Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture (GSA)

eLearning

10/11/2025

This course is designed to raise awareness of the importance and benefits of co-management in aquaculture, while building the skills needed to implement and manage these systems in real-world settings. In doing so it, addresses the practical challenges related to stakeholder engagement, monito...

01/04/2025

Effective management of aquatic biodiversity, and specifically genetic resources, is critical to sustainable aquaculture development and ensuring that aquaculture fulfils its role in meeting future growth in demand for aquatic food.

03/03/2025

This course explores the interconnected roles of nutrition, food security, and aquatic foods in promoting healthy diets and sustainable food systems.

02/12/2024

This course provides an overview of disease in aquatic organisms. In doing so, it highlights the importance of preparedness for effective prevention, management and control of disease in in aquatic organisms.

01/10/2024

This course introduces bioeconomy with a focus on sustainable development using biological resources. It covers bio-based goods, the ‘4R approach’ (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover), and the importance of biomass.

13/10/2023

This course introduces the Harmonized System (HS) nomenclature for fisheries and aquaculture products, presenting global and FAO international trade instruments in fisheries, such as Preferential Access and the Rule of Origin.

07/08/2023

This course introduces the Progressive Management Pathway for Aquaculture Biosecurity (PMP/AB) which uses a risk-based approach to improve the overall sustainability of the aquaculture sector.

07/12/2021

Fisheries and aquaculture responses to emergencies (FARE) are often mistargeted or may undermine the stability of the sector. An understanding of how the different areas of this sector relate to each other and to food security and livelihoods is critical for planning prior to emergencies...

02/06/2020

This course provides an overview of adaptation and mitigation strategies that can be implemented in response to climate change impacts on the fisheries and aquaculture sector.

01/06/2020

This course has been designed to support the inclusion of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) approaches in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. It provides technical knowledge on these concepts and examines how implementation of CSA practices can enhance mitigation and adaptation to climate change in the sector.

01/05/2020

This course is part of a series of four e-learning courses on bivalve mollusc sanitation for growing areas.

01/04/2020

This third course in the e-learning series details the Growing Area Monitoring activity in a bivalve mollusc sanitation programme. The course describes sample plans, how to conduct sampling and the laboratory analysis of microbiological hazards in a growing area for bivalve molluscs intended for human consumption.

01/03/2020

This second course in the e-learning series details the Growing Area Assessment and review process for establishing a bivalve mollusc growing area sanitation programme. The course provides a framework for data gathering, analysis, assessment and review of potential hazards in the growing area for bivalves intended for human consumption.

01/08/2019

This course is part of a series of four e-learning courses on ”Bivalve Mollusc Sanitation for growing areas".

This first course in the e-learning series introduces the technical guidance framework for the development of growing areas for bivalve mollusc sanitation programmes. It describ...