Press Release: Outcome of the meeting of the Committee on Fisheries of the UN FAO, 9 March 2007 in Rome

Commissioner Joe Borg, responsible for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, has welcomed the outcome of the 27th session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation, which concluded on Friday 9 March 2007 in Rome. "The priorities adopted by the FAO Committee for the next two years are very much in line with our own international agenda. This is particularly the case with regard to the importance we attach to combating Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing and on protecting the marine environment on the high seas. The support of the international community for this task validates our strategy as one which can bring states together, and as such achieve real progress in ensuring concerted action in relation to international law in these crucial areas."