1. Developments in Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics
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2. Outline of presentation:
Current status of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector in Africa:
Overview of FAO Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics
Classifications, Guidelines, Strategy:
Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics
Capacity building strategy
Topic:
Modification of HS (World Custom Organization)
List of available information:
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3. Fish supply and utilization:

4. Fish supply and utilization per capita:

5. Fish supply and utilization per capita:
High supply: St. Helena, Seychelles, Gabon, Eq. Guinea, Ghana, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Sao Tome
Net Exporter: Namibia, Mauritania, St. Helena
Net Importer: Eq. Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana

6. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics (FIES)
Global production
1950-
volume (live-wt) by species and area
Capture production
Aquaculture production
value and volume (live-wt) by species, area and environment
Trade and commodities
1976-
value and volume of commodities by trade flow
Consumption and Food balance Sheets
1961-
per capita consumption
Fishers
1970-
# fishers by activities and gender
Fishing fleets
# vessels by size and types
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7. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics (FIES)
Yearbook
On-line query
FishStat
FAOSTAT
Global production Y
Aggregated value
Capture production
Aquaculture production
Trade and commodities
Consumption and Food balance Sheets
Circular > Y
Fishers
Circular
Fishing fleets
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8. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics (FIES)
Response rate
Quality index
Africa
World
Capture production
85%
84%
-2.0
-0.3
Aquaculture production
66%
2.3
3.2
Commodities
39%
40%
-7.4
-1.8
Fishers
51%
54%
-4.0
-1.6
Fishing fleets
46%
42%
-1.9
0.1
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9. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics (FIES)
Heavily relying on national reporting:
Compilation:
Focal points -- usually, Ministry responsible for fisheries, sometimes Ministry of Agriculture, Natural resources, Statistics
Supplemental sources: Regional Fishery Bodies, Industry organizations
Annual reporting (end of August) and final compilation and dissemination in March to May
Intensive follow-ups (three rounds of reminders, push through Regional Bodies, FAO Regional and Sub-regional offices, personal connections, etc) including clarification with focal points
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10. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics (FIES)
Data storage > indicators :
Shared access to detailed data in comparable way (enhanced integration – one-stop shop)
Flexibility and transparency in further analysis and indicators
Data requirement for management, control and surveillance
Data requirement from consumers (food safety, green products etc)
Delivery responsibility to communities
Strength
Capture production in shared waters (marine, large lakes)
Weakness
Capture production of inland waters in general
Social and economic aspects of fishery and aquaculture activities
Environmental impacts of aquaculture
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11. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics (FIES)
Use of Natural Resources
Agriculture
Capture
fisheries
Aquaculture
Food production
Community well-being
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12. Coordinating Working Party of Fishery Statistics
FAO Statutory Body under Article VI
Established in 1959 and modified to become global coordination mechanism in 1995
TORs:
keep continuous review the requirements for fishery statistics (including aquaculture) for the purposes of research, policy-making and management
agree standard concepts, definitions, classifications and methodologies
make proposals and recommendations for action to coordinate activities so as to avoid duplication
Members: International and Regional organizations who have relevance in fishery and aquaculture statistics
CCAMLR, CCSBT, FAO, GFCM, IOTC, IATTC, ICCAT, ICES, IWC, NACA, NASCO, NEAFC, NAFO, OECD, SPC, SEAFDEC, SEAFO, Eurostat, WCPFC
New: Aquaculture Group and Capture Fishery Group
New: Revising and updating Handbooks
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13. Capacity building African Commission on Agricultural Statistics
Strategy for Improving Information on Status and Trends of Capture Fisheries (Strategy-STF)
Strategy for Improving Information on Status and Trends of Aquaculture (Strategy-STA)
Two sub-Regional Workshop:
West Central Gulf of Guinea Region in collaboration with the newly established Fisheries Committee West Central Gulf of Guinea (Accra, Ghana from 26 to 28 June 2007)
The Gulf of Guinea in collaboration with the Fisheries Committee for the Gulf of Guinea (Douala, Cameroon April, 2008).
Follow-up national activities: Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, training in Tanzania and Kenya
Other support:
Ad hoc working group on fisheries statistics for the Fisheries Committee West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC)
The second meeting of the Working Party on Fisheries Statistics (WPFS) of the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC) during April 2008 in Mombassa, Kenya.
The implementation of Big Numbers Project (FAO/WorldFish Center)
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14. Topic: World Custom Organization HS
Objectives of proposal for fishery:
Improved monitoring consumption and utilization of fish and fishery products.
Improved monitoring capacity of capture and aquaculture production
Inputs to socio-economic analysis.
Major points of proposed modifications:
Separation of capture and aquaculture origins for salmons and shrimps
Inclusion of fish used as seeds for culture, e.g. fry and eggs
Addition of several small pelagics, e.g. jack and horse mackerel, anchovies
Addition of new important fresh water species, e.g. Tilapias, Nile perch, catfish, carps
Addition of vulnerable components, e.g. shark fins, toothfish
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15. Other information base available at web:
Guideline for data/statistics collection and glossary;
CWP Handbook of Fishery Statistical Standards, Fisheries Glossary,
Glossary of Aquaculture,
Biological information;
ASFIS Species List, Species distribution maps, Reference Tables
Taxonomical information management system, FishBase
Market information:
Globefish
Geographic Information;
The SADC Water Resource Database (WRD)
Resource and Management Information;
Fishery Resource Monitoring System (FIRMS)
Tuna ATLAS
Link to all Regional Fishery Bodies
List of Vessels authorized to operate at High Seas (HSVAR)
Legislation on foreign access, port access, aquaculture (NALO)
General;
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstract (ASFA)
Country profile on fisheries, aquaculture
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16. mail to FIES-Inquiries@fao.org
Key address:
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FI fact sheets:
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