Marcio Castro de Souza is a senior fisheries officer for international trade and is responsible for trade and markets at the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division. He is also the Secretary of the FAO Subcommittee on Fish Trade (COFI:FT), the leading global forum for consultations between countries on technical and economic aspects of international trade of fisheries and aquaculture products, including production and consumption; and the supervision of GLOBEFISH – a specific FAO project responsible for the dissemination of information and analysis on international trade and markets of fisheries and aquaculture products.
The main activities of Mr. Castro de Souza include the development of studies, projects, analysis, and policy orientation on topics related to international trade and markets on fisheries and aquaculture products, including market access aspects and regional trade agreements; their interconnectivity and the main existing instruments regulating fisheries activities internationally, as well as their impacts on trade, markets, and sustainability. His work area also covers the deliverable of training on fish trade and the development of trade and economic topics, as well as associated studies requested by FAO Members in COFI:FT.
Mr. Castro de Souza is a jurist and holds a master’s degree in International Law and Economics (Magna cum Laude) from the Universities of Berne, Fribourg, and Neuchâtel. Before joining FAO, he worked for the Brazilian Government in agriculture and fisheries, in different senior positions always associated with international trade. Previously, he worked with international capital markets in the banking sector and a government agency responsible for regulating foreign trade in Brazil.
