FAO

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The European Union’s aquatic animal production stood at 4.2 million tonnes in 2022, with fisheries landings contributing an estimated 3.1 million tonnes and aquaculture reaching 1.1 million tonnes, according to the latest…

7th August 2024

EU aquaculture lags behind fisheries production

7th August 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Five small-scale fish farmers are benefitting from a new training programme to boost the sustainability of aquaculture in the south-east Mediterranean.

24th July 2024

Boosting sustainability in Med aquaculture

24th July 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Climate change is a potential problem for the fish biomass in nearly all regions of the world’s ocean, including top producer countries and those with a high reliance on aquatic foods, according…

15th July 2024

FAO: Climate change putting fish biomass at risk

15th July 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The 36th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI36), 8-12 July 2024, held at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, focused on the…

11th July 2024

COFI focuses on food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty

11th July 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

World fisheries and aquaculture production has hit a new high, with aquaculture production of aquatic animals surpassing capture fisheries for the first time, according to a new report from the Food and…

9th June 2024

FAO: Global fisheries and aquaculture production reaches new record high

9th June 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) said it has taken a significant step in the fight against illegal fishing by ratifying the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter…

26th April 2024

Marshall Islands step up fight against illegal fishing

26th April 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood worth NOK 40.2 billion was exported by Norway in the first-quarter of this year, representing a decrease of NOK 1.2 billion or 3%, compared with the corresponding period of 2023.

9th April 2024

Norwegian seafood exports decline for first time in three years

9th April 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Women work just under a third of all fishing-related jobs in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea but persisting biases mean their true contributions to the economies of coastal fishing communities continue…

8th March 2024

Women in fisheries – challenges and opportunities in the Mediterranean, Black Sea

8th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Focusing on how a Seafood Risk Tool can be applied to support aquatic food supply chains in Ghana, scientists and policymakers from the West African country, the UK, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Nigeria recently…

6th March 2024

Ghana charts safe, sustainable aquaculture production

6th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

In a bid to address the looming threat of climate change on fisheries, India has proposed for substantial reduction of carbon footprint as a significant step towards climate resilient fisheries.

22nd January 2024

India’s top tips to build climate-resilient fisheries

22nd January 2024