NEWS – India has been elected as the First Vice Chair of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Committee on Fisheries (COFI) Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management

COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES (COFI)

• Subsidiary body of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
• Serves as a forum for member countries to discuss and negotiate issues related to fisheries and aquaculture, promoting international cooperation, and providing guidance on policies and strategies
• Established by the FAO Conference in 1965
• The Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management is a new sub-group formed under the COFI in 2022, during the 35th session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI), held in Rome
• It will work closely with the two other COFI sub-committees, the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture and the Sub-Committee on Fish Trade