The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu concludes the event with a beautiful Chinese proverb: "Everywhere you have fish, you have happiness" 😍

🐟🚢🇪🇨 En el #VForoRegionaldelAtún2021, los directivos de CEIPA expondrán cómo se está implementando el esquema de certificación de la Sustentabilidad Ecuatoriana Atunera #SEA. No te lo pierdas: el próximo 2 de diciembre en #Manta Regístrate ▶️ bit.ly/2ZK1qaJ

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1/7 The UN #OceanConference is coming to an end in Lisbon. Five days of extensive meetings, above all focused on actions we need to #SaveOurOcean."Our Ocean, Our Future, Our Responsibility"

#COFI35 is the only global intergovernmental forum where Food and Agriculture Organization Members meet to discuss issues & challenges related to #fisheries & #aquaculture. FAO4Members

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Three Megatrends and the Future of Aquaculture and Blue Foods sjavarklasinn.is/en/three-megat…

Ahead of #COFI35 (5-9 September), what better time to review this Food and Agriculture Organization flagship publication, now available in all six 🇺🇳 languages! 'The State of World #Fisheries & #Aquaculture 2022 – Towards #BlueTransformation' 📚 bit.ly/3wQo92o More ℹ️ -> bit.ly/3qbCLFy

Good to catch up in Rome this week with a great promoter of SDG14 implementation - FAO’s former Director of Fisheries & Aquaculture, Arni Mathiesen.

Very good bilateral with Director General of Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Dr Tupou-Roosen, and Mr Pio Manoa, at #COFI35, to strengthen our collaboration in relation to regional fisheries management organizations and processes

#COFI35 was honoured by the presence of Minister Paubert Mahatante, Madagascar. Watch his speech to celebrate #IYAFA2022 here fao.org/webcast/home/e… Fisheries & Aquaculture FAO in Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius & Seychelles

Very successful COFI 35 just finished yesterday. Substantive with institutional changes, a good start to in-person meetings on fisheries and aquaculture again! The new kid on the block, the Aquatic Blue Food Coalition got a very substantive and warm welcome! #food

I am glad to commend my former colleague at Food and Agriculture Organization cabinet and current FAO Representative in Rwanda Coumba D. Sow for her recognition as one of the 100 most influential African women of 2022. Mes felicitations, dear Coumba!

#ItalyMFA and CIHEAM Bari organized the training "Cooperation and institutional capacity building on coastal and maritime development in #ASEAN countries", a training course for ministerial officials that strengthens collaboration between 🇮🇹 and the countries of South-East Asia.

These are solar panels disguised as terracotta tiles for use in Pompeii and the Portuguese city of Evora techxplore.com/news/2022-12-d…

What hurdles & opportunities exist in resetting the narrative on UN Biodiversity in #fisheries? Global fisheries leaders discussed this at the Food and Agriculture Organization COFI Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management [fao.org/3/nn950en/nn95…] This was their starting presentation dropbox.com/scl/fo/0jceble…

Paying homage to retiring FAO ADG Maria Helena Semedo of Cabo Verde. Through her decades of loyal service to FAO, she rose to be one of the most highly esteemed leaders globally within the UN system. We salute her, thank Maria for her service & wish her well for the years ahead.

In my speech at closing of last week’s COFI36, #FAO, Rome - facing global warming, I outlined the enormity of the challenges ahead; but declared that through enlightened international cooperation, the fisheries & aquaculture sector will make a major contribution to food security.

Aquaculture is the fastest-growing food sector. Co-management, a collaborative approach among all stakeholders, where everyone has a voice, can help address the challenges the sector faces. More on how to develop co-manage systems in aquaculture👉doi.org/10.4060/cd1410…