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Assignment:
Using the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' (FAO) most recent version of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture: Sustainability In Action - In Brief found at complete the short answer questions below using the FAO, 2021 document as your main source (to answer questions 3, 10, and 12, you will need to synthesize information from the Textbook, Vanishing Fish (Pauly, 2019): Not the Fisheries Committee and Textbook, Vanishing Fish (Pauly, 2019): Catches Do Reflect Abundance as found in the textbook (Pauly, D., & Jacquet, J. (2019). Vanishing fish: shifting baselines and the future of global fisheries. Vancouver, David Suzuki Institute.) and apply to the FAO report findings. Provide full references for each answer so the sources of the data is clear.
Questions:
1. What is the most recent estimate of global fish production by FAO (in 2018)? What is the breakdown of capture fisheries vs. aquaculture? Include how many million tons (MT) were produced by each? What was the estimated value of each sector by FAO (in United States Dollars/USD)?
2. FAO estimates that the majority of global fish production (156 MT) is used for what purpose? What was the remaining 22 MT used for?
3. With regards to the previous answer and the use of 22 MT of fish per year, what connection do you see between this statistic and several points made by Dr. Pauly in the chapter, "Not the Fisheries Committee"? Provide two examples.
4. Questions 3 and 4 pertain to "Table 1: World Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, Utilization and Trade (FAO, 2020)" included below and in (FAO, 2020).
How much did each of the following increase from the average in 1986-1995 to the most recent date that data are available (2018)? Your answers should include a value for both million tons/MT and percentage/%.
- Inland capture fisheries?
- Inland aquaculture fisheries?
- Marine (or offshore) capture fisheries?
- Marine (or offshore) aquaculture fisheries?
- Which sector had the greatest expansion? Which had the least?
- FAO states that the increase in inland capture fisheries could be misleading for which reason?
5. What was the increase in human population from the average in 1986-1995 to the most recent date that data are available (2018) on the table? (Provide both a numeric and percentage value.) How did human consumption of "fish" increase during this time period? (Provide a value for both MT and %.)
6. Which countries are the top 10 global capture fishery producers? List in order from highest to lowest:
7. The FAO estimates that how many million people worked in capture fisheries (either full-time or seasonal work) globally in 2018? How many in aquaculture? What percentage of each sector (both capture and aquaculture) were accounted for by women? Although women are increasingly employed by capture and aquaculture fisheries, what problems did FAO identify in terms of gender equality?
8. Which three fish species had the highest increases in landings in 2018?
9. What three types of resources comprised the largest portion of global aquaculture production?
10. FOA states that "fed aquaculture production (57 million tonnes) has outpaced that of the non-fed subsector in world aquaculture." Why is this important to consider with regards to food security or natural resource use?
11. According to the FAO, which countries had the highest apparent fish consumption on average between 2015-2017? Provide three examples of countries that eat over 50 kg/yr per capita.
12. In the chapter, "Catches Do Reflect Abundance" of your text, Dr. Pauly discusses a project he is leading which is evaluating FAO catch data since 1950. He states, "Our findings suggest that catches, with the notable exception of domestic catches by China, are under-reported by 100 to 500 percent in many developing countries and by 30 to 50 percent in developed ones" (Pauly, 2019). In a short paragraph, discuss the potential implications of this statement regarding fisheries management and sustainability.