Report of the expert consultation on the development of a comprehensive global record of fishing vessels
Subtitle: Rome, 25-28 February 2008.
Contributors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Series: FAO fisheries report -- no. 865
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
ISBN-13: 9789251059937
Subjects: Fishing boats -- Registers; Fisheries -- Equipment and supplies -- Registers
Genres: Registers.
Description: The goals of the expert consultation were to advise FAO on the development and implementation of a global record of fishing vessels and to respond to the request from FAO's Committee on Fisheries to further develop the concept as described in the feasibility study. A comprehensive global record, a potential additional tool to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, is envisioned as a global database gathering data from many sources in one location.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "FIIT/R865 (En)"

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Opening of the session; title: Election of the chair; title: Background and scope of the expert consultation; title: Adoption of the agenda; title: Legal aspects; title: Context of the expert consultation : the FAO feasibility study; title: Development of the global record; title: Any other matters; title: Adoption of the report.