Tina Farmer, Luca Limongelli 2003-01-02 1010 Fisheries Topics: Resources 22172 Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (FI) Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (FI) Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (FI) Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (FI) Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (FI) Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (FI) http://www.fao.org/fishery 12 Fisheries and Aquaculture topics FAO Topics Fact Sheets FI_TOPICS_CP 2001-09-27 2015-12-29 2681 Fisheries and aquaculture resources Capture fisheries and aquaculture depend on the use of natural renewable resources and other resources (e.g. aquatic species, land and water) as raw material. Other resources such as hatchery-produced seeds, feeds and fertilizers are artificially generated. Because fishery resources are finite, there is competition for them, within the sector and with other types of uses.

Capture fisheries resources have historically been considered, used and managed on a stock-by-stock basis. They are impacted by fisheries as well as other polluting and degrading economic activities. The state of wild marine resources raises concern as, since 1990, about a quarter are more or less seriously overfished. The state of wild inland resources is poorly known but is likely to deserve equal concern in most regions and reflect a much greater environmental impact.

Aquaculture resources comprise a wide variety of animals and plants (and their genetic resources) such as fish; crustaceans, molluscs, seaweeds and other aquatic plants. The most harvested species are oysters and carps. The use of local species is recommended but introduced species are responsible for 17% of the world's finfish production with significant social, environmental, genetic and economic impact. The culture of several important species still relies on the collection of brood stock or seed from natural populations. Aquafeed resources production is one of the fastest expanding agricultural industries in the world, with growth rates in excess of 30 percent per year.

]]> Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System (FIRMS) Système de suivi des ressources halieutiques et des pêcheries (FIRMS) Sistema de supervisión de recursos y pesquerías (FIRMS) Cистема мониторинга рыбного хозяйства и ресурсов نظام رصد مصايد الأسماك والموارد السمكية (FIRMS) 渔业和资源监测系统 (FIRMS) The Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System (FIRMS) is a partnership of intergovernmental fisheries organizations that share a wide range of high-quality information on the global monitoring and management of marine fishery resources. Le Système de suivi des ressources et des pêches (FIRMS) donne accès à des informations de bonne qualité sur les ressources marines mondiales. Le FIRMS rassemble un partenariat d'organisations internationales, d'organes régionaux des pêches et d'instituts scientifiques nationaux, collaborant dans le cadre d'un accord formel, pour faire rapport et partager des informations sur les ressources halieutiques. El Sistema de supervisión de recursos y pesquer­as (SSRP) tiene como objetivo dar acceso a información de gran calidad sobre la supervisión mundial de los recursos marinos. FIRMS asocia organizaciones internacionales, organizaciones regionales de pesca e instituciones científicas nacionales, en colaboración a través de un acuerdo oficial, que proporcionan información sobre los recursos pesqueros. website http://firms.fao.org Aquatic Genetic Resources Ressources génétiques aquatiques Recursos Genéticos Acuáticos Водные генетические ресурсы الموارد الوراثية المائية 水生遗传资源 webpage http://www.fao.org/aquatic-genetic-resources http://www.fao.org/aquatic-genetic-resources/home/fr/ http://www.fao.org/aquatic-genetic-resources/home/es/ http://www.fao.org/aquatic-genetic-resources/home/ar/ http://www.fao.org/aquatic-genetic-resources/home/zh/ http://www.fao.org/aquatic-genetic-resources/home/ru/ FishBase FishBase FishBase База данных FishBase FishBase 鱼类数据库（FishBase） FishBase is a relational database with information on fishes to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more. FishBase est une base de données relationnelles qui contient des informations sur les poissons destinées à diverses catégories de professionnels tels que chercheurs, administrateurs des pêches, zoologistes, et tant d¿autres. FishBase es una base de datos relacionales con información sobre peces, al servicio de distintos tipos de profesionales: científicos, directores de pesca, zoólogos y muchos más. База данных FishBase ї это реляционная база данных, содержащая информацию о видах рыб и предназначенная специалистам, ученым-исследователям, руководителям рыбных хозяйств, зоологам и многим другим. هي قاعدة بيانات ذات علاقة بالمعلومات حول الاسماك وذلك لتزويد مختلف التخصصات كالباحثين، والمدراء السمكيين، علماء الحيوان والعديد من التخصصات الاخرى. FishBase是一个有关鱼类信息的关系数据库，旨在满足科研工作者、渔业管理人员、动物学家和其他专业人员的需求。 