Timely, reliable and comprehensive statistics are required for the effective monitoring and management of sustainable capture fisheries. To respond to this need, the Statistics and Information Branch of the FAO Fisheries Division has organized the online advanced course on Organization of Fisheries Statistics Systems (9-19 November 2020), in collaboration with the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), and through the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ). Deadline for applications is 1 October 2020.

The course is targeted at fisheries managers, statisticians and researchers with responsibilities in fisheries data collection and the design, production and use of fisheries statistics in order to help them to design, plan and implement effective fisheries data collection programmes. The course covers topics going from the definition of the needs for statistics in support to fisheries management; the types of required data and collection systems; and the implementation of robust fisheries statistics and management information systems

The course will be offered online, in English, French and Spanish with simultaneous translation, with live streaming lectures, from FAO, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), Eurostat, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and other national institutions.

For more information about the course, including registration details, please refer at http://edu.iamz.ciheam.org/FisheriesStatistics/en/

Out Now: RSN Magazine No. 19/ July 2020

Chronicles from the secretariats. Regional fishery body secretariats network

This magazine is developed by the RSN contributions from secretariats of regional fisheries management organizations, regional fisheries advisory bodies, and related networks and partners, as well as colleagues from FAO and other agencies and organizations working on matters relevant to these bodies. The Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of FAO hosts and provides the RSN Secretariat services, the venue for biennial meetings, and has a day-to-day collaboration with the network on technical and operational issues. In this context, the Secretariat will continue working with its members, partners, and colleagues, to ensure, as much as possible, that voices and experiences from different regions are being considered.

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Top 10 species groups in global aquaculture 2018

This factsheet presents the top 10 species group in global aquaculture 2018 and features one of the latest growing species groups: crayfishes.

The ranking of all 63 species groups in global aquaculture 2018 is illustrated on the back cover.

More information about the top 10 species groups at regional and national level can be found in a more comprehensive factsheet as the supplementary materials.

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Launch of FAO's State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) 2020

Please join us on June 8, 2020 from 13:00 -14:30hrs (Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna) by pre-registering to the webinar here: https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MsY0SHI0Tzq6P9ElHpbTBg

SOFIA is the FAO's Fisheries and Aquaculture Department flagship publication addressing the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture since 1994. SOFIA continues to demonstrate the significant and growing role of fisheries and aquaculture in supporting food and nutrition security, employment and economic development. It also shows the major challenges ahead despite the progress made on a number of fronts.

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