Fisheries

The growth rates for fish and seafood production in aquaculture are limited and have already passed their peak, a study says. Scientists say that without wild fish, the world would face an annual shortage of fish food of…

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Fisheries

Can subsidised crop insurances contribute to rural development? The European Union allows subsidies for insurances of aquaculture stocks, and the FAO suggests this helps to increase seafood production. However, studies…

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Fisheries

Global action to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has stepped up as more and more countries commit to FAO’s Agreement on Port State Measures.

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Fisheries

But this cookbook by FAO is about more than cooking. Published in the UN-designated International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture, it carries an appeal to recognise the important contribution of fishers to…

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Fisheries

Aquatic foods are contributing more than ever before to food security and nutrition. A Blue Transformation in how we produce, manage, trade and consume aquatic foods is crucial to achieving the SDGs, the report states.

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Nutrition

Aquatic foods and food systems have long lived in the shadow in agricultural research. Last year’s award of the World Food Prize could change this. Prize recipient Shakuntala Thilsted on healthy nutrition for the poor…

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Fisheries

As a reaction to the recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). WorldFish highlights that transitioning to aquatic food-based diets offers a huge opportunity for putting our food systems on a…

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Fisheries

Small-scale artisanal fishers, fish farmers and fish workers can contribute to human well-being, healthy agri-food systems and poverty eradication through the responsible and sustainable use of fisheries and aquaculture…

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Fisheries

In discussing the overexploitation of our oceans, the role of the latter in food and nutrition security and the livelihoods of millions of people, especially in the Global South, is often forgotten. Our authors appeal to…

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Fisheries

The importance of capture fisheries and aquaculture in human nutrition, employment and trade has long been known and recognised. This is not the case with small-scale fisheries and fish farming. The International Year of…

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