Aquaculture and mariculture are the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and aquatic plants. Learn more about aquaculture and mariculture practices and how they can be incorporated into small-scale fishing communities. 

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A report by The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition

This report addresses a frequently overlooked but extremely important part of world food and nutrition security: the role and importance of fish in seeking food and nutrition security for all. Fisheries and aquaculture have often been arbitrarily separated from other parts of the food and agricultural systems in food security studies, debates and policy-making.
Disaster risks & climate change
Climate change
Food security & nutrition
Aquaculture

The relationship between the governance of small-scale fisheries and the realization of the right to adequate food in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals

This conceptual-level information note seeks to highlight the human rights aspects of the goals and targets relating to food security and small-scale fisheries (SSF), particularly from the perspective of the right to adequate food, and to demonstrate how this interrelationship plays out in the monitoring mechanisms established by relevant instruments.
Fisheries policy, governance & management
Fisheries management
Tenure rights
Food security & nutrition
Aquaculture

International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022 Global Action Plan

The IYAFA 2022 Global Action Plan (IYAFA GAP) aims at building global momentum to empower small-scale artisanal fisheries and aquaculture and securing a sustainable future for these important sectors. Outlined here are a series of indicative and interconnected actions that are mutually reinforcing in the pillars of work.
Fisheries policy, governance & management
Fisheries management
Food security & nutrition
Aquaculture
Other resources & approaches
Capacity development

Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture for food security and nutrition

This report addresses a frequently overlooked but extremely important part of world food and nutrition security: the role and importance of fish in seeking food and nutrition security for all. Fisheries and aquaculture have often been arbitrarily separated from other parts of the food and agricultural systems in food security studies, debates and policy-making.
Disaster risks & climate change
Climate change
Food security & nutrition
Aquaculture

The role of aquatic foods in sustainable healthy diets

This discussion paper aims to build consensus on the role of aquatic foods in sustainable healthy diets, presenting the breadth of evidence available to inform and steer policy, investments and research to make full use of the vast potential of aquatic foods in delivering sustainable healthy diets and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Social development & employment
Social responsibility in seafood
Food security & nutrition
Aquaculture
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