THE STATE OF WORLD FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE

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6 Governance and policy 75 PART 2 FAO FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE IN ACTION 86 FISHERIES and the Sustainable Development Goals: meeting the 2030 Agenda 86 FAO s approach to improving the quality and utility of capture fishery data 92 Combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing: global developments 98 Biodiversity, FISHERIES and AQUACULTURE 102 Global inland FISHERIES revisited: their contribution to achievement of the SDGs 108 Fish for food security and human nutrition 113 Implementing the ecosystem approach to FISHERIES and AQUACULTURE achievements and challenges 120 PART 3 HIGHLIGHTS OF ONGOING STUDIES 130 Climate change impacts and responses 130 Small-scale FISHERIES and AQUACULTURE 138 Realizing AQUACULTURE s potential 144 International trade.

7 Sustainable value chains and consumer protection 149 Selected ocean pollution concerns 154 Social issues 157 PART 4 OUTLOOK AND EMERGING ISSUES 166 Blue growth in action 166 The emerging role of regional cooperation for sustainable development 172 The role of regional fishery bodies in AQUACULTURE development 176 Disruptive technologies 178 Projections of FISHERIES , AQUACULTURE and markets 182 REFERENCES 194| iii |TABLES, FIGURES AND BOXES TABLES 1. WORLD FISHERIES and AQUACULTURE production and utilization 42.

8 Marine capture production: major producer countries 93. Marine capture production: major species and genera 104. Capture production: FAO major fishing areas 135. Inland waters capture production: major producer countries 166. AQUACULTURE production of main groups of food fish species by continent, 2016 207. Major species produced in WORLD AQUACULTURE 238. WORLD AQUACULTURE production of aquatic plants 259. Major farmed seaweed producers 2510. AQUACULTURE food fish production by region and selected major producers 2711.

9 WORLD employment for fishers and fish farmers by region 3112. Number of fishers and fish farmers in selected countries and territories and worldwide 3213. Reporting of sex-disaggregated employment (women, men and unspecified) in FISHERIES and AQUACULTURE , by region, 2016 3314. Sex-disaggregated engagement in the primary sector of FISHERIES and AQUACULTURE in selected countries 3415. Reported number of motorized and non-motorized vessels by LOA class in fishing fleets from selected countries and territories, 2016 3816.

10 Top ten exporters and importers of fish and fish products 5517. Share of main groups of species in WORLD trade of fish and fish products, 2016 6418. Total and per capita apparent fish consumption by region and economic grouping, 2015 7219. SDG 14 indicators for which FAO is custodian or contributing agency 8920. Percentage of countries adopting EAF or similar ecosystem approaches, by region 12521. Examples of adaptation options for FISHERIES and AQUACULTURE 13522. Projected fish production, 2030 18523.