The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 was prepared under the overall direction of the FAO Assistant Director-General and Director of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Manuel Barange and an editorial board under his leadership, comprising Lahsen Ababouch, Vera Agostini, Diana Fernandez Reguera, Carlos Fuentevilla, Marianne Guyonnet, Audun Lem, Alessandro Lovatelli, Felix Marttin, Marc Taconet, Jogeir Toppe, Stefania Vannuccini and Xinhua Yuan.
Authorship of each section was led and coordinated by an editorial board member. The production process was overseen by Marc Taconet with support from Lahsen Ababouch (project manager and technical editor), Emmanuel Blondel (map production) and Diana Fernandez Reguera (divisional support team), assisted by Marianne Guyonnet (liaison), Tamsin Vicary (Glossary) and Kiran Viparthi (informatics).
Main authors (all affiliated with FAO, unless otherwise stated) were:
PART 1 World review (coordinator Stefania Vannuccini)
Global fisheries and aquaculture at a glance: Lahsen Ababouch (lead author) and Stefania Vannuccini
Total fisheries and aquaculture production: Stefania Vannuccini (lead author)
Aquaculture production: Xiaowei Zhou (lead author)
Capture fisheries production: James Geehan (lead author)
The status of fishery resources: Rishi Sharma (lead author, Marine), Felix Marttin (lead author, Inland), Tarub Bahri, Pedro Barros, Nicolas Gutierrez, Merete Tandstad, Marcelo Vasconcellos, Hilario Murua (International Seafood Sustainability Foundation), Robert Arthur, Varun Tandon, Abigail Lynch (United States Geological Survey), Gretchen Stokes, Samuel Smidt, Jesse Wong (University of Florida), Valerio Crespi and Philippe Tous (African Development Bank)
Fishing fleet: Orsolya Mikecz (lead author), Pierre Maudoux and Raymon van Anrooy
Employment in fisheries and aquaculture: Orsolya Mikecz (lead author) and Pierre Maudoux
Utilization and processing: Stefania Vannuccini (lead author), Ansen Ward, Omar Riego Peñarubia and Jogeir Toppe
Apparent consumption of aquatic foods: Adrienne Egger (lead author), Fernanda Grande, Bridget Holmes and Victoria Padula de Quadros
Trade of aquatic products: Adrienne Egger (lead author)
Status and trends of of Sustainable Development Goal 14 indicators under FAO custodianship: Marc Taconet (lead author), Anne-Elise Nieblas, Rishi Sharma, Stefania Savoré, Giuliano Carrara, Piero Mannini, Matthew Camilleri, William Griffin, Marcio Castro de Souza, Mele Tauati and Nicole Franz
PART 2 Blue Transformation in action (coordinator Manuel Barange)
Blue Transformation: a roadmap Manuel Barange (lead author) and Carlos Fuentevilla
Sustainable aquaculture in action (coordinators Xinhua Yuan and Alessandro Lovatelli)
Progress in the development of the FAO Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture: KwangSuk Oh (lead author), Xinting Shao, Blaise Kuemlangan, Julia Nakamura and Buba Bojang
Supplying quality seed for aquaculture: Graham Mair (lead author), Daniela Lucente, Domitilla Pulcini (Council for Agricultural Research and Economics) and Kiran Viparthi
Pathways to effective aquaculture biosecurity and disease control: Melba Reantaso (lead author) and Esther Garrido
Innovative aquaculture systems and aquafeed solutions: Fernanda Garcia Sampaio (lead author), Samantha Bryn Beckert, Anton Ellenbroek, Mohamed El Syed Mohamed Megahed, Yvette Diei Ouadi, Omar Riego Peñarubia, Jogeir Toppe, Omardath Maharaj, Phil Lashley, Alessandro Lovatelli and Valerio Crespi
The importance of partnerships for sustainable aquaculture development: Matthias Halwart (lead author), Austin Stankus, Lionel Dabbadie and Housam Hamza
Improving fisheries sustainability (coordinators Vera Agostini and Felix Marttin)
Progress in implementing the FAO Port State Measures Agreement: Matthew Camilleri (lead author) and Alicia Mosteiro
Progress in implementing the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication: Franz Nicole (lead author), Mele Tauati, Lena Westlund, Daniela Kalikoski and Jennifer Gee
