The higher coordination committee for common Arab action at the conclusion of its meeting of the 38  session at Arab League headquarters in Cairo,

 headed by the Secretary-General of the Arab League Amr Moussa approved  Yemen's proposal to establish  ministerial council for fisheries (MCF)in the Arab world from the League of Arab States (AL)
 
Minister of Fisheries Engineer Mahmoud Ibrahim Al Sagiery said that the meeting which concluded yesterday in Cairo approved raising the degree of attention and increase fish wealth specialists working in the Arab Organization for Agricultural and Fish Development, pointing out that the approval came in response to the recommendations of the meeting  of  Arab Ministers Council for fish Responsible in the Arab world held in the capital Sanaa in November 2006.
 
Al Sagiery stressed that the most important objectives of the establishment of this Council is to create a ministerial meeting under the umbrella of the Arab League and at the level of Ministers responsible for fisheries, agriculture , water, or environment to draw policies for the exploitation of marine resources and means at the national and international levels
 
He pointed out that the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development would have two Councils, one of Ministers responsible for agriculture, and another for fish.