http://www.fao.org/fishery/en Fisheries and Aquaculture Department – Presentation by Arni Mathiesen, Assistant Director-General, Rome 25 February 2013. © FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. Visit by Iranian Delegation to FAO
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Presented by:
Arni Mathiesen,
Assistant Director-General
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Rome
25 February 2013

2. Fisheries and
Aquaculture Department
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Policy and Economics Division
Policy,
Economics
and
Institutions
FIPI
Products,
Trade and
Marketing
FIPM
Statistics
and
Information
FIPS
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Resources Use and Conservation Division
Marine and
Inland
Fisheries
FIRF
Fishing
Operations
and
Technology
FIRO
Aquaculture
FIRA
Programme
Coordination Unit
FishCode Programme
Assistant
Director-General

3. FI staff
Regular Programme staff 129
Project staff 55
Technical Officers
in the field 18
PWB 2012-13
Regular Programme USD 66 million
Voluntary contributions USD 86 million
FI KEY INFORMATION

4. A world in which responsible and sustainable use of
fisheries & aquaculture resources make an
appreciable contribution to human well being, food
security and poverty alleviation.
Vision Statement
FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture Department

5. To Facilitate and Secure the Long-term Sustainable
Development and Utilization of the World’s Fisheries
Resources and Aquaculture
Making the most of
quantity, quality and
value
Preservation
Conservation

6. The instruments that we use are:
Information gathering/dissemination
Technical guidelines
 Projects
Advice
Assistance
Capacity building
Legal instruments
Binding (e.g. 2009 PSM Agreement)
Non-binding (e.g. 1995 CCRF)

7. The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries within
the progressive development of a body of law ( hard and soft)
1995
Code of Conduct
for
Responsible Fisheries
1993Compliance
Agreement
IPOAs
• Seabirds 1999
• Sharks 1999
• Capacity 1999
• IUU 2001
•[Kyoto POA ’95]
Port State
Measures:
Model Scheme
2005 + 2009
Agreement
Strategies:
•Status & Trends on
Capture Fisheries 2003
• Status & Trends on
Aquaculture 2007
International
Guidelines:
• Sea-Turtles2009
• Ecolabelling 2009
• Deep sea fisheries2008-2009
• By-catch management &
reduction of discards 12/2010
1982 UN Convention on the
Law of the Sea
1995UNFSA
1992 UNCED:
Rio Declaration
+
Agenda 21
2002 WSSD
Johannesburg
Plan of Imple-
-mentation
Ecosystem approach
to fisheries:
Reykjavík 2001

8. Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI)
Next session: RECOFI 7th Session, 14 -16 May 2013 , Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Some issues:
1. Minimum data reporting in the RECOFI area.
2. The fisheries management advice discussed at the 6th WGFM.
3. The need to reconsider the mandate and the objectives of the
Working Group on Aquaculture.
4. The improved performance of the Regional Aquaculture Information
System.
5. The inadequate budget of RECOFI and the need to further develop and
strengthen the Commission.
Current membership: Bahrain, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran ,Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

9. Country Programming Framework (CPF) 2012-2016
Fisheries and Aquaculture: Contribute to all 3 Priority Areas
Specific Fisheries and Aquaculture:
Main challenges: (pg 8)
lack of coordination and inadequate link with research, inadequate quality
control, processing, conservation and marketing.
Output 2.1.3 Sustainable development of aquatic and fisheries resources (pg 20)
Enhanced national capacity to design and implement a strategy for sustainable
development and exploitation of aquatic and fisheries resources with participation
of coastal communities (pg 37)

10. Sustainable Development of Aquatic and Fisheries Resources

11. Thank You!