Other grid coding systems - For the purpose of fisheries data reporting where square-based grids are used, other alternative grid coding systems can be used, as long as they are compatible with the above CWP areal grid coding system...
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FAO. FAO Major Fishing Areas. [Cited 1 November 2020]. https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/area/search/en
FAO. List of countries or areas. [Cited 1 November 2020]. https://www.fao.org/3/bt978e/bt978e.pdf
FAO. Regional Fishery Bodies (area of competence). [Cited 1 November 2020]. https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/collection/organization
Rees, T. 2003. C-Squares, a new spatial indexing system and...
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As part of the ASFIS Reference Series, FAO established in 2000 the "ASFIS List of Species for Fishery Statistical Purposes". An updated version of the ASFIS List is released each year at about March-April after the annual closure of the...
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FAO. ASFIS List of Species for Fishery Statistics Purposes. [Cited 1 November 2020]. http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en
FAO. Reference data for species (.csv file). Open Fisheries Global Information System (FIGIS). [Cited 1 November 2020]. https://github.com/openfigis/RefData/tree/gh-pages/species
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At present there is no comprehensive data collection at the international level of integrated environmental and economic data for fisheries. The issue, however, is getting increasing attendance and therefore the Handbook includes a short reference to this topic.
The UN...
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Bibliography
United Nations. 2014. System of Environmental Economic Accounting 2012 - Central Framework. UN/FAO Studies Series F, No. 109 (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/109). New York, UN. 346 pp. (also available at https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting/seearev/seea_cf_final_en.pdf).
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Resources for integrated environmental and economic accounting for fisheries
Ottaviani, D., Tsuji, S. & De Young, C. 2016. Lessons learned in water accounting: the fisheries and aquaculture perspective in the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) framework. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical...
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The scope of this Handbook is to:
Document concepts that are relevant to capture fishery and aquaculture statistics Define statistical standards for specialized concepts as adopted by CWP Define statistical standards for concepts that have a wider scope as...
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CWP follows internationally-agreed statistical concepts, standards, classifications and practices and develops this general approach with methodologies and guidelines that are specific to capture fishery and aquaculture statistics. The Handbook is the documentation of this work.
Many of the CWP-defined concepts,...
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The eleventh session of the then Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics (now Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics; CWP) proposed in 1982 that a Handbook of Fishery Statistics (referred herein as the Handbook) be brought together. The first...
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