Report of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC). Thirty-fifth Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC 35)

Nicol, S.

Report of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC). Thirty-fifth Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC 35)

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 5

Author Nicol, S.

Publisher FAO ;

Category Meeting document

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Synopsis (short abstract) The thirty-fifth session of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) was held from 11 to 13 May 2018 in Cebu, the Philippines. It was attended by 14 APFIC member countries, two non-APFIC FAO Members and ten partner organizations. The Commission reviewed the intersessional programme activities of APFIC and endorsed the report of the meeting of the Seventy-sixth APFIC Executive Committee. The Commission endorsed the recommendations of the Seventh Regional Consultative Forum Meeting in full and recommended that these should inform the future biennial work plan of APFIC. The Commission endorsed the recommendations of the APFIC ‘Regional Consultation to Promote Responsible Production and Use of Feed and Feed Ingredients for Sustainable Growth of Aquaculture in Asia-Pacific’, convened from 7 to 9 March 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand as well as the recommended strategies emerging from the APFIC ‘Regional Consultation on Building Climate Resilient Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific Region’, held from 14 to 16 November 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Commission welcomed FAO’s expanded ‘Regional Initiative on Blue Growth in Asia-Pacific’ and endorsed the proposed programmatic framework and implementation plan for 2018 to 2019. Several Members that were not included as the initiative’s focus countries expressed interest to participate in the implementation of the initiative from 2018 to 2019. The Commission confirmed that illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing remains a major threat to sustainable fisheries and welcomed the continued efforts of FAO and other international and regional organizations to support the Members in combating IUU fishing in both inland and marine

Statutory body / Meeting title FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC)

Meeting symbol APRC/20/INF/12

Meeting Session Number 35

Meeting date 2020

Meeting location Thimphu, Bhutan

Language English

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