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Offers a report of the consultation to draft; A legally-binding instrument on port state measures: Washington DC, United States of America, 4-8 September 2007.

The Symposium was held with the purpose of raising general awareness about the potential effectiveness of strengthened and coordinated port State measure and to develop national capacity and promote regional coordination so that countries would be better placed to improve the management of offshore fisheries.

Presents a workshop on status and trends in aquatic genetic resources: a basis for international policy.

Summarises more than four decades of statistics of apparent consumption of fish and fishery products based on supply/utilisation accounts for 223 countries, six continental aggregates, four economic groupings and world totals. This document gives data for total and per capita supply in live weight on a yearly basis.

Assesses the nature and the extent of vulnerability among rural households in Tanzania with a particular focus on smallholder cash crop growers though exploring all risks, including the decline in commodity prices. It further explores the potential role for market based insurance schemes, such as commodity price and weather based insurance, to mitigate household vulnerability.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Codex Alimentarius Commission is the United Nations (UN) body responsible for establishing international food standards aimed at protecting the health of consumers and ensuring fair practices in the food trade. This title includes recommended food standards.

This document has been prepared to enhance the transparency of the practices and procedures applied by FAO and WHO to deliver scientific advice. It illustrates that the same basic principles and rules apply to the different expert groups.

Reviews the draft Guidelines for Responsible Fish Trade, taking into account the environment for the international trade in fish products, illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing (IUU), sustainability and post-harvest practices.

Discusses topics such as options for enhancing regional fishery bodies and the FishCode Strategy for improving information on status and trends of Capture Fisheries partnership; a review of progress by member organisations; aquaculture statistics; issues related to vessel and port classification; and fishery data quality indicators.

FIPL/R830 (En).

A report of the second FAO Ad Hoc Expert Advisory Panel for the assessment of proposals to amend appendices I and II of CITES concerning commercially-exploited aquatic species.

FIMF/R832 (En).

MASSCOTE is a comprehensive methodology for analysing the modernization of canal operation. The aim is to enable experts to work together with users in determining improved processes for cost-effective service-oriented management. This work describes the MASSCOTE methodology, illustrated by several applications in Asia.

The Council is the executive organ of the Conference. It has 49 Members and has powers delegated to it by the Conference. This work describes the Council's functions which deal with the world food and agricultural situation and related matters, and activities of the Organization, including the Programme of Work and Budget.

Bycatch is the non-target part of the catch taken by fishermen and is a global problem. This guide to the design, use and operation of effective bycatch reduction devices is designed for fishermen, net makers, and fishing technologists. It helps develop specifications governing the design and application of these devices in a shrimp trawl fishery.

Highlights the contribution that inland and coastal small-scale fisheries can make to poverty alleviation and food security. This paper discusses the concepts of poverty, vulnerability and food security, and briefly outlines how these concepts have evolved within the field of fisheries. It also reviews its actual and potential contributions.

Covers a meeting that was organized as a result of a process, comprising an external evaluation of the Committee on Aquaculture (CAQ) and its Networks, in 2004, and the endorsement by General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) at its thirtieth session of a meeting of experts to identify the needs for a GFCM subsidiary body of CAQ.

The African Water Resource Database (AWRD) is a set of data and custom-designed tools, combined in a geographic information system (GIS) analytical framework. This title includes: DVD 1 - AWRD Extension and Archive; DVD 2 - AWRD Archive; and, Appendix A2 - Schematic Diagram of AWRD Interface and Modules.