- 1st World Fisheries Congress: 1992—Athens, Greece
- 2nd World Fisheries Congress: 1996—Brisbane, Australia
- 3rd World Fisheries Congress: 2000—Beijing, China
- 4th World Fisheries Congress: 2004—Vancouver, British Columbia
- 5th World Fisheries Congress: 2008—Yokohama, Japan
- 6th World Fisheries Congress: 2012—Edinburgh, Scotland
- 7th World Fisheries Congress: 2016—Busan, Korea
- 8th World Fisheries Congress: 2021—Adelaide, Australia