(2009) Report of the Seventy-second session of the APFIC Executive Committee

(2009) Report of the Seventy-second session of the APFIC Executive Committee

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Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (2009). Report of the Seventy-second session of the APFIC Executive Committee, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 23-25 September 2009. FAO Regiol Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, RAP Publication 2009/20, 24 p. This document presents the fil report of the Seventy-second Session of the Executive Committee of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) which was held in Seoul, Republic of Korea from 23 to 25 September 2009. The APFIC Executive Committee's main funct ion is to direct the conduct of the Commission's business and affairs between its biennial sessions. The APFIC Executive Committee for biennium 2009-2010 is composed of the Republic of Korea (Chairperson), Viet Nam (Vice Chairperson), Philippines and Sri Lanka (Members), Indonesia (the outgoing Chairperson) and the Secretary of the Commission (as Ex-officio member). Major topics discussed at the meeting were ways to improve APFIC's effectiveness for its members in the region; the issues of signi ficance to the region that have emerged in regiol and intertiol fora over the past biennium; progress and outcomes of the APFIC regiol consultative workshops on "Practical implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries and aquaculture in the APFIC region" and "Improving resilience and reducing vulnerability of livelihoods in small-scale fisheries"; preparations for the Third Regiol Consultative Forum meeting and the Thirty-first Session of APFIC to be held in Republic of Korea in Septembe r 2010. A number of recommendations made by the Executive Committee concerning future activities need to be acted on by the Secretariat in close cooperation with participating members and in partnership with other regiol fishery bodies in Asia and the Pacific region.