SOFIA 2004

SOFIA 2004 A few words about:  The Global Overview  The Issues  The FAO Special studies, and  The Outlook

Fisheries production : ( ) Total capture (World) Total capture (World without China) Total aquaculture (World) Total aquaculture (World without China) Million tonnes

Per capita food fish supply (kg)

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SOFIA 2004 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

Average annual growth rate (%) Molluscs Crustaceans Marine fish Growth of brackish and marine water aquaculture since 1970

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SOFIA 2004 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

SOFIA 2004 Stagnation also for fishing vessels?  Up-to-date information on vessels 100 GT and above – shows stagnation in numbers – about  But this does not mean stagnation in fishing capacity

SOFIA 2004 Figures include only a fraction of the Chinese vessels

SOFIA 2004 Wild fish stocks  Fisheries Technical Paper 457 just released  Provides detailed information on status of marine fish stocks

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SOFIA 2004 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

Imports and exports of fish and fishery products: China

SOFIA 2004 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

SOFIA 2004 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!

SOFIA 2004 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

SOFIA 2004 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

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SOFIA 2004 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

SOFIA 2004 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 than it is today

SOFIA 2004 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

SOFIA 2004