23 Jun 2026
Photo by Paul Einerhand Global fisheries and aquaculture production hit a record high in 2024, even as the share of the world’s fish stocks classed as biologically sustainable fell for the second report running, according to The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2026 (SOFIA 2026), the Food and Agriculture Organization’s flagship biennial assessment. The […]
23 Jun 2026
Photo by Josiah Nicklas International governance frameworks are poorly equipped to deal with the combined threat that ocean acidification poses to global food security, according to a new study led by researchers at the UCL Energy Institute, launched during the Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa. The research, published in Environmental Research: Food Systems, maps […]
15 Jul 2024
Global projections of exploitable fish biomass show declines of more than 10 percent, particularly under the high-emissions scenario, by mid-century for many regions of the world, said the report Climate change risks to marine ecosystems and fisheries: Projections to 2100 from the Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project. Decline for top fish producer nations […]
18 Jun 2024
World fisheries and aquaculture production has hit a new high, with aquaculture production of aquatic animals surpassing capture fisheries for the first time, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released today. The 2024 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) said global […]
16 Jun 2020
Ernesto Jardim MSC Fisheries Standards Director June 10, 2020 The UN’s #Sofia2020 report shows what works when it comes to fishing the oceans sustainably, says MSC’s Fisheries Standards Director Ernesto Jardim. Here are his top takeaways from the latest Food and Agriculture Organization’s State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020: Sustainability in Action. Five things you […]
19 Feb 2018
A set of draft Voluntary Guideline on marking fishing gear have been adopted by countries to monitor the use of fishing gear which is predominant made from plastic. Approximately eight million tonnes of plastic litter, up to 10 per cent of which is estimated to come from the fisheries sector, ends up in oceans every […]