databases http://www.fao.org/docs/eims/upload/photo/firi/208313.JPG http://www.fishbase.org/ http://www.fishbase.org/search.php?lang=French http://www.fishbase.org/search.php?lang=Spanish http://www.fishbase.org/search.php?lang=arabic http://www.fishbase.org/search.php?lang=scChinese http://www.fishbase.org/search.php?lang=Russian 483 Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profiles - fact sheets Profils des pêche et de l'aquaculture par pays - fiches d'information Perfíles sobre la pesca y la acuicultura por países - hojas Informativas Справочная информация о состоянии рыбного хозяйства и аквакультуры в стране صحائف وقائع الدراسات القطرية حول مصايد الاسماك وتربية الأحياء المائية‎ 渔业和水产养殖国别概况 - 情况说明 search interface http://www.fao.org/fishery/countryprofiles/search http://www.fao.org/fishery/countryprofiles/search/fr http://www.fao.org/fishery/countryprofiles/search/es http://www.fao.org/fishery/countryprofiles/search/ar http://www.fao.org/fishery/countryprofiles/search/zh http://www.fao.org/fishery/countryprofiles/search/ru 402 166234 EAF Net EAF Net EAF Net EAF Net EAF Net 16064 Aquaculture Aquaculture Acuicultura 16063 Capture Fisheries Pêche de capture Pesca de captura 18032 FAO FishFinder FAO FishFinder FAO FishFinder FAO FishFinder FAO FishFinder 166282 Deep-sea high seas fisheries Pêche profonde en haute mer Pesquerías de Aguas Profundas en Alta Mar 16300 FAO activities in relation to CITES and commercially exploited aquatic species Activités de la FAO concernant la CITES et les espèces aquatiques exploitées au niveau commercial Actividades de la FAO relacionadas con la CITES y las especies acuáticas explotadas a nivel comercial 18153 Marine Protected Areas as a Tool for Fisheries Management (MPAs) The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture - 2014 (SOFIA) Opportunities and challenges Fisheries and aquaculture play a vital role in achieving FAO's Strategic Objectives of eliminating hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. As reported in this edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture, people have never consumed so much fish or depended so greatly on the sector for their well-being as today. As the demand for fish increases, the sector is also striving to be more productive and sustainable and to enable more inclusive and efficient systems while reducing rural poverty and enhancing the resilience of livelihoods to disasters, crises and climate change. Book http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/097d8007-49a4-4d65-88cd-fcaf6a969776 http://www.fao.org/3/I3720E/i3720e.pdf I3720/E 9789251082751 1020-5489 Aquaculture Fisheries Fisheries and aquaculture - General aspects Review of the state of world marine fishery resources Marine fisheries are very important to the economy and well-being of coastal communities. Maintaining the long-term prosperity and sustainability of marine fisheries is not only of political and social significance but also of economic and ecological importance. This review presents an updated assessment of the current status of the world¿s marine fishery resources. Its aim is to provide the FAO Committee on Fisheries, policy-makers, civil society, fishers and managers of world fishery resources with a comprehensive, objective and global review of the state of the living marine resources of the oceans. The review was based mainly on official catch statistics up until 2009 and relevant stock assessment and other complementary information available until 2010. This review consists of four major components. The first is a global overview of marine fishery production and the state of marine fish resources. The second part is divided into chapters that summarize and compile the information available for each FAO major fishing area, together with a discussion of the major trends and changes that have occurred with the main fishery resources exploited in each area and comments on the stock assessment work undertaken in support of fisheries management in each region. The third section is allocated to special topics that attract great attention in the international community, including tuna and tuna-like species, sharks, the Pacific islands region, deep-sea fisheries, and fisheries and long-term climate variability. The final part lists all the tables that provide details about historical and recent catches for the major marine resources and, where possible, assessments of the most current state of exploitation of fish stocks. Book http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2389e/i2389e00.htm http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2389e/i2389e.pdf http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2389e/i2389e.zip I2389/E 9789251070239 2070-7010 Tuna Fisheries production Review of the State of the World Fishery Resources: Inland Fisheries The fishery statistics reported to FAO by countries and maintained in the FishStat database are analysed for trends in quantity and composition of catches from 1950 to 2009. Catches have been increasing at a steady rate throughout the period. Fish from inland water capture fisheries are an important source of animal protein, especially in