Improving the Information Base for Aquatic Genetic Resources for The State of The World's Aquatic Genetic Resources

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings No. 23

Improving the Information Base for Aquatic Genetic Resources for The State of The World's Aquatic Genetic Resources

FAO International Expert Workshop
1–4 March 2011
Madrid, Spain

Matthias Halwart
Kathrin Hett
Ruth García Gómez
Aquaculture Service (FIRA)
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Rome, Italy

and

Devin M. Bartley
Marine and Inland Fisheries Service (FIRF)
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Rome, Italy

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome 2013

ABSTRACT

FAO. 2013.
FAO International Expert Workshop Improving the Information Base for Aquatic Genetic Resources for The State of the World's Aquatic Genetic Resources. Madrid, Spain, 1–4 March 2011. Rome, 57 pp.

The International Expert Workshop on Improving the Information Base for Aquatic Genetic Resources for The State of The World's Aquatic Genetic Resources was convened by FAO in collaboration with the Spanish Aquaculture Observatory Foundation (FOESA) from 1-4 March 2011 in Madrid, Spain.

The worskshop was attended by international aquatic genetic resources database experts, representatives of regional aquaculture and fisheries bodies and networks, the consultants responsible for the preparation of the background papers presented at the event, and representatives of international organizations involved in the topic.

The main objectives of the workshop were to discuss and to review two background papers that are part of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department's work with the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which in 2007 included aquatic genetic resources into its Multi-Year Programme of Work.

CONTENTS

Preparation of this document Abstract Acknowledgements Abbreviations and acronyms
Workshop summary
	Introduction and overview
	Activities
	Preparation of a first report on The State of the World's Aquatic Genetic Resources: Key issues and proposed process
	The information base for aquatic genetic resources
	Field trip
Abstracts
	Part 1: Organizations contributing information on aquatic genetic resources
	Improving the information base for aquatic genetic resources – the case of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization Samson Abura
	Information base for aquatic genetic resources in Brazil Manuel Antonio de Andrade Furtado Neto
	Data for FAO statistics on aquaculture and inland fisheries in Germany Klaus Wysujack and Reinhold Hanel
	Brief historical overview of the fishery information system in Hungary Zsigmond Jeney
	Network of Aquaculture Centres in Central and Eastern Europe Zsigmond Jeney
	The German national technical programme on the conservation and sustainable use of aquatic genetic resources (National Programme AGR) Klaus Kohlmann
	Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA) Thuy Nguyen
	Preservation and information-sharing network of aquatic genetic resources in the People's Republic of China Dayuan Xue
	The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and the Scientific and Technical Review Panel Monica Zavagli
	Part 2: Databases
	FishBase and SeaLifeBase: the database structure can manage data and information on aquatic genetic resources for all marine and freshwater organisms Nicolas Bailly
	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Francisco Pando de la Hoz and María A. Encinas
	Aquatic microorganisms databases and information sharing systems Ruth García Gómez
	AlgaeBase Mike Guiry
	Species-specific databases or databases including data at the subspecies level Kathrin Hett
	SeaLifeBase Maria Lourdes D. Palomares
	FAO world aquaculture statistics database: an introduction Xiaowei Zhou
Executive summary of background paper 1 Roger Pullin
Executive summary of background paper 2 John A.H. Benzie
Concept note of the project "Strengthening the linkages between global major primary databases on AqGR" Nicolas Bailly, M.L. Deng Palomares, Mike Guiry
Annex 1 – List of participants
Annex 2 – Prospectus
Annex 3 – Agenda

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