Four decades of analysing the global market for farmed and wild aquatic products
A unit in FAO’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Division,…
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More overfishing despite increasing sustainability? According to the FAO, the proportion of overfished fish stocks increased from 10 to 35.4 per cent between 1974 and 2019.…
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Tanzania: Global Aquatic Food Value Chain Sustainability at the Blue Food Forum in September 2024
FISH4ACP has announced the Blue Food Forum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to be held 12-13 September 2024.… -
Scallop culture at a commercial scale lags that of clams and oysters in terms of number of operations and production volumes.…
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The annual Aquaculture Europe event, organised by the European Aquaculture Society, will take place in Rimini,…
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Realizing the potential of geographical indications to advance sustainable seafood value chains
EUROFISH and FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division organised a webinar “Realizing the potential of geographical indications to advance sustainable seafood value chains”… -
According to surveys carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the quantities produced by global aquaculture reached an all-time high of 120 million tonnes (live weight) in the year 2019, with a total sale value (ex farm gate) of 274.6 billion US dollars. Of this, 85.3 million tonnes were accounted for by animals (USD 259.5 billion), 34.7 million tonnes by algae and aquatic plants (USD 14.8 billion) and 26,841 tonnes by ornamental shellfish and pearls (USD 228.4 million).
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FAO has launched an online public consultation in order to collect comments and views on a draft guidance document on seafood traceability.…
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As with other sectors of the global economy, fisheries and aquaculture are also being affected by the spread of COVID-19.…
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Reducing overall stress boosts resilience to climate change This article featured in EUROFISH Magazine 2 2020. Currently Director of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division and Honorary Professor at the University of Exeter (UK), Dr Manuel Barange is an ecologist and fisheries scientist interested in researching climate change impacts on marine ecosystems, their resources, and their implications for human society.
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