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Japanese version of: The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture - 2008 (SOFIA)

Year of publication 2009

Pages 176 p.

Author FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9789251060292

Series title The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA)

Series number 1020-5489 - SOFIA 2008

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) After growing steadily, particularly in the last four decades, aquaculture is for the first time set to contribute half of the fish consumed by the human population worldwide. This reflects not only the vitality of the aquaculture sector but also global economic growth and continuing developments in fish processing and trade. Until a year or so ago, production trends in aquaculture and capture fisheries were continuing without any drastic modifications – with the capture fisheries sector regularly producing between 90 and 95 million tonnes per year, and aquaculture production growing rapidly, albeit at a gradually slowing pace. This issue of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture features some aspects of fisheries and aquaculture that may receive increasing attention. These include climate change, the use of marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction, and the proliferation of private standards and certification schemes in the intern ational fish trade. This report also highlights some of FAO’s special studies. Among these are the use of wild-fishery resources as seed and feed in aquaculture, and reviews of the world’s shrimp fisheries and of the management of marine capture fisheries in the Pacific Ocean.

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FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department. The state of world fisheries and aquaculture, 2008. The State of world fisheries and aquaculture. Rome, FAO. 2008. 176p. (Includes the fifth edition of the FAO World Fisheries and Aquaculture Atlas CD-ROM).

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