Aquaculture, probably the fastest growing food-producing sector, now accounts for nearly 50 percent of the world's food fish. The need to exchange reliable information on all related subjects is becoming a key issue for the responsible management of aquaculture.
In order to provide easily-accessible and up-to-date information, the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department has developed specific pages on aquaculture where users can consult relevant material on aquaculture at international, regional and national level. [more...]
The FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and the Pacific (NACA) and the Department of Fisheries of the Royal Thai Government will co-sponsor the "Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010".
It will be held from 9-12 June 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand and back-to-back with the 5th Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries, Sub-Committee on Aquaculture to take place from 14-18 June 2010.
For more information:
• Download the announcement brochure
• Conference Secretariat: Aqua-Conference2010@fao.org
Highlights
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•The State of World Aquaculture 2006 for the latest current status and trends in global aquaculture (Available in English, Chinese and Arabic) |
•Comments by the Members on the draft Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification
Fact Sheets
Aquaculture Fact Sheets contain a synthesis of detailed information on specific subjects and include related statistics, graphics (GIS maps, images, figures, etc.) and profiles.The Fact Sheets cover the following information domains:
- National Aquaculture Sector Overview (NASO) Fact Sheets
- National Aquaculture Legislation Overview (NALO) Fact Sheets
- Cultured Aquatic Species Fact Sheets
Statistical information
This includes statistics and databases related to aquaculture.Aquaculture production time-series datasets, derived from the FAO Fishstat Plus database (version 2.3), generate customized statistical graphics.