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The Tenth Meeting of the Regional Fishery Body Secretariats' Network (RSN-10)1 took place immediately before and in concomitance with the Thirty-sixth Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI-36), which was held from 8 to 12 July 2024. The meeting was attended by forty-seven of the RSN members and permanent observers, one invited expert organization and the Government of France. The meeting discussed in detail global policies and the role of the network in their implementation at the regional level. Special attention was drawn to the need to establish a collaborative framework amongst regional fishery bodies (RFBs) with the aim of setting common priorities and creating potential opportunities for RFBs, Contracting Parties and Members, to streamline regional agendas and engage in impactful decision-making on matters of international concern.
ABBREVIATIONS
ABMT area-based management tool
ACAP Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels
BBNJ marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction
BBNJ Agreement Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
BOBP-IGO Bay of Bengal Programme-Intergovernmental Organization
CACFish Central Asian and Caucasus Regional Fisheries and Aquaculture Commission
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
BOBSAN Bay of Bengal Stock Assessment Network
BMO Basin Management Organization
CCAMLR Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
CCSBT Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
COFI Committee on Fisheries
CRFM Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
CTMFM Joint Technical Commission for the Argentina/Uruguay Maritime Front
CWP Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics
DOALOS Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
EAF ecosystem approach to fisheries
EIA environmental impact assessment
EIFAAC European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FFA Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
FIRMS Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System
GBF Global Biodiversity Framework
GEF Global Environment Facility
GFCM General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
IATTC Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
ICCAT International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ILBI international legally binding instrument
ILO International Labour Organization
IMO International Maritime Organization
IOTC Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
IUU illegal, unreported and unregulated
IWC International Whaling Commission
MCS monitoring, control, and...