated

Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels in consideration of the report of the relevant Technical Consultation held in November 2010.

• The twenty-eighth session of COFI, held in March 2009, reiterated the importance of climate change and its increasing impacts on fisheries and aquaculture. The Committee is now invited to consider the roadmap and activities proposed within the FAO/FI Strategy for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Climate Change and make recommendations on the FAO/Fisheries future programme of work priorities in addressing the climate change issue in the context of fisheries and aquaculture.

• The question of the relationship between sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture and the conservation of biodiversity and environmental protection is particularly important. The Committee is invited to consider and provide guidance on FAO’s role for improved integration of fisheries and aquaculture development and management, biodiversity conservation and environmental protection. The Report of the Technical Consultation to Develop International Guidelines on Bycatch Management and Reduction of Discards, held in December 2010 is also presented.

• Because of their importance in relation to food security and livelihoods, small-scale fisheries continue to be a recurrent item on the agenda of COFI. The Committee is invited to review the outcomes of the regional workshops and of other FAO activities in support of sustainable small-scale fisheries and offer its guidance on the actions that should be taken at national and international levels to secure sustainable small-scale fisheries and enhance their contribution to attaining the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

• The Committee is invited to review the priorities and results under the Medium-Term Plan and Programme of Work and Budget 2012–13 in light of the ongoing reform of the Organization.

• On the basis of the recommendations of the Independent External Evaluation (IEE), the new schedule of FAO Governing Bodies was approved by the FAO Conference in November 2009. The 140th session of Council, held in November–December 2010, noted the draft calendar of FAO Governing Bodies for 2012 including the 30th session of COFI from 9 to 13 July 2012. The Committee is invited to endorse the proposed date and place of the next session, while considering the background as well as decisions already made at the level of the whole Organization.

Mr Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen,

In recent years important progress has been made in Fisheries and aquaculture. In 2008, nearly 81 percent of the world fish production of 142 million tonnes was directly consumed as human food. Global fish consumption increased from an average of 10 kg per capita per year in 1965 to 17 kg in 2008, comprising 15.6 percent of the global population’s animal protein consumption. Aquaculture remains the fastest-growing animal-food-producing sector and its rate of growth outpaced human population growth. Aquaculture was responsible for nearly 46 percent of the world’s fish production for human consumption in 2008. FAO also estimated that there were 45 million part-time and full-time and about 6 million

59 occasional fishers and fish farmers employed in the sector. Fish farmers comprised almost 11 million of this total1. A recent study indicated that an additional 85 million people are employed in the post-harvest sector2 where women play a vital role. Of particular interest is the estimate that 37 percent of total fish production entered into international trade either as food or feed products in 2008 and that the value of the fishery trade reached over USD100 billion in exports. Approximately 50 percent of this amount originated from developing countries. Fishery net exports of developing countries3 are higher than those of several other important agricultural commodities such as rice, meat, sugar, coffee and tobacco.

Mr Chairperson, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Observers, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Even though we have enjoyed some success there is still work to be done.

You have a very busy and active programme ahead of you over the next five days.

I wish you every success in your deliberations and encourage you to actively participate in the various side events that have been organized as well as to visit the exhibitions in the Atrium.

Thank you for your kind attention.

1 FAO. 2010. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2010. Rome, FAO. 197 pp. 2 World Bank, FAO and WorldFish Center. 2010. The Hidden Harvests the global contribution of capture fisheries. World Bank Agriculture and Rural Development Department Sustainable Development Network. Conference edition. 102p. 3 The total value of fish exports less the total value of fish imports.

The twenty-ninth session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) was held in Rome, Italy, from 31 January to 4 February 2011. The Committee reviewed issues of an international character and the FAO programme of work in fisheries and aquaculture. The Committee agreed that additional efforts were required to broaden and intensify the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and related instruments. The Committee adopted the Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Inland Capture Fisheries and recommended that FAO develop an Evaluation Framework to Assess the Conformity of Public and Private Ecolabelling Schemes with the relevant FAO Guidelines. The Committee approved the FAO Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification and recommended that FAO develop an evaluation framework to assess the conformity of public and private certification schemes with the Guidelines. The Committee agreed that port State measures were a potent and cost- effective tool to combat IUU fishing and recognized the critical role of capacity development. The Committee reiterated its support for the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels as one of the useful tools to combat IUU. The Committee noted FAO’s roadmap for fisheries, aquaculture and climate change. The Committee supported FAO’s role and effort to improve the integration of fisheries and aquaculture development and management, biodiversity conservation and environmental protection and reaffirmed FAO as the primary source of scientific expertise and advice regarding global issues on fisheries and aquaculture. The Committee endorsed the International Guidelines on Bycatch Management and Reduction of Discards. The Committee approved the development of a new international instrument on small-scale fisheries in the form of international guidelines. The Committee also agreed to the establishment and implementation of a global assistance programme. The Committee expressed its support for the Organization-wide reforms, including the new Strategic Framework and agreed with the proposed priorities, including areas for emphasis and de- emphasis, while it took note of some conflicting views regarding these priorities.