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COFI to call for Guidelines for Eco-labelling of Fish
26th February 2003
Rome
During the plenary session of the 26th meeting of the International Committee on Fisheries (COFI) of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a growing number of countries have called upon the FAO to develop voluntary, transparent and science based technical guidelines for eco-labeling schemes.
As proposed by the European Community and the USA, further FAO work is expected to take the form of both an expert consultation prior to the next meeting of the FAO subcommittee on fish trade. The next step in the process will be a technical consultation. Nations supporting the measure and encouraging further work on this initiative included the European Union, USA, Canada, India, Brazil, Japan, Poland, Iceland, Namibia, and Latvia.
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