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Sustainable Fisheries Management Vital to Food Security

The United Nations 2012 report on the state of the world's aquaculture and fisheries reveals that the sector produced global trade valued at an estimated U.S.$125 billion in 2011 and provided income for about 55 million people. But the flagship publication warns that ineffective management coupled with poor conservation habits remains a primary threat to food and nutrition security.
UN-HABITAT / Julius Mwelu

Fishermen in action at Jamestown, Accra. Small-scale fisheries employ more than 90 percent of the world's capture fishers and are vital to food and nutrition security, poverty alleviation and poverty prevention.

Documents

  • Africa:   Sushi With a Side of Conservation

    Worldwatch Institute, 7 July 2012

    "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime," so the saying goes. But how do we feed ourselves once we run out of fish? The… Read more »

  • Nigeria:   Fish Farming a Lucrative Business

    This Day, 3 July 2012

    Fish farming in Nigeria has become a lucrative business creating jobs for the unemployed. Ebere Nwiro writes Read more »

  • Africa:   What Works - Aquaculture

    Worldwatch Institute, 26 June 2012

    This post is part of a series where Nourishing the Planet asks its readers: What works? Every week we'll ask the question and every week you can join the conversation! Read more »

  • Namibia:   Bountiful Harvest At Fish Farm

    New Era, 14 May 2012

    Despite numerous challenges, unemployed youth from the Uis Fish Farm Eco Tourism Enterprise have harvested 1000 tonnes of Tilapia fish from an aquaculture fish-farming venture they… Read more »

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