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A few words about: The Global Overview The Issues The FAO Special studies, and The Outlook

A few words about: The Global Overview The Issues The FAO Special studies, and The Outlook. Fisheries production : (1998 - 2003). Million tonnes. 110. 100. Total capture. 90. (World). 80. Total capture. 70. (World without China). 60. Total aquaculture. 50. (World). 40. 30.

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A few words about: The Global Overview The Issues The FAO Special studies, and The Outlook

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  1. A few words about: • The Global Overview • The Issues • The FAO Special studies, and • The Outlook

  2. Fisheries production : (1998 - 2003) Million tonnes 110 100 Total capture 90 (World) 80 Total capture 70 (World without China) 60 Total aquaculture 50 (World) 40 30 Total aquaculture (World without China) 20 10 0 98 99 00 01 02 03

  3. Per capita food fish supply (kg)

  4. Aquaculture Aquaculture has an important role in food fish supplies But growth not homogeneous: • Stagnation in Europe and Oceania • Rapid growth in Latin America • Slow growth in Sub - Saharan Africa

  5. Growth of brackish and marine water aquaculture since 1970 25 20 15 Molluscs Average annual growth rate (%) Crustaceans 10 Marine fish 5 0 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2002

  6. Livelihoods • Recent employment growth – takes place in Asia • Employment in capture fisheries – growth appears to be stagnating • Faster growth in aquaculture employment • About 1 % of employment world-wide

  7. Stagnation also for fishing vessels? • Up-to-date information on vessels 100 GT and above – shows stagnation in numbers – about 24 000 • But this does not mean stagnation in fishing capacity

  8. Figures include only a fraction of the Chinese vessels

  9. Wild fish stocks • Fisheries Technical Paper 457 just released • Provides detailed information on status of marine fish stocks

  10. International trade • The value of world fish trade continues to expand • Volume that enters trade – about unchanged • China responsible for growth • China accounted for some 7 % of world exports in 2002

  11. Imports and exports of fish and fishery products: China

  12. Six Issues • Capture based aquaculture • Labour standards in the fishing sector • Fisheries management and CITES • Trade implications of fish species and fishery product identification • Governance and management of deep water fisheries • Recovery of depleted stocks : a challenging necessity

  13. Issue: recovery of depleted stocks • UNCLOS - contravention • World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) - goals • Recovery: easier for small pelagics than long-lived demersals • Recovery: can take 10 years or more Action is needed urgently!

  14. Highlights of special FAO studies: • Scope of seaweed industry • Global aquaculture outlook • Impacts of trawling on benthic habitats • Measurement of fishing capacity • Fisheries subsidies • African freshwater fisheries • Re-estimating discards

  15. Highlight: re-estimating discards in the world’s marine capture fisheries • Discards = portion of catch returned to sea • In 1994 FAO estimated: 27 million tonnes/year • In 2004 FAO reviewed available information • We concluded that in the late 1990s discards were most likely around 7 million tonnes/year

  16. Outlook Two sections: coming decade & 2020 – 2030 Capture fisheries: • Restricted access • Fewer fishers • Better economy – but little growth in landings Aquaculture: • Continued growth in output

  17. Situation in 2015 and beyond: computer simulations • Comparison of IFPRI/WFC – FAO study • Results somewhat different – function of different assumptions • Good news: apparent consumption of fish per caput in the world will be higher in 2015- 2020 than it is today

  18. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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