Brazil's role in world fish production

Published 2020년 7월 8일

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The 2020 edition of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) report, 'The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture' (SOFIA), reveals crucial data on the global fisheries sector. Highlighting Brazil's challenges in sustaining its leading position in fisheries and aquaculture, the report emphasizes the need for statistical tracking, research, technology advancements, and policy formulation to ensure sustainability and biodiversity. Showcasing China as the dominant country in fish production, which accounts for 35% of the global total, the report also underscores the critical role of fish in meeting global animal protein requirements, with a significant 17% of this need met by fish consumption. Furthermore, the report points out an uptick in marine species capture by 5.4%, though hidden challenges like diminishing fish stock levels, with only 65.8% classified as biologically sustainable, convey serious concerns about the sector's future sustainability.

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The biannual publication of the “The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture” (“The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture”, already available here) Affectionately nicknamed SOFIA, its content presents recent data from the world fisheries statistics. is under the responsibility of FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization), which collects and organizes technical reports from several countries, obtaining a current picture on fisheries and aquaculture. In previous versions, the document was based mainly on fisheries statistics, but today it deals with issues related to climate change, Sustainable Development Goals, labor relations, gender issues within the sector, food security and support programs for vulnerable countries. The 2020 version is mainly focused on sustainability, an intrinsically thematic related to Brazil that, since Eco-92, participates in discussions on production of food with sustainability and environmental preservation. However, the challenges for ...

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