Developing country producers represent more than 80 % of total world fish supply and 50% of exports. A large part of this comes from small-scale producers in capture fisheries and aquaculture. In the discussion of the future role of the small-scale sector the debate has often focused on how the...
The fisheries sector is one of the world’s most globalized food producing sectors with almost 40 % of total production now entering international markets. Trade has a particular relevance and importance for developing countries who represent more than 50% of global fish exports thereby generating important benefits in terms of...
The outcome of the current multilateral trade negotiations in the Doha Round will have large implications on international fish trade. The author highlights the most likely scenarios in areas such as market access and fisheries subsidies, and outlines the very diverse interests and negotiation positions of WTO members.
1999 marks the end of the first decade after the reestablishment of a free Poland and of the Polish market economy. Tremendous changes have been undertaken, and the seafood sector is no exception to ther general rule; it has changed to an extent that no one could have foreseen at...
Although the share of total fish supply which is traded internationally is fairly stable, the patterns of trade flows are in constant change. China and Viet Nam are increasingly emerging as processors and suppliers of value-added products to world markets, but also within the world’s various regions new players are...
Women in fishing communities play multidimensional roles. Women pervade fisheries and their roles
were identified as workers in both fisheries, markets, processing plants and non-fishery, mothers who
give birth to successors, as caregivers of the family, as connecting agents of social networks, as
representatives of local culture, as community workers...
The purpose of this article and presentation is to present an overview of the value-chain analysis project on international fish trade and food security with an impact assessment of the small-scale sector. Outlining the project’s importance, approach, results and conclusions, the summary article serves as an initial background document to...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has for years compiled prices and indexes for all major food categories, except fisheries. This gap has now been filled, and a fish price index has been developed. The FAO fish price index (FPI) relies on trade statistics because seafood...
The Italian seafood chain is experiencing strong evolutionary pressures. Domestic operators, especially at catch
level suffer from weak organisational structures and poor logistics, fragmentation and lack of specialisation. Based on an
analysis of the sector's strengths and weaknesses, the authors present three recommendations for bringing about the necessary
changes. Whereas...
This paper presents the findings of an 18 months global review of organisations providing sustainable fisheries information to consumers and other channel intermediaries completed in December 2009*. The project was managed by a consortium of nine organisations involved with seafood, the Fish Sustainability Information Group (FSIG), from around the world...