date:Feb 18, 2014
they will be well placed to benefit from the changing trade environment.
Fisheries and aquaculture are a vital source of jobs, nutritious food and economic opportunities, especially for small-scale fishing communities. Yet threats from large-scale disease outbreaks in aquaculture and climate change-related impacts could dramatically alter this.
rni M. Mathiesen, Assistant Director-General of FAO's Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, emphasized that unlocking the potential of aquaculture coul