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 publication contains a detailed quarterly update on market trends for a variety of major commodities, such as tuna, groundfish, small pelagics, shrimp, salmon, fishmeal and fish oil, cephalopods, bivalves and crustacea. It combines the price information collected for the European Price Report with other market survey data collected by FAO GLOBEFISH. Key market...

In light of the critical role of conservation, sustainable use and development of aquatic genetic resources (AqGR) for the future supply of fish, this publication provides the first ever global assessment of AqGR. It presents a snapshot of the current status of AqGR, drawing on 92 reports from FAO member countries and five specially commissioned background studies,...