Roundtable “The State of Global Fisheries and Aquaculture in 2026”

Roundtable “The State of Global Fisheries and Aquaculture in 2026” Welcome speech: Oleg Kobiakov, Director, FAO Russia Liaison Office Kirill Kolonchin, D.Sc. in Economics, Director, VNIRO Zheng Xianhu, Director of the Heilongjiang Fishery Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS) Speakers: Manuel Barange, Assistant Director-General, Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division of FAO, Rome, Italy (video message) Key points from The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2026 flagship report Haydar Fersoy, FAO Senior Fisheries and Aquaculture Officer for Europe and Central Asia, Secretary of the Central Asian and Caucasus Regional Fisheries and Aquaculture Commission (CACFish) Outcomes of the 37th session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (Rome, 7–11 September 2026) Virginia Maria da Cruz Godinho Pires Correia, Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau From Resource Management to Sustainable Development: The Experience of Guinea-Bissau in Promoting Sustainable Fisheries and the Blue Economy Alexander Panin, Chairman, Fish Union On the state and current trends of global trade in fish and fish products Konstantin Globenko, General Director, RFC From raw-material exports to value-added creation: where Russia is already winning and what’s holding back faster progress? Konstantin Sokolov, PhD (Biology), Head of the Polar Branch of VNIRO (PINRO named after N.M. Knipovich) Scientific support for sustainable fisheries in the Northern Basin: challenges and prospects Victoria Barinova, Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences, Head of the Aquaculture Department, VNIRO From technology to ecology: priorities for aquaculture development in Russia in the context of food security and aquatic ecosystem conservation