The sixth session of the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture of the FAO Committee on Fisheries was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 26 to 30 March 2012 at the kind invitation of the Government of South Africa. It was attended by 47 members of FAO and by observers from seven intergovernmental and three international non-governmental organizations. Several working documents were presented by the Secretariat for information, discussion and decision by the Sub-Committee. A consultative seminar on the Committee for Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture for Africa review was also held after the plenary session of the Sub-Committee from 26 to 27 March 2012 and the outcome was reported to the plenary. A Special Event on Genetic Resources and Technologies in Aquaculture Development was also held during the session. This document contains the report of the session adopted by the Sub-Committee. Ce document contient le rapport de la session tel qu'adopte par le Sous-Comite. El presente documento contiene el informe de la sesion adoptado por el Subcomite. "

The seventh session of the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) was held in St. Petersburg, the Russian Federation, from 7 to 11 October 2013 at the kind invitation of the Government of the Russian Federation. It was atttended by 51 members of FAO and by observers from six intergovernmental and four international non-governmental organizations. Several working documents were presented by the Secretariat for information, discussion and decision by the Sub-Committee. The Sub-Committee approved the draft terms of reference for an advisory working group on aquatic genetic resources and technologies and the draft evaluation framework assessing conformity of public and private certification schemes with the FAO technical guidelines on aquaculture certification. A special event on strengthening international cooperation for accelerating sustainable aquaculture development was also held. This document contains the report of the session adopted by the Sub-Committee.

The sixth session of the Subcommittee on Fish Trade was held in Bremen, Germany, from June 3-6, 1998. The subcommittee took note of recent events concerning international trade in fishery products and considered specific issues of international trade, environment and sustainable fisheries development: exploitation of fishery resources; fisheries management and subsidies; sustainable shrimp aquaculture; biotechnology developments; and trade in fisheries services.--Publisher's description.