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The FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department has broad expertise in global fisheries and aquaculture ranging from information and statistics to economics and policy to management and conservation to products and industry. In order to provide an overview of this knowledge to a wide audience, the Department has these thematic pages.

These pages present material on marine and inland capture fisheries and aquaculture through nine major thematic areas: development, ecosystems, governance, research, resources, statistics, technology, trade and utilization – and features key issues facing fisheries and aquaculture. As well, a variety of additional information and related links to fact sheets, publications, relevant Web sites are included.