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The FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Transshipment

An overview

Copyright licence

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 8p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Category Guideline

Synopsis (short abstract) The FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Transshipment, endorsed by the Thirty-fifth Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) in 2022, set minimum international standards to regulate, monitor and control transshipments of fish, whether processed or not. The guidelines are intended to assist States and regional fisheries management organisations and arrangements (RFMO/As) when developing new transshipment regulations or revising existing ones.

Language English

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