landlocked countries and for populations riparian to lakes and rivers. Finfish contribute about 90 percent of the catch together with some crustaceans and molluscs. The accuracy of reporting of catches by taxonomic group has improved with time and more groups are being reported in 2009 than in 1950. At the same time, the percentage of catches assigned to the generic ¿freshwater fishes NEI¿ category has declined. Trends in catches and taxonomic groups are analysed for subcontinental regions under a more general continental heading. The regions are divided mainly by geography, although in some cases economic and political considerations are used. Catches in the various regions of Africa, Asia and South and Central America have risen steadily over the period of the review, although there are local exceptions to the general trend. There is clear evidence that such increases are real in some individual fisheries, but generally the increases are attributed to improvements in reporting, whereby catches that were already there but previously ignored are now being incorporated into the reports. Catches in North America, and most of Europe, have declined in the same period, which is attributed to shifts in economic conditions that make fishing not longer financially viable, and a greater public demand for recreational fishing. Catches from eastern Europe and the Russian Federation declined from a maximum in the 1980s, but have shown some signs of recovery in the last decade. In general, the world¿s inland fisheries still appear viable although environmental pressures, such as damming, water abstraction and overexploitation, pose a potential threat to the maintenance of present levels of reproduction and recruitment, and hence, ultimately catch. Book http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2484e/i2484e00.htm http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2484e/i2484e.pdf http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2484e/i2484e.zip I2484/E 9789251070789 2070-6065 Fishery resources Freshwater fishes Inland fisheries Catches World Fisheries and aquaculture - General aspects Report of the Workshop to develop a FAO strategy for assessing the state of inland capture fishery resources A Workshop was convened to develop a strategy to improve the state of information on the status of inland fisheries. Inland fisheries are a vital component in the livelihoods of people in many parts of the developed and developing world. Globally, lakes, reservoirs and wetlands cover a total area of about 7.8 million km2 and provide a rich environment for inland fisheries. The Twenty-eighth Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries observed that, ¿data and statistics on small-scale fisheries, especially in inland waters, were not always comprehensive, resulting in underestimating their economic, social and nutritional benefits and contribution to livelihoods and food security. The underestimation of the importance of inland fisheries can lead to policies and practices that further degrade resources and endanger food security¿. The marine capture fishery sector has, since 1974, reported on the state of major marine fish stocks. The percentage of marine fish stocks that are depleted, recovering, underexploited, moderately exploited, fully exploited and overexploited, along with their trends is extremely useful and widely cited in fishery, conservation and development literature. There is no equivalent information set for inland fisheries on which to make assessments. The Workshop identified several important differences between inland and marine capture fisheries that necessitate different approaches to the assessment of inland fisheries. A main difference is that the state of exploitation is usually the main driver determining the status in marine fisheries and is the principal indicator of management performance used by FAO for global assessment. The status of inland fisheries is also determined by rates of exploitation, but other influences that affect habitat quality and quantity can also be significant and often more important. Taking into account the special characteristics of inland fisheries, the Workshop identified ecosystem services provided by inland fisheries and some potential indicators and information that could be used for the assessment of inland capture fisheries. Indicators were identified for social and economic aspects of a fishery and for environmental and production aspects. Both aspects were judged important in the assessment of inland fisheries, and efforts were made to establish a composite indicator. The elements of a strategy to assess inland fisheries were not completely defined by the Workshop and further work was planned to determine the usefulness of the indicators and composite indicator. Book http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i3046e/i3046e00.htm http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i3046e/i3046e.pdf I3046/E 9789251073353 2070-6987 Development policies Inland fisheries Fisheries and aquaculture - General aspects