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 2020, the FAO global Aquaculture, Capture and total production databases have been updated with an additional year and now include data up to 2018. Data are currently accessible only as a separate workspace in FishStatJ. In 2018, global fisheries and aquaculture production (excl. aquatic plants) reached about 179 million tonnes in live weight equivalent. This represents the new all-time high. In addition, 33 million tonnes (in wet weight) of seaweeds and other aquatic plants were produced, the bulk of which (97 percent) originating from culture-based practices. If aquatic plants are included, the overall total reached 212 million tonnes.
- 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 May 2020, an enhanced version of FishStatJ (version 4.00.12) has been released, which features new improvements. To guide on this version of FishStatJ, a Getting Started manual is also available.
The CWP Handbook of Fisheries Statistics
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