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About this Digest on Fisheries
1. Source for this Digest
The material content of the texts on Level 2 is directly sourced from "The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2008"
This flag ship publication of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department is published every two years with the purpose of providing policy-makers, civil society and those whose livelihoods depend on the sector a comprehensive, objective and global view of capture fisheries and aquaculture, including associated policy issues.
The Level 1 was written by the GreenFacts editorial team.
This new fisheries digest replaces and updates the summary of "The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2004" that had been produced by GreenFacts in 2005 and presented on this website.
2. Current Status
Approved by the GreenFacts Scientific Board on 9 March 2009.
3. Digest Publication History
The GreenFacts publication process is designed to ensure as high a degree of objectivity as possible.
First draft
The first draft of this Digest was produced by GreenFacts on January 22, 2009.
Preliminary and Peer review
The second draft of this Digest was produced in February 4, 2009 by
GreenFacts and peer reviewed by scientists from FAO Fisheries (see our
Publication
The final draft of the Level 1 summary was published online on 2 March 2009, simultaneously with the online release of the FAO source document.
Final publication has been approved by the President of the GreenFacts Scientific Board on 9 March 2009.
Press Release
2 March 2009
Latest data on the state of world fish stocks released today
Updates or subsequent post-publication revisions
No update or revision at present.
Partner for this publication
The Level 1 of this Digest is a summary of "State of Fisheries and Aquaculture 2008", a report published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
The summary was produced by GreenFacts in collaboration with:
