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Global fisheries are overexploited worldwide, yet crucial catch statistics reported to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) by member countries remain unreliable. Recent advances in remote-sensing technology allow fishing practices to be viewed from spa…

This report by N. Hishamunda, et al, from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), summarises some of the issues facing aquaculture employment governance in a number of countries, current best practices and suggestions for improvement…

Both male and female gonads undergo marked cyclic morphological and histological changes before reaching full maturity and becoming ripe.

Kelp ecosystems form widespread underwater forests playing a major role in structuring the biodiversity at a regional scale. Some seaweeds such as Laminaria digitata are also economically important, being exploited for their alginate and iodine content. Virgin…

Amazonian fish resources are a huge source of food for inhabitants of the basin and some commercial species have shown a potential of developing sustainable aquaculture systems, writes Luis Gabriel Quintero Pinto1Laboratorio de Ictiologa, FMVZ- UN Colombia.