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The state of world fisheries and aquaculture. 2020, sustainability in action
The 2020 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture has a particular focus on sustainability. This reflects a number of specific considerations. First, 2020 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Code of Conduct for Responsible...
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Study, evaluation of the marketing standards framework for fishery and aquaculture products
The objective of this report is to evaluate the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and EU added value of the current marketing standards framework for fishery and aquaculture products, in accordance with the Better Regulation Guidelines...
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Factors affecting cross-border investments in EU aquaculture
The aim of this report is to explore investments in aquaculture farms across different Member States in order to provide an overview of the current extent of cross-border investments, and to identify barriers and drivers influencing investments.
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Common Maritime Spatial Planning North Sea
This study, developed within the framework of the Interreg VB project North-SEE, contains the analyses of existing regional planning regulations in the North Sea region as well as the development of a cartographic presentation of cross-border spatial...
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Safeguarding Marine Protected Areas in the growing Mediterranean Blue Economy: Recommendations for aquaculture
Mediterranean marine protected areas (MPAs) are a key tool for conservation. As the aquaculture sector continues to grow, it has a pressing need for more space for development. Given that good water quality is a prerequisite for aquaculture...
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Development of practical fish welfare criteria for aquaculture
This research report produced by the Carefish project of the FishEthosGroup, explores fish welfare guidelines for 24 fish species. It was based on two rounds of visits to 51 Friends of the Sea (FOS)-certified fish farms in 12 countries. During the...
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The State of the World's Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Following requests from its member countries, at the Eleventh Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in 2007, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) agreed to lead a process towards...
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Top 10 species groups in global aquaculture 2017
The latest FAO global aquaculture production statistics record 608 species items (under the ASFIS – Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System – list of aquatic species) that have been farmed in global aquaculture during 1950–2017. Among them...
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Lessons Learned in Cross-border Maritime Spatial Planning: Experiences and insights from Pan Baltic Scope
This report is a summary and analysis of two intensive years of collaboration to achieve the set goals, joint learning and knowledge co-creation within the Pan Baltic Scope project. The Lessons Learned report provides an account of project...
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Welfare of Fishes in Aquaculture
The welfare of fish in aquaculture is of increasing public concern in Europe and thus of growing importance for fish farmers. There is an urgent need for fish farmers, authorities and scientists to develop criteria, approaches and practices to...