Sharma, Rishi and Barros, Pedro and Vasconcellos, Marcello and Guitterez, Nico and Ye, Yimin and Agostini, Vera and Barange, Manuel (2023) The state of world fishery resources: Expanding efforts to determine the status of global fish stocks. Earth & Environment. p. 2.
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Since 1971, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been assessing the state of world marine fishery resources to support policy formulation and decision-making. According to FAO’s latest assessment, a third of global fish stocks are overfished (35.4%). However, 82.5% of the fish landings in 2019 came from biologically sustainable stocks, demonstrating that the larger and more economically valuable stocks are generally better managed than smaller, less valuable ones. Scientific evidence shows that when efficient management is in place, fish stock status improves to reach biologically sustainable exploitation levels (FAO, 2022a). FAO’s assessment is based on a targeted group of stocks used as a proxy to track the state of fisheries around the world. While these stocks collectively account for 70% of global catches, many smaller stocks remain unassessed due to insufficient data and information. In an effort to improve knowledge about stock status and to reduce information gaps, FAO is working to update the methodology to better quantify the state of the world’s marine fishery resources and support long-term sustainability. The methodological update proposed by FAO is expected to increase the number of fish stocks currently assessed and supports alignment with other related reporting initiatives such as the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | FAO, Fisheries Resources, Fish Stocks, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), Marine Fisheries, Overfishing |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2025 10:52 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2025 10:52 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22297 |
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