Committee on Fisheries

E319035

FAO committee advisory body fisheries governance body intergovernmental body

The Committee on Fisheries is a key FAO body that advises on international fisheries and aquaculture policy, management, and conservation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Committee on Fisheries canonical	5
FAO Committee on Fisheries	4
Committee on Fisheries (PECH)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2999519 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on Fisheries
Context triple: [Technical Committees of FAO, hasMember, Committee on Fisheries]

A. Agriculture and Fisheries Council
The Agriculture and Fisheries Council is a configuration of EU ministers responsible for adopting legislation and policies on agriculture, fisheries, food production, and rural development within the European Union.
B. Department of Fisheries
The Department of Fisheries is an academic unit within the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Agriculture that focuses on the science, management, and sustainable use of aquatic resources and fisheries.
C. Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission is a tribal natural resources management organization that supports treaty Indian tribes in western Washington in the cooperative stewardship and protection of their fisheries and aquatic ecosystems.
D. North Pacific Fishery Management Council
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is a U.S. regional body responsible for developing and overseeing federal fisheries management plans in the North Pacific Ocean, including off Alaska.
E. Bureau of Fisheries
The Bureau of Fisheries was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for managing and conserving the nation’s fishery resources before its functions were absorbed into successor organizations such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on Fisheries
Target entity description: The Committee on Fisheries is a key FAO body that advises on international fisheries and aquaculture policy, management, and conservation.

A. Agriculture and Fisheries Council
The Agriculture and Fisheries Council is a configuration of EU ministers responsible for adopting legislation and policies on agriculture, fisheries, food production, and rural development within the European Union.
B. Department of Fisheries
The Department of Fisheries is an academic unit within the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Agriculture that focuses on the science, management, and sustainable use of aquatic resources and fisheries.
C. Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission is a tribal natural resources management organization that supports treaty Indian tribes in western Washington in the cooperative stewardship and protection of their fisheries and aquatic ecosystems.
D. North Pacific Fishery Management Council
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is a U.S. regional body responsible for developing and overseeing federal fisheries management plans in the North Pacific Ocean, including off Alaska.
E. Bureau of Fisheries
The Bureau of Fisheries was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for managing and conserving the nation’s fishery resources before its functions were absorbed into successor organizations such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	FAO committee ⓘ advisory body ⓘ fisheries governance body ⓘ intergovernmental body ⓘ
affiliation	United Nations system ⓘ
composition	government representatives ⓘ
convenedBy	FAO Council ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
field	aquaculture ⓘ fisheries ⓘ fishery conservation ⓘ fishery management ⓘ fishery policy ⓘ inland fisheries ⓘ marine resource management ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ
hasMember	FAO member states ⓘ
hasSubcommittee	Sub-Committee on Aquaculture ⓘ linked to: Committee on Fisheries Sub-Committee on Aquaculture Sub-Committee on Fish Trade ⓘ linked to: Committee on Fisheries Sub-Committee on Fish Trade
headquartersLocation	FAO headquarters ⓘ Rome ⓘ
inception	1965 ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
meetingFrequency	biennial ⓘ
memberOf	FAO Governing Bodies ⓘ linked to: FAO Finance Committee
parentOrganization	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ⓘ linked to: Food and Agriculture Organization
partOf	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ⓘ linked to: Food and Agriculture Organization
purpose	to advise FAO on fisheries and aquaculture policy ⓘ to foster international cooperation in fisheries and aquaculture ⓘ to monitor implementation of international fisheries instruments ⓘ to promote sustainable use of fishery and aquaculture resources ⓘ to provide policy guidance on conservation of aquatic resources ⓘ to review major international fisheries and aquaculture issues ⓘ
scope	global ⓘ international ⓘ
shortName	COFI ⓘ
website	https://www.fao.org/cofi ⓘ
worksOn	Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries ⓘ aquaculture development ⓘ climate change and fisheries ⓘ fisheries and food security ⓘ fisheries governance ⓘ fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance ⓘ illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing ⓘ international plans of action for fisheries ⓘ small-scale fisheries ⓘ

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