The mission of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of FAO is to facilitate and secure the long-term sustainable development and utilization of the world's fisheries and aquaculture. FAO is acutely aware of the fundamental social and economic role played by these two sectors in:
Meeting global and national sustainable food security.
Providing self and paid employment for fishing and aquaculture related communities as a means of alleviating poverty in these fishing communities and stemming rural/urban drift.
Greenpeace pushes for better protection of albacore fisheries Worldwide
Greenpeace International has condemned the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission members' lack of attempt to try to stop the decline of vulnerable regional tuna species and adoption of insufficient measures to protect sharks.
Scotland welcomes 'big leap' taken in CFP reform United Kingdom
Scotland welcomes the fact that the European Fisheries Ministers have been able to agree on the mechanisms to deliver important aspects of the new Common Fisheries Policy.