Report Of The Third Session Of The Advisory Committee On Fisheries Research Rome 5 8 December 2000

The FAO Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research (ACFR) held its Third Session in Rome, from 5 to 8 December 2000. The Committee examined its work since the First Session, undertook an appraisal of FAO's fisheries research-related programmes and elaborated the Committee's work for the intersessional period (2000-2002). The Committee emphasized the importance of establishing an international Plan of Action for Status and Trends Reporting in Fisheries as a means of enhancing its capacity to advise the Director-General and the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) with regard to the most up-to-date and accurate view of the prospects for maintaining or enhancing fish production.