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MeetingMeeting documentTraditional small scale fishing for yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares in Andhra Pradesh along east coast of India 2013
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No results found.The yellowfin tus form one of the major components of oceanic tu catch along the Indian coast. They are fished both along the mainland as well as the Island systems with the total annual catch from the mainland varying from 10,307 t to 19,163 t during 2010-2012. Commercial fishing is mainly by small mechanized wooden crafts and non-mechanized traditiol crafts. Mechanized crafts operated pole and line, long line and gillnets and non- mechanized crafts operated hand lines and troll lines. Highly s killed fishermen of Andhra Pradesh State situated along the east coast of India use traditiol catamarans fitted with sails to catch yellowfin tus from deep waters by operating either the hand lines or the troll lines. Around 1500 such units operated along the coast with an average annual landings of 4,300 t during 2010-2012. Fishing is carried out for a day as the crafts do not have any storage facility. Peak landings are during October–January followed by May-July. The annual catch per unit at Visakhapatm was 58 kg and during the peak fishing season it increased to 71 kg per unit. The fork length of the yellowfin ranged from 20 to 185 cm with the mean at 130 cm. Fishes above 80 cm were found to be mature and the size at first maturity was estimated to be between 85 and 90 cm. Males were domint with a male: female ratio of 1: 0.53. The length- weight relationship is W= 0.017077L 2.976. Feeding habit of yellowfin tu indicated the fish to be a nonselective generalist feeder, foraging on micronektonic pelagic or benthic organisms available in the epipelagic waters. Teleost fish, crabs, squids and shrimps were the major food items. Age and growth were estimated using length based methods. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters estimated were L∞ = 197.42 cm, annual K= 0.30 and t0= -0.1157. Mortality estimates were M= 0.48 and Z= 0.71 and F= 0.23 with the exploitation ratio E= 0.32. Growth was rapid during the initial years when the annual growth increments was as high as 36.6 cm du ring the first year then declined to as low as 3.3 cm in the tenth year. The fish attained a fork length of 56.2 cm at the end of one year. Size at maturity (87.5 cm) corresponded to an age of 1.7 years and the oldest individual in the sample was 9+ years (186 cm). The annual mean lengths varied from 80.6 cm to 115.3 cm with an average mean length of 101.9 cm. The fishery comprised of mostly adults with 64% comprising of fishes larger than size at first maturity. -
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BookletHigh-profileFAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 2022The FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 was endorsed by FAO Council in June 2022. This new strategy replaces the previous strategy from 2017 to better FAO's climate action with the Strategic Framework 2022-2031, and other FAO strategies that have been developed since then. The Strategy was elaborated following an inclusive process of consultation with FAO Members, FAO staff from headquarters and decentralized offices, as well as external partners. It articulates FAO's vision for agrifood systems by 2050, around three main pillars of action: at global and regional level, at country level, and at local level. The Strategy also encourages key guiding principles for action, such as science and innovation, inclusiveness, partnerships, and access to finance.
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Book (series)Technical reportReport of the Africa Regional Consultative Meeting on Securing sustainable small-scale fisheries: bringing together responsible fisheries and social development, Maputo, Mozambique, 12-14 October 2010. / Rapport de l’atelier consultatif régional africain sur les pêches artisanales pour une pêche artisanale durable: associer la pêche responsable au développement social, Maputo, Mozambique, 12-14 octobre 2010. 2011
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No results found.The African workshop was one of three regional consultative workshops carried out as a follow-up to the 2009 inception workshop of the FAO Extra-Budgetary Programme on Fisheries and Aquaculture for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security. The workshops built on the outcomes of the Global Conference on Small-Scale Fisheries held in Bangkok in October 2008 and referred to the recommendations made by the 26th Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) in March 2009 with regard to the potential development of an international instrument and programme for small-scale fisheries. The purpose of the workshops was to provide guidance on the scope and contents of such an international small-scale fisheries instrument and on the possible priorities and implementation modalities for a global assistance programme. It was organised around plenary presentations on key subjects and working group discussions. The workshop agreed that an international instrument on small-scale fisheries and a rela ted programme would be important tools for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries. It recommended that a small-scale fisheries international instrument and assistance programme should be informed by human rights principles and existing instruments relevant to good governance and sustainable development, comprise the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) as a guiding principle for resource management and development and incorporate Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Adaption (C CA) as an integral part considering that DRM is a continuum process, before, during and after a disaster. The workshop recognised the value and worldwide acceptance of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and strongly felt that a small-scale fisheries instrument should be closely aligned to the Code. The instrument should build on what already exists and use a similar language to the Code. In developing the instrument, reference should be made not only to States but also to other sta keholders, recognizing the shared responsibility with regard to resource sustainability and livelihood security. Local, national and regional ownership should be ensured. Implementation aspects should be considered already at the design stage, including the need for technical guidance and supportive mechanisms. Results monitoring should be based on well-defined impact indicators and be an integral part of the implementation modalities. -
BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
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No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018.