Report of the Third Meeting of Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network. Rome, 7-8 February 2011.

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report. No. 980

Report of the Third Meeting of Regional Fishery
Body Secretariats Network

Rome, 7–8 February 2011

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome 2011

ABSTRACT

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Report of the Third Meeting of Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network. Rome, 7–8 February 2011.
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report. No. 980. Rome, FAO. 2011. 61pp.

The Third Meeting of Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network (RSN-3) was held in Rome, Italy, from 7 to 8 February 2011. It addressed many pressing issues relating to global and regional fisheries governance, including illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, overcapacity, the ecosystem approach to fisheries management, small-scale and inland fisheries and the outcomes of the twenty-ninth Session of FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) held in Rome during the previous week. Twenty-eight Regional Fishery Body (RFB) Secretariats were represented at the meeting with varying responsibilities over inland, coastal and marine fisheries and aquaculture, as well as four intergovernmental organizations.

The meeting reached a number of conclusions regarding matters that merit the attention of RFBs, governments and FAO. The RSN also issued a Statement responding to unsubstantiated information that had been published about RFBs and elaborating the challenges and achievements of RFBs.

Table of Contents


OPENING OF THE MEETING
ADOPTION OF AGENDA AND MEETING ARRANGEMENTS
	Adoption of Agenda
	Meeting arrangements
	Observers
RSN INTERNAL MATTERS
	Round-table presentation, by member and by region, identifying main activities and challenges since RSN-2
	Sharing of information electronically intersessionally
	The future of the RSN
FAO, IGOS AND UN FAMILY INITIATIVES
	Review of COFI-29 decisions relating to RFBs/RFMOs
	Other FAO related activities
		Fisheries Resources Monitoring System (FIRMS)
		Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP)
		Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels (Global Record)
		RSN Web site
		D4-Science project and other information sharing platforms
		Legally-binding Agreement on port State measures
		Climate change
		Any other matters
	UN family initiatives, CITES, OECD
		The 2010 Resumed Review Conference on the UN Fish Stocks Agreement
		Listing of fisheries managed or dealt with by RFBs/RFMOs and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
		OECD report on RFMOs
	Other projects
		Technical Experts Overseeing Third Countries Expertise (TXOTX)
		Global Environmental Facility and Area Beyond National Jurisdiction (GEF ABNJ) Project
		UNIDO Guinea Current Commission
		Other discussions in the UN
		Johannesburg fisheries-related commitments
THEMATIC APPROACH TO IMPORTANT ISSUES
	IUU Fishing
	Overcapacity
	Catch documentation harmonization and port State measures
	Role of RFBs/RFMOs -thematic session
	Small-scale and inland fisheries
	RFB/RFMO performance enhancement
	Ecosystem approach
ADVICE AND FUTURE WORK
ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS
FOURTH RSN MEETING (RSN-4) DATE AND VENUE
ANY OTHER MATTERS
ADOPTION OF REPORT
CLOSURE OF MEETING
APPENDIXES
A.	Agenda
B.	List of participants
C.	List of Documents
D.	Opening statement by Mr Árni M. Mathiesen, Assistant Director-General, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, for the third meeting of the regional fishery body secretariats network
E.	Written Statement of Mr Serguei Tarassenko, Director, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea Office of Legal Affairs United Nations
F.	Statement of the third meeting of the regional fishery body secretariats network

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