02 March 2009, Rome - Opening Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) - 28th Session held in the Plenary Hall, FAO headquarters. Panel members (L to R): Ichiro Nomura, Assistant Director-General, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department; Zbigniew Karnicki, Chairperson, 28th Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries; N'diaga Gueye, Secretary of COFI and Chief, International Institutions and Liasion Service, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.