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This is a curated collection of technical documents relevant to the capture fisheries and aquaculture in the  Asia-Pacific region. This is a collection of the technical output of APFIC workshops or the APFIC Secretariat. There are also FAO publications relevant to the APFIC region. 

Technical Reports

Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) regional workshop on low value and trash fish
2005

Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) regional workshop on low value and trash fish This publication is the proceedings of the workshop on low value and "trash fish" in the Asia-Pacific region convened in Hanoi, Viet Nam from 7 to 9 June 2005. The workshop was attended by 70 experts from APFIC member countries and from fishery organizations in the region. Trash fish is a broadly used term for fish species that by virtue of their small...

Asian fisheries today: The production and use of low value/trash fish from marine fisheries in the Asia-Pacific region
2005

Asian fisheries today: The production and use of low value/trash fish from marine fisheries in the Asia-Pacific region   Simon Funge-Smith, Erik Lindebo and Derek Staples, (2005) RAP Publication 2005/16  Throughout the Asia-Pacific region, captured and cultured marine fisheries continue to play an important role in the economies of many countries, especially in support of food security and poverty alleviation. Marine fisheries resources have been largely overexploited and, as a result, development of coastal aquaculture has been...

Collected Papers of the APFIC Regional workshop on LOW VALUE AND TRASH FISH IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
2005

Collected Papers of the APFIC Regional workshop on "LOW VALUE AND TRASH FISH IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION", Hanoi, Viet Nam, 7- 9 June 2005 This document contains the background papers presented at the APFIC Regional Workshop on "Low value and 'trash fish' in the Asia-Pacific Region" convened in Hanoi, Viet Nam 7-9 June 2005. The term "trash fish" is an inadequate term to describe the range of issues and different relative importance of the fish...

Review of the current state of world aquaculture insurance
2005

  Due to the rapidly changing production processes in aquaculture worldwide (e.g. submergible cages, sea ranching, intensification, aquaponics and recirculation systems), which sometimes increase vulnerability to disease outbreaks and which generally require large investments from aquaculturists, over the last decades the demand for insurance to share and cover the risks involved has increased significantly within the aquaculture sector. Risk management is increasingly gaining attention within the aquaculture sector, which is reflected in the development and...

The state of world highly migratory, straddling and other high seas fishery resources and associated species
2006

Maguire, J.-J.; Sissenwine, M.; Csirke, J.; Grainger, R.; Garcia, S.The state of world highly migratory, straddling and other high seas fishery resources and associated species. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 495. Rome: FAO. 2006. 84p.This document describes highly migratory fish stocks, straddling fish stocks, and stocks of other high seas fishery resources and the fisheries for them, including information on their state of exploitation. About 200 species have been identified as being fished on...

The Potential for Aquaculture Development in Afghanistan
2006

A number of sector reviews, project documents and proposed development initiatives have suggested the feasibility of aquaculture in Afghanistan. There are however, relatively few concrete examples of sustainable aquaculture to be found in the country and therefore the technical and economic feasibility of aquaculture remains uncertain. There is limited documented information available although there have been a number of FAO reviews and some documents relating to previous aquaculture initiatives.This review was requested as part...

APFIC Regional Consultative Workshop on Fishing capacity management and IUU fishing
2007

APFIC Regional Consultative Workshop on Fishing capacity management and IUU fishing,  held in Phuket, Thailand, from 13 to 15 June 2007. This workshop was held to meet the recommendation of the 29th Session of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) to assist member countries improve the management of their fishing capacity in the region, including combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The overall aim of the workshop was to raise awareness of and promote actions...

Fishing Capacity Management and IUU Fishing in Asia
2007

Morgan, G., D. Staples, and S. Funge-Smith (2007). Fishing Capacity Management and IUU Fishing in Asia. RAP Publication 2007/16  The Asian region accounts for about 50 percent of global wild capture fisheries production and about 90 percent of aquaculture production. The sustainable management of these fisheries resources, therefore, is an activity of global importance as well as being critical to countries of the region. However, the history of exploitation of wild fish stocks of the region has been one...

APFIC Regional Consultative Workshop Managing fishing capacity and IUU fishing in the Asian region
2007

APFIC Regional Consultative Workshop on Fishing capacity management and IUU fishing,  held in Phuket, Thailand, from 13 to 15 June 2007   This workshop was held to meet the recommendation of the 29th Session of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) to assist member countries improve the management of their fishing capacity in the region, including combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The overall aim of the workshop was to raise awareness of and promote actions towards achieving one of the most fundamental tenets of...

A short history of industrial fishing in the Pacific islands
2007

This paper explores the development of industrial fishing in the 22 countries and territories in the central and western Pacific Ocean. For the purpose of this short paper, industrial fishing is defined using large vessels, generally greater than 15 m in length, for fishing activity that is mainly carried out in offshore areas. Industrial tuna fisheries produce about ten times the amount of fish being produced by all of the other fisheries of the region...