Fisheries and aquaculture are confronted with continuing problems such as climate change, growing human populations, low income of small scale fishers and fish farmers, and competitive production and trading conditions. People should be confronting and discussing the challenges in order to come up with solutions on how we can respond; and the community should be resilient and adaptive in combatting the challenges. We cannot immediately solve some problems, such as overfishing, illegal fishing, depletion of marine resources, as they have deep root causes, but we are learning how to address them. Governments do their best to manage fishery resources to meet these challenges. Decision makers and the public also need to continually listen to new information so that they are equipped with knowledge for sustaining marine and aquaculture resources and protecting people who depend on them for nutrition, livelihood and business. Research is an important information gathering tool that contributes to policy and decision-making. The Asian Fisheries Society and its partners are taking a lead in making new information accessible through its platform AsiaPacific-FishWatch providing essential information on fish harvested or farmed for food in Asia-Pacific. I am pleased that AsiaPacific-FishWatch gives attention in its profiles and posts to the critical social, economic and market character of the value chains. The Asian Fisheries Society emphasises equally social and economic knowledge and biological, physical and technical knowledge.

Prof. Alice Joan G. Ferrer, PhD, President, Asian Fisheries Society

 
 
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ASIAPACIFIC-FISHWATCH

COMPILERS, EDITORS

  • Quick Facts: Patricia Kailola and Meryl Williams; Updated Feb 2019 by Victoria Jollands
  • Sustainability: Meryl Williams and Patricia Kailola; Updated Feb 2019 by Victoria Jollands
  • Production: Patricia Kailola, Tarlochan Singh and Meryl Williams
  • Supply Chains and Markets: Patricia Kailola, Tarlochan Singh and Meryl Williams
  • Environment and Climate: Patricia Kailola, Johann Bell and Meryl Williams
  • Biology: Patricia Kailola, Johann Bell and Meryl Williams

INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE

  • John Hampton, Secretariat for the Pacific Community (SPC)
  • Johann D. Bell, SPC (Pacific Island consumption patterns, climate change)
  • Lindsay Chapman, SPC (Pacific Island consumption patterns)
  • Simon Hoyle, SPC
  • Peter Williams, SPC
  • Peter Nichols, CSIRO, Australia (nutrition)
  • Indian Ocean Tuna Commission Secretariat (Indian Ocean material)
  • Miguel Herrera (IOTC)
  • Fishbase team

REVIEWERS

Drafts of the presentations were reviewed by the following:

  • Sustainability - Johann Bell (SPC, Conservation International - CI)
  • Production - Johann Bell (SPC, CI), Peter Williams (SPC), Miguel Herrera (IOTC, Organizacion de Productores Asociados de Grandes Atuneros Congeladores - OPAGAC)
  • Supply Chains and Markets - Antony Lewis, Mike McCoy, Shri Sreekanth G.B., Peter Nichols (nutrition)
  • Environment and Climate - Johann Bell (SPC, CI), Ming-An Lee (IO climate)
  • Biology - Johann Bell (SPC, CI), Simon Nicol (SPC), Bruno Leroy (SPC)

PHOTOGRAPHS AND GRAPHICS

  • Secretariat for the Pacific Community
  • Johann Bell, SPC
  • International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)
  • David Itano, ISSF, personal
  • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (figures, maps)
  • Antony Lewis
  • Shri Sreekanth G.B.
  • Warren Scomi, SPC
  • Gabriel Reygondeau, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD)
  • Wikimedia Commons

FUNDING AND SUPPORT

Funding to prepare the yellowfin tuna profiles was provided by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (iss-foundation.org), the Asian Fisheries Society (www.asianfisheriessociety.org), and the personal time of Johann Bell. In-kind support has been provided by the host organizations of those who provided information and reviewed drafts.

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