Reports

This background Technical Study delivers a review of practices to preserve space for future uses of our sea space. The study presents a general overview of the future needs in a context of maritime sectoral demands, policy requirements, and local...

This report deals with (1) an overview of the latest developments in micro- and macroalgae cultivation systems, (2) a focus on sargassum, (3) an analysis of seaweed as blue carbon, and (4) a dissertation on how seaweed can transform regional...

“The EU fish market” aims at providing an economic description of the whole European fisheries and aquaculture industry, based on the data available as of August 2022. It replies to questions such as what is produced/exported/imported, when and where...

This study evaluates opportunities for reducing the carbon footprint of the marine wild capture sector managed under the current Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), while maintaining the viability, sustainability and resilience of this sector in face of...

This report contains the 2021 economic report of the EU fish processing sector, covering the period 2008 to 2019 (for some MS 2020) and includes information on the EU fish processing industries in terms of number of enterprises, employment, income...

The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) supported the EU’s maritime and fisheries policies from 2014 to 2020. A common monitoring and evaluation system (CMES) was set up to monitor its operations financed under shared management, and record...

In its fifth edition, the EU Blue Economy Report continues to analyse the scope and size of the Blue Economy in the European Union. It aims at providing support to policymakers and stakeholders in the quest for a sustainable development of oceans...

The objective of the study is to update the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA) study on organic aquaculture published in 2017. It covers the whole sector, with a focus on the main species, namely: Atlantic...

The purpose of this study is to present the scientific basis of the positive and negative impacts of European aquaculture from an economic, environmental, and social point of view, in order to facilitate a well-informed debate. The study is first...

This report provides an assessment of the current status and future growth opportunities for Scottish seaweed-based industries in the year 2022. It includes a scenario analysis that explores the key areas of growth for the seaweed sector and the...

The Updated Joint Roadmap to Accelerate Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Processes Worldwide (2022–2027) aims to enhance the global implementation of MSP as a tool for sustainable ocean governance. Building on the success of the 2017–2021...

Enhanced EU production and use of algae can help ensuring sustainable food and farming systems, economic circularity and bio-based products. This potential of algae to provide viable and sustainable alternative food and feed materials and to produce...

The publication contains a detailed quarterly update on market trends for a variety of major commodities. Combining the price information collected for the European Price Report with other market survey data collected by FAO GLOBEFISH, the report...

This factsheet presents the top ten species groups in 2020 world aquaculture production and compares species diversity in different species groups. The ranking of all 67 species groups is illustrated on the back cover. More information about the top...

This report reviews the world status of fisheries and aquaculture; describes the Blue Transformation and its pillars on intensifying and expanding aquaculture, improving fisheries management and innovating fisheries and aquaculture value chains...

The 2022 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture coincides with the launch of the Decade of Action to deliver the Global Goals, the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the United Nations Decade on...

Aquaculture production has very significantly increased in tonnage and value over the last decades. It is seen as a potential solution to replace the declining wild fishery stocks. This publication is a first attempt to examine aquaculture systems...

This report covers the overall operation of EU countries’ official controls and the Commission control activities carried out in 2019 and 2020 to ensure a high level of health protection and trust in the food chain, from farm to fork. These controls...

This paper develops a benchmarking system to examine species diversification patterns in around 200 countries for three decades to generate information and insights in support of evidence-based policy and planning in aquaculture development. The...

This publication provides an overview of the state of aquaculture markets in 2020 for the six countries surrounding the Black Sea: Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine. General analyses of the sector in each country...