FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization (2022) Digital technology changing the nature of fisheries and aquaculture in Saudi Arabia.
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A digital technology system developed by FAO and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has begun to transform data collection and the management of fisheries and aquaculture in the country. The Fisheries Directorate of the Saudi Ministry of Environment Water and Agriculture (MoEWA) worked with FAO to develop the new technology which enables the government to speed up the collection and review of data and statistics across the sector. A mobile application is now helping fisheries officials, fish farmers, fishers and others to instantly upload their data and information which is automatically analysed by statistical software. “This is a significant innovation because it provides authorities with the latest statistics without the costly operations of a manual system,” said Pedro Guemes FAO Technical Adviser and fisheries expert. “It used to take three years to analyse and collate statistics reports and now the digital results are obtained in five minutes. It is an important step forward for sustainable fisheries management.” Saudi Arabia accounts for 4.2 percent of aquaculture production in the Near East and North Africa (NENA), second only to Egypt in the region. In 2018 NENA aquaculture production was worth $2.3 billion, with Saudi Arabia accounting for around one-quarter of the total.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Saudi Arabia, FAO, Aquaculture, MoEWA, Sustainable Fisheries, Fisheries Management, Capture Fisheries, Near East and North Africa (NENA) |
| Subjects: | Aquaculture |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2025 06:12 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2025 06:12 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21614 |
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