36th Committee on Fisheries

July 2024 – Sandy Davies (Technical Director) and Maya Bergh (Intern) attended the 36th Committee on Fisheries (COFI). There were various states, IGOs, and NGOs present representing a global forum to consider the issues related to fisheries and aquaculture.

At the forum Maya Bergh made an intervention on behalf of SIF during the session on Combatting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. The intervention called on COFI Member States and the FAO to align their work with the African Regional MCS Centres to ensure that together we provide meaningful support to combat IUU fishing.