Governments, regional fishery bodies, NGOs, fishworkers and international community attended the last twenty-ninth session of the Committee on Fisheries-COFI, the only global inter-governmental forum where major international fisheries and aquaculture problems and issues are examined. COFI was also an opportunity for member countries to review the programmes of work of FAO in the field of fisheries and aquaculture and their implementation, and to assess progress of the Code of Conduct for responsible fisheries with all stakeholders.