This third update of FAO's global discard estimate adopted the "fishery-by-fishery" approach employed in the second discards assessment published in 2005. The update includes publicly available discard data for the last 20 years to establish a baseline for a time series of global marine fisheries discards. This is essential for monitoring the status and trends of d...

This report examines case studies from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland and other European countries, to identify good practices regarding data systems currently in use and recommend solutions for some of the challenges facing the management of bodies of inland water. Inland fisheries are important sources of ecosystem services contributing to human diets...

This study provides an overview of the activities and developments of regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) and regional fisheries advisory bodies (RFABs) from 2000 to 2017, based on a compilation of data and information for 46 RFMOs and RFABs. The aim is to show the role and work of RFMOs and RFABs in the context of regional and global ocean governan...

The Thirty-third Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) was held in Rome, Italy, from 9 to 13 July 2018. This is a report of the Session reflecting the discussions which took place and containing all recommendations and decisions taken by the Committee. Among the activities that took place during the meeting were welcoming the improvement in the 2018 question...

The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2018 provides a comprehensive overview of regional and subregional trends in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries. Bringing together data and indicators submitted by contracting and cooperating non-contracting parties to the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) on stock status, national catche...

This review is an update to the first worldwide review of bottom fisheries in the high seas, published in 2009 based on information from 2003 to 2006. It provides States and other interested parties with a summary of the current status of high seas bottom fisheries worldwide. High seas bottom fisheries contribute approximately 0.3 percent to global marine captur...