Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Sub-Committee on Aquaculture. Session

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Published: 2014

Total Pages: 72

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The seventh session of the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) was held in St. Petersburg, the Russian Federation, from 7 to 11 October 2013 at the kind invitation of the Government of the Russian Federation. It was atttended by 51 members of FAO and by observers from six intergovernmental and four international non-governmental organizations. Several working documents were presented by the Secretariat for information, discussion and decision by the Sub-Committee. The Sub-Committee approved the draft terms of reference for an advisory working group on aquatic genetic resources and technologies and the draft evaluation framework assessing conformity of public and private certification schemes with the FAO technical guidelines on aquaculture certification. A special event on strengthening international cooperation for accelerating sustainable aquaculture development was also held. This document contains the report of the session adopted by the Sub-Committee.