Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission

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APFIC meetings & workshops

  • 73rd Session of the APFIC Executive Committee, Nha Trang, Viet Nam, 23-25 August 2011. Working documents and Information papers


  • APFIC Regional consultative workshop
    “Strengthening Assessments of Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific Region for Policy Development and Management”     4-6 October 2011, Yangon, Myanmar

  • Summary & recommendations of the APFIC/FAO Regional Consultative Workshop “Implications of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture: challenges for adaptation and mitigation in the Asia‐Pacific Region”, 24‐26th May 2011, Kathmandu, Nepal

    • APFIC publishes Asia regional review on climate change in fisheries and aquaculture (23 Jan 2012)
    The 31st Session of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) has emphasized that adaptation and mitigation of the impacts of climate change related to fisheries and aquaculture is an important challenge for the region. Fisheries and aquaculture in Asia provide considerable trade, employment and food security and some of the densest rural populations of the world are found on coastlines and floodplains of the region. Impacts from climate change such as increasing ocean acidification, shifting fish distributions and more frequent cyclones may increase the negative impacts on capture fisheries which are already at their limits through over exploitation, coastal degradation and pollution. Productivity and viability in aquaculture operations are also expected to be negatively impacted by factors including higher sea water levels, flooding, increased competition for water resources and disease occurrence patterns.
    http://www.apfic.org/modules/wfdownlo ... lefile.php?cid=74&lid=296

    "Status and potential of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia and the Pacific 2010" The latest APFIC update of its biennial flagship publication is now available for download. Download for updates on fishery and aquaculture resources and trends in the APFIC region.

    The 2009 APFIC handbook on Regional Fishery Bodies and Arrangements in Asia and the Pacific provides a convenient summary of those bodies and arrangements concerned with sustainable fisheries and aquaculture development relevant to APFIC and FAO members in the region.

    The Texts of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) Agreement. This document also includes the rules of procedure for the Commission.

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