Date Time Fisheries and aquaculture are a critical part of global agri-food systems transformation, says FAO Director-General 1 February 2021, Rome – Fisheries and aquaculture are of critical importance for global food security as well as recovering from the COVID-19 crisis, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, said today. The Director-General addressed the opening of the 34 th session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI), which is the only global inter-governmental forum where FAO Members meet to review and consider the i...