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This code of conduct, adopted by FAO members on 31 October 1995, contains a broad set of principles and methods for developing and managing fisheries and aquaculture. A voluntary, non-binding instrument, the code is widely recognized as the global standard for settling out the aims of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture for the coming decades.
The FAO Country Profiles is a multilingual [1] web portal that repackages the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) information archive on its global activities in agriculture and food security in a single area and catalogues it exclusively by country and thematic areas.
FAO fisheries expert, Ceylon, 1950s. The FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department is defined through its vision and mission statements: Vision: A world in which responsible and sustainable use of fisheries and aquaculture resources makes an appreciable contribution to human well-being, food security and poverty alleviation.
Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest of aquatic plants for 2005. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Countries whose total harvest was less than 100,000 tons are not included.
Fisheries management decisions are often based on population models, but the models need quality data to be effective. He asserts that scientists and fishery managers would be better served with simpler models and improved data. [29] The most reliable source for summary statistics is the FAO Fisheries Department. [30]
FAO (2010) State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2010 Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Rome. ISBN 978-92-5-106675-1; FAO Yearbook (2008) Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics 2006 Rome. ISBN 978-92-5-006067-5; FAO: Summary tables of Fishery Statistics Rome. Retirved 28 November 2009. FAO: Fishery resources Rome.
FAO Major Fishing Areas. The defined areas are: [2] Area 18: the Arctic Ocean; Area 21: the Northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean; Area 27: the Northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean; Area 31: the Western part of the Atlantic Ocean; Area 34: the Eastern Central part of the Atlantic Ocean; Area 37: the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
World capture fisheries and aquaculture production by production mode, from FAO's Statistical Yearbook 2021 [5] Farming carnivorous fish such as salmon, however, does not always reduce pressure on wild fisheries, such farmed fish are usually fed fishmeal and fish oil extracted from wild forage fish.