The objective of this study is to analyse the new challenges faced by fishermen and fish farmers, how these stakeholders utilise online sales and digital solutions, and the sales opportunities available across local, national, and global seafood...
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...
This review reports on aquaculture development trends and challenges during the period from 2000 to 2018 in the European Region covering 51 countries including European Union member states.
Continuing the FAO’s traditional aquaculture regional and global review process, six regional reviews on aquaculture were compiled in 2020 and were published in 2021. This document provides a synthesis of those six regional aquaculture reviews: Asia...
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...
This report explores the nature of the 2030 Agenda, its goals and targets, and their relevance to aquaculture development. It examines the potential contribution of aquaculture development to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the...
Vulnerability and risk assessment is an important tool that has been used in the fisheries and aquaculture sector to assess the current and potential consequences of climate change in a variety of geographical, environmental and socio-economic...
The need for adaptation in the fisheries and aquaculture sector and the associated challenges are expected to increase with climate change. This has been stated with a very high degree of confidence by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in...
The 2018 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture emphasizes the sector’s role in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and measurement of progress towards these goals. The...
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...