Webinar - Navigating Global Fish Trade Products: Trends, Policies, Instruments and Market Intelligence The Whale (Green Zone), Nice, France UN Ocean Conference 9th June 2025 13.15h – 15.15h Virtually by registering here: https://fao.zoom.us/meeting/register/2Amu-uCCTpuHSRzIVRE2fA 13.15h --13.20h Welcome 13.20h – 13.50h Current trends of fisheries and aquaculture products – A Global Perspective Overview of global fisheries and aquaculture products, including recent trends, leading players, primary commodities, trading patterns, and the importance of small-scale fishers and developing countries as producers, among other topics. Presenter: Stefania Vannuccini, Senior Fishery Officer, FAO 13.50h – 14.45h Basic principles applicable to global fish trade The fundamental concepts related to international trade in fisheries and aquaculture products, such as non-discrimination, transparency, and predictability, will be presented pragmatically, emphasizing their importance in ensuring fair trade practices and flows. The Main Global Instruments and FAO Instruments The leading global instruments related to fisheries from a trade perspective will be presented to show their impact and interconnectedness with the trade of fisheries and aquaculture, focusing on clauses related to international obligations and compliance requirements. Some instruments to be analyzed are the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the WTO Agreements from a fisheries and aquaculture angle, and the Fish Stock Agreement. Among the FAO instruments to be analyzed there will be the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, the International Plans of Action (IPOAs), the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (the SSF Guidelines), the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Catch Documentation Schemes (CDS), the FAO Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification, the FAO Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Inland Capture Fisheries, and the FAO Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries. Presenter: Bhakti Anand, International Trade Consultant, FAO 14.45h – 15.05h GLOBEFISH as Market Intelligence Tool Presenter: Shirlene Anthonysamy, Fishery Officer (Markets) and GLOBEFISH Coordinator, FAO 15.05h -- 15.15h Questions and Answers and Closing