Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

for a world without hunger

Fisheries and
Aquaculture Department

Aquaculture
Related information
Glossary of
Aquaculture

Aquaculture, probably the fastest growing food-producing sector, now accounts

for nearly 50 percent of the world's food fish. The need to exchange reliable
information on all related subjects is becoming a key issue for the responsible
management of aquaculture.
In order to provide easily-accessible and up-to-date information, the FAO
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department has developed specific pages on
aquaculture where users can consult relevant material on aquaculture at
international, regional and national level.

Highlights
Aquaculture Feed and Fertilizer Resources Information System
(AFFRIS)
Global Aquaculture Production Statistics for the year 2011
FAO Aquaculture Information Products
The Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of FAO is pleased to
announce the publication of seven technical documents on
aquaculture which are of global relevance, namely
the Global Synthesis of aquaculture development status and
trends, and
six Regional Reviews of aquaculture development, status and
trends.
www.fao.org/fishery/regional-aquaculture-reviews
Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification Version
Approved by the 29th Session of Committee on Fisheries
(COFI) held in Rome, Italy from 31 January to 04 February
2011

NASO aquaculture
maps collection
FAO Aquaculture Photo
Library
FAO Aquaculture
Newsletters
Global Conference on
Aquaculture 2010
GISFish - The Global
Gateway to Geographic
Information Systems
(GIS), Remote Sensing
and Mapping for
Fisheries and
Aquaculture
Aquaculture selected
links
Fishery and
Aquaculture Country
Profiles - fact sheets
Session of the COFI
Sub-Committee on
Aquaculture
CD-ROM - Simple
Methods for
Aquaculture - Version 2

News

USB pen drive with FAO aquaculture publications 1999-2008

FAO aquaculture information products 2008-2009. Includes a CD-ROM.
NASO aquaculture maps collection
CD-ROM - Cultured Aquatic Species fact sheets (Multilingual)

Overcoming
smallholder challenges
with ...

Fact Sheets
Aquaculture Fact Sheets contain a synthesis of detailed information on specific
subjects and include related statistics, graphics (GIS maps, images, figures, etc.)
and profiles.

Coordinated efforts in
aquaculture needed to
...
FAO
COFI
Sub-

The Fact Sheets cover the following information domains:

National Aquaculture Sector Overview (NASO) fact sheets
National Aquaculture Legislation Overview (NALO) - fact sheets
Cultured Aquatic Species - fact sheets

Statistical information
This includes statistics and databases related to aquaculture.
Aquaculture production time-series datasets, derived from the FAO Fishstat Plus
database (version 2.3), generate customized statistical graphics.
Global Aquaculture Production (online query)

Committee on
Aquaculture

Meetings
GFCM-CAQ Regional
workshops on the ...
GFCM-CAQ Launch of
the GFCM ...
Commission for Inland
Fisheries and ...

The FAO Database on Introductions of Aquatic Species (DIAS) includes records

of species introduced or transferred from one country to another, and also contains additional taxa, such as
molluscs and crustaceans and marine species.
Database on Introductions of Aquatic Species (DIAS) - fact sheets