this 15-min video was produced by the Aquaculture Service of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department for the Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010 and the Fifth session of the COFI Sub-Committtee on Aquaculture held in Phuket, Thailand in October 2010. With film clips taken from various countries and photos contributed by many - depicting the range of people, species, environments, systems, practices as well as opportunities and challenges facing aquaculture, this video takes viewers to a historical journey to the major turning points in aquaculture development since the early and first aquaculture practice by a Chinese named Fan Li two millennia ago. These four watersheds span 25 years from the Kyoto Strategy on Aquaculture Development (1976), to the establishment of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (1995) through to The Bangkok Declaration and Strategy for Aquaculture (2000) and immediately followed by the creation of the Committee on Fisheries Sub-Committee on Aquaculture (2001) - enough to nourish its development through the next 25 so that aquaculture, now the fastest growing food producing sector can serve the people better, and communities and nations continue to prosper.
Duration: 14' 28'' Languages: English
Port State measures
2007
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The presentation highlights the importance of effective action by port States to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. It also draws attention to the FAO Model Scheme on Port State Measures to combat IUU fishing.
Exports of shrimp by developing countries earn them US$8 billion a year and provide employment to hundreds of thousands of people. But shrimp trawling has negative impacts on the environment. An FAO project is introducing new technologies to deal with the problem.
Looking at small scale and industrial fishing as well as fishing at sea, continental fishing and aquaculture, the video highlights FAO’s Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries by exploring challenges facing the fishing sector and the sector’s relevance for the world economy and people’s diet.
Duration: 14' 27''
Location:
Benin, Cambodia, Chile, Ghana, Guinea, Iceland Producer: Antonello Proto Languages: English,
French
The seasonal rise and fall of the Tonle Sap Lake is essential for the existence of nearly two million Cambodians living on an ecosystem based on rice and hundreds of different species of fish, birds, plants, and insects, each contributing to the reciprocal benefit of all. But uncontrolled deforestation, the construction of dams on the Mekong River and sophisticated commercial fishing techniques are spoiling the environment and reducing food security. A solution could be to create awareness in the communities, teaching them how to exploit without damaging their delicate environments using modern techniques.
A women’s association is transformed into a thriving fish processing and marketing business thanks to new fishing and smoking equipment. Now able to make better use of the village dam, the women and their families are improving their diet and their income.
A group of women in a remote rural area of Benin are pooling their resources at a new fish-smoking centre. Modern smoking
techniques mean lower costs, better prices in the market-place and reduced health risks from sight-damaging smoke.
Moyua Lake, a pollution-free source of freshwater fish, lies some 80 km from Managua. Here, an inland fishing co-operative receives boats, nets and an insulated box to help them fully exploit their natural resources.
A group of women in Dionewar receive equipment and training to help them increase sales of their smoked clams and fish. The results are excellent, and the project is generating work for the whole community.
Fishing is an integral part of life in the islands of Western Samoa, and a project to restock a lagoon with giant clams is helping the local community increase productivity.
Traditional smoking methods can sometimes char and dry out fish, as well as creating a health risk for the workers. New smoking racks and ovens, built with local materials, help 100 women in a small Guinean village work efficiently and safely.
Fresh fish spoils quickly under the hot African sun. A supply of freezers and ice boxes for women’s fish marketing associations in Ouagadougou ensures not only the highest possible nutritional value of each catch, but also a good price in the market place.
The Tonal Sap Lake is vital to the food security of Cambodians, as it provides 60% of their protein. The region is rich in resources but after years of uncontrolled exploitation the risks to long-term survival are great. A series of development projects are gradually introducing sustainable fish-farming and forestry techniques, to improve food security in the region and prevent the lake’s decline.
A recent study by the Laotian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and FAO with funding from the FAO-Netherlands Partnership Programme reveals that fish and other aquatic organisms from rice fields are critically important for food security and good nutrition of the rural people.
Duration: 10' 23''
Location:
Lao Producer: Lao National TV Team for FAO
Managing bycatch and reducing discards ARABIC VERSION
2008
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Every year tropical shrimp trawl fisheries generate millions of tonnes of bycatch. In some countries bycatch is an important source of income and contributes to food supply; in others, bycatch is discarded at sea. This FAO training video,filmed on location in Mexico, the Philippines and FAO headquarters in Rome, explores the issues and solutions to better manage bycatch and reduce discards in tropical shrimp fisheries.
Every year tropical shrimp trawl fisheries generate millions of tonnes of bycatch. In some countries bycatch is an important source of income and contributes to food supply; in others, bycatch is discarded at sea. This FAO training video,filmed on location in Mexico, the Philippines and FAO headquarters in Rome, explores the issues and solutions to better manage bycatch and reduce discards in tropical shrimp fisheries.
In this episode of Hungry Planet:
Turning arid desert into productive farmland helps ward off hunger in drought-prone Niger. Fishermen and fish sellers in Benin discover alternative ways of earning a living that are good for them and the fishery. Mountain gorillas in Rwanda, the original "gorillas in the mist," are under greater threat due to climate change. Find out what can be done to protect them.
One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. The causes myriad. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. In this series, the UN 's three food agencies - FAO, WFP and IFAD - take us around the globe in search of answers to some of the most pressing questions we face today.
Duration: 12' 4''
Location:
Benin, Niger, Rwanda Languages: English
The Information Division produces video programmes in
several languages on a broad range of subjects including
agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural
development. All videos are available in professional
broadcast standards for television stations.
An important facet of the division's work is the
diversified assistance it provides to television networks
around the world. It offers a variety of services, from
the provision of background information for the preparation of
programmes that are relevant to FAO's work to setting up
interviews with FAO staff. At FAO headquarters in Rome, there is a video
studio complete with the latest editing and
post-production equipment that produces material for
broadcast.
For more information contact:
Bou Downes TV Information Officer Information
Division Tel: (+39) 06 57 05 59 80 Fax: (+39) 06 57 05
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