All the Arab countries are producers of fish from marine, inland and aquaculture sources. Total fish production in 1994, as reported by FAO, reached 1.67 million tons. The estimated resource potential is in the range of 3-4 million tons. Trade in fish and fishery products in most countries is considerable...
Globalisation continues to impact the fisheries sector, aided by international governance frameworks in fisheries production and trade. Within these frameworks, tensions exist between trade facilitating measures and trade restricting measures. For example, UNCLOS extended Exclusive Economic Zones to 200 miles, resulting in a significant increase in volume and trade in...
The World Food Summit which will be held at FAO in Rome in November of this year is expected to adopt a Plan of Action to Achieve Universal Food Security. World fisheries and international trade in fishery products will form part of the considerations of Heads of State and Government...
Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) are distributed from Japan to Baja California. Alaska is the world’s principal supplier of sablefish with the majority of commercial landings occurring in the Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. This demersal, long-lived fish is in one of Alaska’s highest value commercial fisheries. In terms of...
In 1976 global exports for fish and fisheries products was approximately $8 billion. In 2000,
global exports exceeded $55 billion. The period between 1985 and 1995 witnessed the tripling
of global fisheries exports. This represents more than half of total value of global fisheries
production. Developing countries began to increase...
With the annual volume of live fish harvested in 2007 reached over 1 million MT, exported volume of frozen fillets and processed products at 386,600 MT, valued at US$ 979 million, Vietnam's farmers, processors and exporters have made Pangasius the 2nd most important fresh-water fish specie in the world market,...
Both the physical volume and economic value of trade in seafood products among countries on the Pacific Rim have grown steadily in recent years. Concurrently, the distribution of production and the composition of products have changed. Regional economic accounts such as IMPLAN do not provide bilateral information on trade, and...
The increasing demand for shark fins in Asia and the shark s life history pattern of slow growth, late maturity, and
few offspring, have generated concerns regarding the sustainability of shark resources. Despite this concern, little effort has
been spent on understanding the markets for shark fin products and the...
Selecting ‘optimal’ strategies to manage Oregon ocean shrimp is challenged by uncertain and variable natural mortality,
recruitment, and growth. Fishery management is focused on measures to prevent long-term biological damage to the stock,
to protect age-1 shrimp from overharvest and to sustain long term fishery benefits. Developing harvest strategies such...
Due to declines in stocks, restrictive management plans, and imports of whole groundfish from Canada, the supply
of whole fresh Atlantic groundfish to New England processing plants (landings plus whole fresh imports) declined by 75%
since its peak in 1983. These reductions in supply of Atlantic groundfish put severe pressure...