Small-scale fisheries was debated intensely at the recently concluded meeting of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI)in Rome. The subject aroused great interest also in previous meetings of COFI. But there was a tone of intensity and urgency at the latest meeting, the 27th – as the report on pages 5 to 8 of this issue of Bay of Bengal News shows. A majority of COFI’s members strongly urged the setting up of a dedicated COFI sub-committee or a specific work program me on small-scale fisheries to address the long-term developmental needs of small-scale fisheries...read more