Acknowledging the need to build more sustainable aquatic animal health systems, the OIE launched its first Aquatic Animal Health Strategy in May 2021, at the occasion of its 88th General Session. This Strategy will improve aquatic animal health and...

This guide has been revised and updated in order to be adapted to the EU Implementing Regulation 2019/627. This work was carried out under the coordination of the EURLMB together with an advisory group of independent experts in microbiological...

The GFCM 2030 Strategy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and Black Sea offers a common vision and guiding principles to achieve sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the region, federating efforts to deliver on...

This document is the outcome of an update of the first edition of the Joint FAO and WHO Technical guidance for the development of the growing area aspects of Bivalve Mollusc Sanitation Programmes published in 2018. FAO has worked jointly with the FAO...

The global COVID-19 pandemic which started in 2020 has undoubtedly had a large impact on fisheries and aquaculture communities. There are other, less dramatic challenges that can also create real difficulties for these communities, such as...

This factsheet provides data and information to facilitate the assessment of aquaculture growth potential in Developed Regions, which, according to the original 1996 definition under the United Nations M49 standard, include Europe, Northern America...

This factsheet provides data and information to facilitate the assessment of aquaculture growth potential in Europe.  Analyses in the factsheet are based on official data and statistics published by FAO and other international or national...

The guideline aims at creating a unique and complete document, starting from the selection of the species, the identification of the territory, the explanation of the bureaucratic process to obtain the license in order to increase the international...

In 2009, the Commission published A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture as a follow up to the EU aquaculture strategy of 2002. The Commission concluded that EU aquaculture had not grown since 2002, and...

In this manual, fish farmers can find background information on some of the main parasitic diseases jeopardizing farming of salmonids in European countries. Here the farmer can find valuable information on symptoms, identification of the pathogen...