FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) - Thirty-third Session

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

Here you can read about the progress by FAO and partners concerning the implementation of the SSF Guidelines since 2016. Here you can find the summary of the work by the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department on small-scale and artisanal fisheries governance and development