Conservation and sustainable use of fisheries and aquaculture in Asia and the Pacific by Dr Simon Nicol, Senior Fishery Officer, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Presented during the Regional Workshop on Underutilized Fish and Marine Genetic Resources and their Amelioration, 10-12 July 2019, Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka

1. Conservation and sustainable use
of fisheries and aquaculture in
Asia and the Pacific
Dr Simon Nicol
Senior Fishery Officer
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

2. Overview of
production
(excluding
plants)

3. Asia and Pacific Fisheries Production (t)
-
10,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
50,000,000
60,000,000
70,000,000
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
China and territories East Asia South Asia Southeast Asia Oceania

4. Asia and Pacific Production Trends
Marine
Inland
Aquaculture

5. Inland
capture
fisheries
production
(2016)
-
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000

6. Employment
-
5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
China and territories East Asia South Asia
Southeast Asia Oceania

7. Production
Summary
The Asia-Pacific region remains the
world’s largest producer of fisheries
products.
Growth in production continues in SE
Asia and China
Little to no growth in East Asia or
Oceania over the last decade.
Most reported growth is associated
with aquaculture

8. Asia and
Pacific
Balance of
Trade

9. Trade Flows (Imports)

10. Trade
Flows
(Export)

11. Trade
Summary
• Import of product from United
States, Norway, and Chile
• Export of product to USA, Japan
and European Union.
• Vietnam’s and India’s increasing
role as export nations.
Key Trade
partners who
influence the
region’s fisheries
and the trade of
its commodities
include:
• more than half of China’s total
exporting value in 2016 was to
Asia-Pacific partners.
Inter-regional
trade flows also
significantly
drive regional
trends.

12. Fishery characterisation
97.2
95.6
95
65.0
60.2
58.7
52.6
50.6
48.85
39.2
38.8
2.8
4.4
5
34.8
39.8
41.3
47.4
49.4
51.15
60.8
61.2
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Korea, Rep.
Japan
Malaysia
China
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Myanmar
Korea, DPR
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Phillipines
Percentage
Country
Motorized No engined
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
Number vessels

13. Biological
Status
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Western Indian Ocean
Eastern Indian Ocean
Northwest Pacific
Western Central Pacific
Northeast Pacific
Eastern Central Pacific
Proportion stocks - biologically sustainable
With Sustainable limits Overfished

14. IUU fishing index score 20181.82
1.91
1.99
2.05
2.08
2.1
2.11
2.12
2.2
2.22
2.23
2.23
2.23
2.26
2.26
2.3
2.32
2.33
2.41
2.45
2.46
2.49
2.52
2.55
2.58
2.61
2.63
2.68
2.7
2.71
2.73
3.16
3.23
3.34
3.93
0
1
2
3
4
Tonga
Australia
NewZealand
Nauru
Palau
SolomonIslands
MarshallIslands
Tuvalu
Fiji
BruneiDarussalam
Maldives
Micronesia
PapuaNewGuinea
Pakistan
Samoa
CookIslands
SriLanka
Thailand
Bangladesh
Kiribati
Singapore
Korea,R.O
Malaysia
Vanuatu
Korea,D.P.R.
Timor-Leste
Japan
India
Indonesia
Philippines
Myanmar
VietNam
Cambodia
Taiwan,P.O.C
China,Mainland
IUUFisihngIndexScores
2.29
World overall IUU
score
2.69 Asia overall IUU score
2.16 Oceania overall IUU score

15. Global food lost
and waste for all
food sectors
(Kcal/capita/day)
1520
748 746
594
545
453
414
North
America and
Oceania
Europe Industrialized
Asia
North Africa,
West and
Central Asia
Sub-Saharan
Africa
Latin
America
South and
Southeast
Asia

16. Fish and seafood loss/waste throughout
the food supply chain stages
14
16
9
5
6
5
8
6
6
10
22
7
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
North America and Oceania Industrialized Asia South and Southeast Asia
Percentagelossacrossthevaluechain
Production Post Harvest Processing Distribution Consumption

17. Low and higher value fish species
captured by Chinese fisheries
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
TotalMarineFishCatch
Fisheriesproduction(100,000stonnes)
Marine capture Aquaculture production Low Value High Value

18. Summary
Opportunities to increase production in capture
fisheries are limited.
-Few under-utilized stocks
-Removing IUU fish from supply chains
-Minimizing waste
-Low value fish
Aquaculture production continues to grow in the region
-Feed supply
-Anti Microbial Resistance
Sustainability remains a key issue for both capture
fisheries and aquaculture