This document introduces some basic principles of the stability of small fishing vessels and provides simple guidance on what fishing vessel crews can do to maintain adequate stability for their vessels.

Review of the current state of world capture fisheries insurance

Economic, technical and hygiene aspects in the preservation of anchovies

Guidelines to support implementation of the International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries (IPOA-Seabirds).

This technical paper is intended to be a guide to methods that readers could adopt for their own use of GIS for an ecosystem approach to fisheries.

Technical guidelines on the practical adoption and application of the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF), with a special focus on its human dimensions.

methods for quantifying the contribution of aquaculture to national economies, poverty alleviation and food security in order to improve the much-needed political and financial support to the sector for its adequate development.

Valuable information for policy-makers wishing to promote aquaculture.

Illustrates the concept of comparative advantage and some of its policy implications by presenting two case studies: the first on shrimp exporting countries and the second on freshwater aquaculture production of carp, catfish and tilapia.

Fisheries harvest related to large marine ecosystems