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title: "FAO Committee on Fisheries adopts international guidelines on bycatch management in Rome last week"
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# FAO Committee on Fisheries adopts international guidelines on bycatch management in Rome last week

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Committee on Fisheries (FAO-COFI) meeting in its [29th Session](http://www.fao.org/cofi/cofi2011/en/) in Rome, Italy this last week has adopted **International Guidelines on Bycatch Management and Reduction of Discards**that were developed at a technical consultation held in December last year.

 The guideline's summary follows:

 "These International Guidelines on Bycatch Management and Reduction of Discards were developed and adopted by the FAO Technical Consultation held in Rome from 6 to 10 December 2010.  They are intended to assist States and RFMO/As in the management of bycatch and reduction of discards in conformity with the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries."

 [Click here](http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2024e/i2024e00.pdf)to access the technical consultation report and the appended guidelines document.

 Go to an earlier [ACAP news item](https://acap.aq/latest-news/the-food-and-agiculture-organization-fao-makes-progress-with-adopting-international-guidelines-on-bycatch-management-and-reduction-of-discards) for more information on the guidelines.

 ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Mitigation/Fact_Sheet_10_Fig1.jpg)

 ACAP was represented at the 2011 meeting of COFI by its Executive Secretary, Warren Papworth.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 6 February 2011*