The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020

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5 And Aquaculture projections 164 Illuminating Hidden Harvests: the contribution of small-scale Fisheries to sustainable development 176 CONTENTS| ii |Improving the assessment of global inland Fisheries 179 New and disruptive technologies for innovative data systems and practices 183 Aquaculture biosecurity 190 Towards a new vision for capture Fisheries in the twenty-first century 193 REFERENCES 199 TABLES 1. World Fisheries and Aquaculture production, utilization and trade 32. Marine capture production: major producing countries and territories 133. Marine capture production: major species and genera 144. Capture production: FAO Major Fishing Areas 165. Inland waters capture production: major producing countries 206. Aquaculture production of main species groups by continent in 2018 267. Aquaculture production of aquatic algae by major producers 278. Major species produced in World Aquaculture 309.

6 World Aquaculture production of aquatic algae 3210. Aquaculture fish production in regions, and by selected major producers 3311. Major global and regional Aquaculture producers with relatively high percentage of bivalves in total Aquaculture production of aquatic animals 36 The proportion of undernourished people in the total population is the indicator known as prevalence of undernourishment (PoU). See Annexes 2 and 3 of this report for further details. Ecullentem facerrum quam, quatet occus acepro modit quibus autat laut omnihitias BORIA VOLOREIUM, SIT AUT QUIS DOLORITI CONECTUS, SEQUE12. World employment for fishers and fish farmers, by region 3713. Reported number of motorized and non-motorized vessels by LOA class in fishing fleets from selected countries and territories, 2018 4614. Percentage of global fish catch allocated to major hydrological/river basin 5815.

7 Production trends and the relative contribution to the global catch 5916. Total and per capita apparent fish consumption by region and economic grouping, 2017 7017. Projected fish production, 2030 16618. Projected fish trade for human consumption 17219. Snapshot of data the Illuminating Hidden Harvests study is exploring 17820. Variables used in the threat assessment for inland Fisheries 18021. Threat scores of basin areas that support inland Fisheries 18122. Fish supply chain supported by blockchain 187 FIGURES 1. World capture Fisheries and Aquaculture production 42. World fish utilization and apparent consumption 43. Regional contribution to World Fisheries and Aquaculture production 54. Trends in global captures 95. Top ten global capture producers, 2108 126. Trends in three main categories of fishing areas 17| iii |7. Top five inland waters capture producers 198.

8 World Aquaculture production of aquatic animals and algae, 1990 2018 229. Annual growth rate of Aquaculture fish production quantity in the new millennium 2210. Contribution of Aquaculture in total production of aquatic animals 2411. Fed and non-fed Aquaculture production, 2000 2018 2812. Aquaculture production of major producing regions and major producers of main species groups, 2003 2018 3413. Regional share of employment in Fisheries and Aquaculture 3814. Sex-disaggregated data on employment in Fisheries and Aquaculture , 2018 4015. Distribution of motorized and non-motorized fishing vessels by region, 2018 4216. Proportion of motorized and non-motorized fishing vessels by region, 2018 4317. Distribution of motorized fishing vessels by region, 2018 4318. Size distribution of motorized fishing vessels by region, 2018 4419. Global trends in the State of the World s marine fish stocks, 1974 2017 4820.

9 Percentages of stocks fished at biologically sustainable and unsustainable levels, by FAO statistical area, 2017 4921. The three temporal patterns in fish landings, 1950 2017 50 CONTENTS22. Estimated inland fishery catch allocated to major hydrologic regions and the river basins in which it was produced, expressed as a percentage of the global total inland catch 5723. Utilization of World Fisheries and Aquaculture production, 1962 2018 6024. Utilization of World Fisheries and Aquaculture production: developed versus developing countries, 2018 6225. Contribution of fish to animal protein supply, a ve ra g e 2015 2017 6726. Apparent fish consumption per capita, a ve ra g e 2015 2017 692 7. Relative contribution of Aquaculture and capture Fisheries to fish available for human consumption 7228. World Fisheries and Aquaculture production and quantities destined for export 7429.

10 Top exporters and importers of fish and fish products in terms of value, 2018 7630. Trade of fish and fish products 7731. Trade flows of fish and fish products by continent (share of total imports, in terms of value), 2018 7832. Import and export values of fish products for different regions, indicating net deficit or surplus 8133. Share of main groups of species in fish trade in terms of value, 2018 8434. FAO Fish Price Index 8535. Groundfish prices in Norway 8636. Skipjack tuna prices in Ecuador and Thailand 8737. Fishmeal and soybean meal prices in Germany and the Netherlands 8838. Fish oil and soybean oil prices in the Netherlands 8939. International legal framework for Fisheries 9440. Response by Members to the FAO Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and Related Instruments, by region 9741. Number of fish management plans developed for marine and inland capture Fisheries in accordance with the Code, as reported by Members 9842.