Managing shared fishery resources: the growing role of regional fishery bodies: Piero Mannini (lead author), Eszter Hidas, Kim Stobberup, Kathrin Hett, Stefania Savoré, Aureliano Gentile and Viktoria Varga Lencses
Managing marine fisheries for sustainability: a focus on the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: Nicolas Gutierrez (lead author), Felix Marttin, Merete Tandstad and Varun Tandon
Evolving the way we assess the status of marine fishery stocks: Rishi Sharma (lead author), Felix Marttin, Marc Taconet, Diana Fernandez Reguera and Anne-Elise Nieblas
Management priorities for inland fisheries: Felix Marttin (lead author), Valerio Crespi, Varun Tandon and John Valbo-Jørgensen
Technology and innovation for sustainable fisheries: Raymon van Anrooy (lead author), Anton Ellenbroek, Marc Taconet, Jonathan Lansley, Florence Poulain, Pedro Guemes and Ahmed Al Mazrouai
Innovations in sustainable trade and value chains (coordinators Audun Lem and Jogeir Toppe)
The WTO Agreement on fisheries subsidies, the sustainability of fishery stocks and the role of FAO: Audun Lem (lead author), Marcio Castro de Souza and Pinar Karakaya
Social sustainability in fisheries and aquaculture: Mariana Toussaint (lead author), Marcio Castro de Souza, Audun Lem, Jennifer Gee, Matteo Luzzi, Rachel Matheson and Nianjun Shen
GLOBEFISH: 40 years of market monitoring and marketing intelligence: Audun Lem (lead author), Hasan Abdullayev and José Estors Carballo
FAO’s standard setting on traceability and certification: Nada Bougouss (lead author), Aureliano Gentile, Nianjun Shen, Pedro Guemes and Ahmed Al Mazrouai
FISH4ACP: transforming aquatic food systems through a value chain approach: Gilles van de Walle (lead author), Greta Barbera and Maarten Roest
Multidimensional solutions to food loss and waste: Ansen Ward (lead author), Omar Peñarubia and Nianjun Shen
Aquatic food safety: Esther Garrido Gamarro (lead author), Jogeir Toppe and Markus Lipp
PART 3 Outlook and contemporary issues (coordinators Manuel Barange and Vera Agostini)
Aquatic foods: an untapped potential for healthy diets: Jogeir Toppe (lead author), Molly Ahern, Fernanda Grande, Doris Rittenschober, Bridget Holmes, Yuko Nanjo, Ros Rolle, Ti Kian Seow, Fatima Hachem and Andrea Polo Galante
The key role of aquatic foods in climate action: Xuechan Ma (lead author), Diana Fernandez Reguera, Fernanda Garcia Sampaio, Jose Aguilar Manjarrez, Tarub Bahri, Angela Lentisco, Jeffrey Kinch, Jose Parajua, Florence Poulain, Felix Marttin, Jeffy Gomez, Vasco Schmidt and Iris Monnereau
Impacts of El Niño on marine fisheries and aquaculture: Iris Monnereau (lead author), Dimitri Gutiérrez (Peruvian Institute of Marine Research), Salvador Emilio Lluch-Cota (Biological Research Centre of the Northwest), Vera Agostini and Manuel Barange
Fisheries and aquaculture in the context of global biodiversity agreements: Kim Friedman (lead author), Piero Mannini, Amparo Perez Roda, Vera Agostini and Diana Fernandez Reguera
Fisheries and aquaculture projections, 2022–2032: Stefania Vannuccini (lead author) and Adrienne Egger
The publication also benefited from external review by i) James Ianelli (Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency and University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America), ii) Albert G.J. Tacon, Former FAO Officer, Expert in aquaculture nutrition and feeds, and iii) Carl Christian Schmidt, Former Head of the Fisheries Policy Division of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and currently advisor on ocean and fisheries issues. These eminent experts are acknowledged for their significant contributions.
The report was reviewed internally by Manuel Barange, Vera Agostini, Audun Lem, Xinhua Yuan and the editorial board, as well as by colleagues in other FAO technical divisions and units.
Translations were delivered by the Language Branch (CSGL) of the FAO Governing Bodies Servicing Division (CSG).
The Publications and Library Branch (OCCP) in FAO’s Office of Communications (OCC) provided editorial support, design and layout, as well as production coordination, for editions in all six official languages.
