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Norway has undertaken a self-assessment of flag State performance, using the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Voluntary Guidelines for Flag State Performance (VGFSP) as a basis. The VGFSP provide guidance to strengthen and monitor compliance by flag States with their international duties...

An official of the FAO contributed to a three-day technical meeting held in Manila, Philippines, which explored the necessary measures the Philippines needs to put in place in order to address safety and labour conditions of its fishers at sea,...

The second meeting of the UNLOCODE Advisory Group Meeting took place in Hangzhou, China, on 18-19 October 2018. The “United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations” (UN/LOCODE) is an international standard assisting information exchange.   The UNLOCODE is in use in...

The second informal meeting of the UN/CEFACT Team of Specialists on Sustainable Fisheries (ToS SF) took place in Hangzhou, China, on 16 October 2018. The team reviewed the promotion, development and implementation of the Fisheries Language for Universal eXchange (FLUX) standard...

The findings of the “FAO Global Study on Transshipment: Regulations, Practices, Monitoring and Control” were publicly presented at a Side Event held during the thirty-third session of the Committee of Fisheries (COFI), at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy on...