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Book (series)Regional Review of Status and Trends in Aquaculture Development in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2010 / Revisión Regional sobre la Situación y Tendencias en el Desarrollo de la Acuicultura en América Latina y el Caribe - 2010. 2011
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No results found.Aquaculture in Latin America and the Caribbean is growing at double (18.5 percent) the world average growth rate (8.2 percent) in the last 30 years. Three countries – Chile, Brazil and Ecuador – account for 74.5 percent of the volume and 77.9 percent of the value farmed in the last triennium. Regional aquaculture production has a high degree of concentration, but it has shown a slow diversification process. However, in the past 30 years, the contribution of aquaculture has risen from 0.1 to 9.6 percent of the regional fishery output in part because the stagnant capture fisheries. Improvements are required to increase access and performance of small-scale farmers, particularly in technical matters, farm management, market and marketing, financial aspects and logistics. Additionally, new technical assistance schemes, replacing old paternalistic practices, must be devised allowing small-scale farmers to improve production on a sustainable manner. Local natural conditions, good governa nce, political will and better science applied to production will permit substantial aquaculture progress in Latin America and the Caribbean, increasing its role in world fish farming and becoming an important source of livelihood and progress throughout the region. -
Book (stand-alone)Regional Review on Status and Trends in Aquaculture Development in Europe 2015 2017
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No results found.In 2012, the percentage of European aquaculture production (of world total production) was 4.32 percent (2,880,641 tonnes) and the European Union (28 member organisations) contribution to world production was 1.89 percent (1,259,971 tonnes) (FAO, 2014). The European Union (EU) is the third largest seafood producer (aquaculture and fisheries) in the world and Europe is also the biggest importer of seafood products. Norway’s aquaculture sector contributed 46 percent of total European aquaculture p roduction (FAO, 2014). Aquaculture is politically recognised as having the potential to boost growth and jobs in EU coastal and inland areas with several key European policies highlighting aquaculture as being a key component in achieving economic growth and competitiveness on a global level e.g. the overall Blue Growth strategy, the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), sea basin strategies (i.e. Baltic Sea Region Strategy) etc. At the same time, as an example of the significant challenges t o the growth of the sector, in the EU, there are currently over 200 directives, regulations, or other legislation that directly affect marine environmental policy and management (Boyes & Elliott, 2014) and many European national states lack a coherent national aquaculture policy. The CFP reform envisioned the development and promotion of EU aquaculture through the so-called 'open method of coordination' based on strategic guidelines, multiannual national plans prepared by the Member States and e xchange of best practices. In 2013, the European Commission (EC) published the Strategic Guidelines for the Sustainable Development of EU Aquaculture (European Commission, 2013b) to assist EU Member States in defining their own national targets taking account of their relative starting positions, national circumstances and institutional arrangements. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (series)Regional Review on Status and Trends in Aquaculture Development in the Near East and North Africa - 2010 / ???? ??????? ??? ???? ???????? ????? ????? ??????? ??????? ?? ????? ????? ?????? ????? ??????? - 2010 2011
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No results found.Fish farming in the Near East and North Africa Region has been practised for centuries; however, modern aquaculture began in the late 1920s and has expanded considerably over the last three decades. Despite the modest production output from the region, aquaculture increased sixfold in the last decade from 135 000 tonnes in 1997 to just under 850 000 tonnes a decade later. The main driving forces for such expansion certainly include an increased public health awareness and interest in f ish products and the enactment of enabling policies supported by research, technology transfer and sector developmental incentives. The region comprises 18 countries and covers an area of about 11.3 million km2 with an estimated population of 355 million. Topographically, the region is characterized by vast arid areas that occupy over 75 percent of the total land mass, while arable and permanent croplands makes up less than 6 percent. None of the countries are landlocked, and the combi ned coastline stretches for 20 100 km. Freshwater is a scarce and valuable resource throughout the region. Five countries in the region contributed 99 percent of the total regional production in 2007 which was dominated by finfish. Promotion of an economically sustainable aquaculture industry in the region has been challenging, particularly with regard to freshwater fish farming. Yet, the region has a great potential to expand its industry through the employment of suitable and environ mentally friendly technologies. Furthermore, mariculture in the region is still at an early stage, even though in recent years a growing number of commercial shrimp farms and fish-farming operations using floating and submerged cages have been established and are encouraging new investments.
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