FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization (2025) Committee on fisheries. Sub-committee on fisheries management. Second session. 23–27 February 2026. Reykjavík, Iceland: Improving the conservation and sustainable use of fish stocks: Lessons from effective management (COFI:FM/II/2026/2). Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy.
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The document reviews the status in the conservation and sustainable use of fish stocks, noting that 64.5 percent of marine stocks are within biologically sustainable levels while 35.5 percent remain overfished. It highlights that effective fisheries management—underpinned by sound governance, reliable data, and stakeholder participation—is essential to reverse the declining trends in fish stock sustainability. Recent advances in monitoring include the expanded FAO State of Stock Index (SOSI) and strengthened the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.4.1 reporting, which together provide the most comprehensive and reliable assessment of global fisheries to date. While these tools improve understanding of stock status, translating monitoring results into management action remains a key challenge. The “Ways Forward” section identifies four priority areas: (i) strengthening evidence-based and adaptive management using both scientific and local knowledge; (ii) promoting tailored, science based approaches suited to data-limited and small-scale contexts; (iii) enhancing governance, institutional capacity, and stakeholder participation; and (iv) implementing international instruments to combat IUU fishing. Finally, the document stresses the need to integrate climate change and biodiversity considerations—guided by the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) and the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF)—to ensure resilient, inclusive, and sustainable fisheries.
| Item Type: | Documents |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | FAO, COFI, Conservation, Sustainable Use, Fish Stocks, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), Sustainable Fisheries, Climate Change, IUU, Fisheries Management, Inland Fisheries, Fisheries Resources |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2026 06:49 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2026 06:49 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22568 |
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