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FAO Aquaculture News, May 2021 - No. 63

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 72

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Journal, magazine, bulletin

Series title FAO Aquaculture Newsletter

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) FAO Aquaculture News (FAN) is issued twice a year by the FAO Fisheries Division, Rome, Italy. It presents articles and views from the FAO aquaculture programme and discusses various aspects of aquaculture as seen from the perspective of both headquarters and the field programme. Articles are contributed by FAO staff from within and outside the Fisheries Division, from FAO regional offices and fi eld projects, by FAO consultants and, occasionally, by invitation from other sources. FAN is distributed free of charge to various institutions, scientists, planners and managers in Member countries. FAN 63 contains a variety of articles including updates on the Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium +20, the Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture, and the programme of Aquatic Genetic Resources. Thematic articles include aquaculture opportunity areas and aquaparks, developments in seaweed farming, gender and aquaculture, and artemia production. Regional updates cover recent developments in aquaculture in Africa, Asia, eastern Europe, North Africa and Latin America. A special section includes summaries of an FAO webinar series on Regional Reviews of Aquaculture, presenting some of the key findings and messages from panel discussions ahead of the full publications.

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FAO, 2021. FAO Aquaculture News. No. 63 (May). Rome.

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