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E APFIC/1 8/INF -06 March 2018 Organización Food and Organisation des Продовольственная и ельскохозяйственная de las Agriculture Nations Unies c Naciones Unidas Organization pour организация para la of the l'alimentation Объединенных Alimentación y la et l'agriculture United Nations Наций Agricult u ra ASIA-PACIFIC FISHERY COMMISSION Thirty-fifth Session Cebu, the Philippines, 11-13 May 2018 Regional overview of the status and trends of fisheries and aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific Region 2016 DRAFT ASIA-PACIFIC FISHERY COMMISSION (APFIC) Regional overview of the Status and Trends of Aquaculture and Fisheries in the Asia Pacific Region 2016 _____________________________________________________________________ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, 2017 Citation: APFIC 2017 Regional overview of the Status and Trends of Aquaculture and Fisheries in the Asia Pacific Region 2017. 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APFIC has continued to implement its new role as a regional consultative forum and is endeavouring to respond effectively to the changing requirements in the fisheries and aquaculture sector in the region. APFIC is committed to improving the quality of information on the status and trends of fisheries and aquaculture in the region and to reviewing and analyzing this information regularly. The purpose of this document is to inform APFIC Member States of the current status and potential of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia and the Pacific region and the emerging issues facing the sector. 4 Table of Contents Preparation of this document ...................................................................................................................... 4 Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................. 5 List of Tables ......................................................................................................................................................... 9 List of Figures ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 Abbreviations and Acronyms .......................................................................................................................... 11 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 12 Fisheries .................................................................................................................................................................12 Aquaculture ..........................................................................................................................................................12 Geographical scope of this review: states, entities and areas. ...................................................... 13 Regional overview of fisheries and aquaculture ................................................................................ 16 CONTRIBUTIONS OF FISHERIES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION ........................................... 16 CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL ECONOMIES ............................................................................................. 16 Trade ........................................................................................................................................................................17 Employment .........................................................................................................................................................23 IMPORTANCE OF FISH IN HUMAN NUTRITION ........................................................................................ 26 PRODUCTION TRENDS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION ............................................................ 27 MARINE WATERS ..................................................................................................................................................... 29 INLAND WATERS ...................................................................................................................................................... 30 THE FISHING FLEET IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION .................................................................... 30 SPECIES COMPOSITION TRENDS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION ......................................... 34 PRODUCTION IN TEMPERATE AND TROPICAL SEAS ............................................................................ 37 TUNA ............................................................................................................................................................................... 39 SUBREGIONAL TRENDS ........................................................................................................................................ 44 South Asia ..............................................................................................................................................................44 CHINA CAPTURE FISHERIES ............................................................................................................................... 48 OTHER ASIA ................................................................................................................................................................ 51 5 OCEANIA ........................................................................................................................................................................ 53 REGIONAL TRENDS FISHERIES ......................................................................................................................... 54 Contribution of Aquaculture ..................................................................................................................... 55 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 55 General Status and Trends in Aquaculture Production in the Asia-Pacific Region ............... 57 Status and Trends in Aquaculture Production in the Various Sub-regions in the Asia-Pacific Region ................................................................................................................................................................ 58 CHINA SUB-REGION ................................................................................................................................................ 58 Species ............................................................................................................................................................... 62 Country .............................................................................................................................................................. 63 Southeast Asia (SEA) sub-region .............................................................................................................. 64 Country ................................................................................................................................................................ 67 SOUTH ASIA (SA) SUB-REGION ......................................................................................................................... 70 THE “REST OF ASIA” (ROA) SUB-REGION .................................................................................................... 74 OCEANIA SUB-REGION ..........................................................................................................................................