Inland Fisheries

Publications

Exploring the role of inland fisheries area-based management in conserving freshwater biodiversity
Type: Publications
Year: 2025
This technical paper is an initial step towards exploring the potential identification of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) in inland waters where fisheries and fisheries-related activities take place. It forms part of the FAO Blue Transformation roadmap, as highlighted [...]
The role and potential of inland fisheries in low-emission food production and climate change mitigation
Type: Publications
Global
Year: 2025
Recognizing the role of inland fisheries in avoiding emissions is essential for fostering sustainable food systems, supporting ecosystem services, and advancing climate change mitigation efforts toward net-zero goals.
Status and trends of inland fisheries in Europe
Type: Publications
Europe
Year: 2025
Globally, inland capture fisheries continue to play crucial roles, contributing significantly to human health, livelihoods, cultural economies. Despite producing over 12 percent of the world’s fish, they face challenges such as environmental degradation and competition for water, remaining undervalued in [...]
Report of the expert meeting on the potential for recognizing other effective area-based conservation measures in inland fisheries
Type: Publications
Year: 2024
The Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized an in-person expert meeting in Rome, Italy on 27–29 November 2023 to discuss considerations and opportunities for recognizing other effective area-based conservation [...]
Peces y bosques para la seguridad alimentaria a escala de cuencas hidrográficas - Evaluación y análisis situacional de las cuencas del río Magdalena y del río Atrato en Colombia
Type: Publications
South and central America
Year: 2024
Este documento evalúa las cuencas de los ríos Magdalena y Atrato en Colombia, resaltando los desafíos ambientales críticos que enfrentan. La cuenca del Magdalena, con 270 118 km² yabasteciendo al 90 % de la población, sufre una crisis ambiental severa [...]
Review of the state of the world fishery resources: Inland fisheries (C942 Revision 4)
Type: Publications
Global
Year: 2024
The FAO Fishery and Aquaculture Circular C942 Revision 4 (C942 Rev. 4) provides a comprehensive overview of the global status of inland capture fisheries. This review analyzes trends of inland capture fisheries at global, continental and subcontinental levels, highlighting the [...]
A review of the inland fisheries of India
Type: Publications
Year: 2024
India has abundant water resources including rivers, canals, ponds, lakes, reservoirs, upland lakes, and floodplain wetlands covering over 5.8 percent of the country. These environments harbour a rich fish fauna of 1 035 species that constitutes the basis for the [...]
Report of the Global Workshop between regional fishery bodies and basin management organizations for scaling up cooperation towards sustainable inland fisheries in the context of food security and nutrition, Entebbe, Uganda, 6–8 December 2023
Type: Publications
Year: 2024
Small-scale fisheries in inland waters are particularly important for supporting local communities, providing livelihoods, and ensuring food security, especially in rural areas along or around existing water basins. However, these food systems are vulnerable to stressors such as pollution, habitat [...]
The inland fisheries of the Russian Federation: their current status for food provision and employment
Type: Publications
Year: 2024
The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world occupying one-third of Eurasia and it has enormous water resources. Fish from inland waters has always been a central part of the Russian diet and a major contributor to national [...]
Ecosystem restoration and inland food fisheries in developing countries
Type: Publications
Year: 2023
The review presents the strong business case for inland food fisheries in developing countries to be either a co-benefit, or very often the main benefit, of ecosystem restoration. In view of the current state of inland water aquatic habitats the [...]
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