The CWP, supported by the participating organizations, has served as the premier international and interorganizational forum for agreeing common definitions, classifications and standards for the collection of fishery statistics since 1960. It has developed common procedures for statistics collation which have streamlined processes and reduced the burden on the statistical offices of national fisheries, as well as providing technical advice to participating organizations on fishery-related statistical matters, and facilitating the publication of methodological and reference documents.
Highlights
- New release by FAO: In March 2019, the FAO global Aquaculture, Capture and total production databases have been updated with an additional year and now include data up to 2017. Data are accessible through online query panels and/or as a separate workspace in FishStatJ. Compared to the previous release, the new data present a major downward revision of aquaculture and capture fishery production statistics by China for the years 2009-2016 and indicate that in 2017 global fishery and aquaculture reached 172.6 million tonnes (excluding aquatic plants) and 205.6 million tonnes, if aquatic plants were included, in live weight equivalent, a new all-time high.
- FishStatJ is a Windows and Mac application that is the best option to use to access FAO's Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics. Through it, data can be extracted and aggregated according to different level of details and international standard classifications. It consists of a main application and several workspaces that include the datasets. In March 2019, an enhanced version of FishStatJ (version 3.05.0) has been released, which features new improvements including in terms of user friendliness. To guide on this version of FishStatJ, a Getting Started manual is also available.
- Editable Code Lists and Structural Metadata for fisheries statistical dimensions. Simultaneously we are making available the code lists in csv format for Currencies, Countries, Fishing gears, Fishing Product Commodities and Species. Structural Metadata is being made available for all these dimension (except currencies). The CWP Secretariat will continue to expand and improve such dissemination to ensure that all relevant fishery dimensions follow the same treatment.
The CWP Handbook of Fisheries Statistics
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Concepts
A comprehensive set of definitions of the main data items presented in the Handbook. It also contains definitions of key terminology, concepts and commonly used acronyms.
Methodologies
Methodologies and practices endorsed by the CWP; and where no standards exist, a range of additional methodologies and practices in use by the CWP members.
Classifications
Classification and metadata standards endorsed by the CWP, as well as other international standards adopted by the CWP as standards for fisheries statistics; and when no standards exist, a range of additional methodologies and practices in use by the CWP members.
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