Fisheries

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About this Digest on Fisheries

Source for this Digest
Current Status
Digest Publication History

1. Source for this Digest

The GreenFacts Digest on Fisheries reflects, in an accessible language, the essential findings of the FAO report. I am convinced that it will help raise awareness about the issues faced by the fisheries and aquaculture sector and wish to warmly congratulate GreenFacts for this very useful initiative.

Dr. Serge Garcia, Director of the Fishery Resources Division at the FAO

The material content of the texts on Level 3 is directly sourced from
"State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture ", PART 1 World review of fisheries and aquaculture, of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), a leading scientific report produced in 2004 by a large international panel of scientists. Expert consultation produced in 2003 by a large international panel of scientists.

The Levels 1 & 2 were written by the GreenFacts editorial team.

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2. Current Status

Approved for publication by the GreenFacts Scientific Board.

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 15 April 2005.

Preliminary and Peer review

The second draft of this Digest was produced in August 2005 by GreenFacts after pre-review by experts from environmental organizations (see our pre review form) and peer review by 3 independent scientists selected by the GreenFacts Scientific Board (see our peer review form). Final corrections were added under the supervision of the GreenFacts Scientific Board in late September 2005.

Publication

Final publication was authorized by the President of the GreenFacts Scientific Board on 03 October 2005.

Press Release

16 Nov. 2005:
Are fish stocks overexploited?

Updates or subsequent post-publication revisions

No update or revision at present.