Responsibility
FAO: Climate change could reduce fish biomass 10 percent by mid-century
Global projections show fish biomass could drop more than 10 percent in many regions by mid-century if greenhouse gas emissions stay high.
Responsibility
FAO: More investment in seafood production needed to drive ‘blue transformation’ for global food security
At the G7 meeting, FAO says investment in seafood production is critical to ensuring global food security and combating poverty.
Responsibility
UN endorses NOAA’s new Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture
The United Nations has endorsed NOAA’s new Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture, which develop global aquaculture best practices.
Intelligence
FAO: Aquaculture officially overtakes fisheries in global seafood production
Biennial FAO report, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024, says aquaculture production exceeded fisheries for the first time in 2022.
Fisheries
Las pesquerías de pequeña escala son “cruciales” para la seguridad alimentaria mundial, pero ¿puede el sector satisfacer la demanda mundial de proteínas y nutrientes?
El informe de la FAO subraya el papel fundamental que desempeña las pesquerías de pequeña escala para garantizar la seguridad alimentaria mundial y el desarrollo sostenible.
Fisheries
Small-scale fisheries are ‘crucial’ to global food security – but can the sector satisfy the global demand for protein and nutrients?
FAO report underlines the vital role small-scale fisheries play in ensuring global food security and sustainable development.
Intelligence
FAO issues ‘roadmap’ for early harmful algal bloom warning systems
Document provides guidance to implement or improve early warning systems for harmful algal blooms that threaten seafood and public health.
Innovation & Investment
FISH4ACP and The Gambia strike 10-year agreement to transform mangrove oyster production
The plan for the sustainable growth of mangrove oyster production in The Gambia will benefit women producers and stabilize oyster stocks.
Fisheries
Global fight against IUU fishing reaches a ‘new milestone’ with Port State Measures Agreement
One hundred States endorse FAO Agreement on Port State Measures, marking a new milestone in the global fight against IUU fishing.
Responsibility
NGOs and seafood stakeholders say better reporting mechanisms needed to reduce fisher mortalities
The seafood industry and NGOs are supporting a call by the FAO to create a mechanism to record and reduce fisher mortalities.
Responsibility
Cómo la acuacultura promueve la Iniciativa de Crecimiento Azul
Crecimiento Azul es una parte integral del desarrollo global sostenible y de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación, ya que se relacionan con la conservación de los recursos marinos.
Responsibility
How aquaculture furthers the Blue Growth Initiative
Blue Growth is as an integral part of sustainable global development and the Food and Agriculture Organization's Sustainable Development Goals as they relate to conservation of marine resources.
Intelligence
La acuacultura lidera la producción de pescado y el consumo a nuevas alturas
El informe bienal más reciente de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación subraya la importancia creciente que tiene la acuacultura, ya que en 2016 se alcanzaron nuevos récords para la producción y el consumo mundiales de productos del mar.
Intelligence
Aquaculture leads fish production, consumption to new highs
The most recent biennial report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations stresses the growing importance that aquaculture has as new records for global seafood production and consumption were reached in 2016.
Innovation & Investment
Bio-economic modeling for improving aquaculture performance
Experience in China, the world’s largest tilapia farming country, is used to develop and calibrate a bio-economic model of intensive tilapia pond culture. It is used to simulate the impacts of climate, technical and/or economic factors on farming.
Intelligence
GOAL 2017: revisión y pronóstico de la producción mundial de camarón
La encuesta de producción de GOAL 2017 para la producción mundial de camarón cultivado mostró una recuperación menor para 2016, y se espera que la producción se fortalezca hasta 2019, cuando la producción cultivada global debería alcanzar 4.82 millones de toneladas métricas (MMT), a menos que haya problemas con las principales enfermedades de camarón.