On the occasion of the 35th session of COFI, which takes place during the International Year of Small-scale Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA), Small-scale fishing organisations from six continents identify five priority areas for action by FAO members up to 2030.
The 35th session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI – 5-9 September), and the preceding Small-Scale Fisheries Summit (2-4 September), will focus on women and men in small-scale fisheries (SSF), the most numerous users of the ocean, whose major contributions to livelihoods, employment, food security and income contrast with their marginalization in decision-making.
Governments meeting at COFI will discuss, among other things, how to support small-scale fisheries. In this International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA), fishers from Africa, the Pacific, Central and South America, Asia and Europe have identified five areas of action for governments, in dialogue with their countries’ artisanal fishing communities, to offer a sustainable future for these communities by 2030:
Read the call for action in French, English, Spanish and Portuguese.