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In June 2022, small-scale fishers from Africa, the Pacific, Latin America, Asia and Europe identified five areas of action for governments to offer a sustainable future for these communities by 2030.

The 36th session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) has omitted to add SSF in the agenda, despite the fact it has been a standing point for the last few sessions. SSF ask their governments to support them with concrete actions and pursue the dialogue on the implementation of the Guidelines for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries.

 
 

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STATEMENTS

SSF organisations have coordinated their statements for each agenda point of COFI36. Check the FAO website of Observer statements.

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press kit

Find out more about the context and history of the Call to Action by Small-scale Fisheries organisations.

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ON SOCIAL MEDIA

CAOPA, CoopeSolidar and CFFA have coordinated to tweet in French, Spanish and English.

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… of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (#COFI36)

Some of the Small-scale fishing (SSF) organisations signatories to the Call to Action are observers at the FAO Committee on Fisheries.

The Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements (CFFA) is also an observer at the FAO Committee of Fisheries, and will support SSF organisations in amplifying their Call.

In this page you will be able to find all the relevant documents to the #COFI36 edition of CFFA and its partners.

 
 

SSF organisations documents

Note: All statements are in English, French and Spanish.

The first language is the one it was delivered in.

Statement on agenda item #4 - State of the world fisheries and aquaculture and progress on the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.

Statement on agenda item #5 - Conclusions of the subcommittee on aquaculture

Statement on agenda item #6 - Conclusions of the subcommittee on fish trade

 

Statement on item #7 - Conclusions of the subcommittee on fisheries management

Statement on item #7 - Conclusions of the subcommittee on fisheries management

Statement on item #8 - Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing

 

Statement on #10 - The role of fisheries and aquaculture in food security.

Statement on item #13 - Marine plastic pollution and Fisheries and Aquaculture.

Statement on item #14 - FAO’s Programme of Work in fisheries and aquaculture under the FAO Strategic Framework.

 
 
 

COFI 35

 
 

SSF organisations documents

Note: All statements are in English, French and Spanish.

The first language is the one it was delivered in.

Press release by the signatories of the Call to Action.

Statement by signatories of the Call to Action on agenda item #7 “Combatting IUU fishing”.

Statement from the signatories of the Call To Action on item 9 - Climate Change.

Statement by the signatories of the Call to Action on agenda item #6 "Supporting Small-scale Fisheries”.

Statement by CAOPA on item #8 “Subcommittee on Fisheries Management”.

Statement by signatories of the Call to Action and ICSF on item 10 - “Biodiversity”.

Statement of CAOPA on agenda item 11.

Statement by signatories of the Call to Action on agenda item #6 “Supporting Small-scale fisheries”.

Statement by signatories of the Call To Action on item 9 - Climate Change.

Statement by signatories of Call To Action on item 10 - “Biodiversity”

 

CFFA documents

 
 
 

COFI 34

In this page you will be able to find all the relevant documents of CFFA and its partners to the 34th session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries, which was held online in February 2021.

 
 
 
 
 
 
video artisanal fisheries Africa

African artisanal fisheries

This sector mobilises more than 10 million men and women across the continent…

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Our declarations

 
 
 

Our partners declarations