Regional overview of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia and the Pacific 2012

The Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) is committed to improving the quality of information on the status and trends of fisheries and aquaculture in the region and to reviewing and analyzing this information regularly. The purpose of this document is to inform APFIC member countries of the current status and potential of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia and the Pacific region and of emerging issues facing the sector. The report also contains short reviews on some current issues that are li kely to challenge the sector as it adapts to continuously changing production and market environments. The capture fisheries review is divided into three subregions: the South China Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the Sulu-Sulawesi and Timor-Arafura Seas. The aquaculture overview covers different commodity groupings across the region.

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Main Author: Funge-Smith, S.; Briggs, M.; Miao, W.;Fisheries Group
Format: Book (stand-alone) biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/I3185E
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3185e.pdf
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Summary:The Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) is committed to improving the quality of information on the status and trends of fisheries and aquaculture in the region and to reviewing and analyzing this information regularly. The purpose of this document is to inform APFIC member countries of the current status and potential of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia and the Pacific region and of emerging issues facing the sector. The report also contains short reviews on some current issues that are li kely to challenge the sector as it adapts to continuously changing production and market environments. The capture fisheries review is divided into three subregions: the South China Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the Sulu-Sulawesi and Timor-Arafura Seas. The aquaculture overview covers different commodity groupings across the region.