This document discusses global commitments related to oceans, fisheries, food security, and sustainable development. It notes that over the last 30 years, there have been 80 commitments made in these areas through various summits and agreements. However, 840 million people still suffer from hunger worldwide. The document outlines FAO's strategic goals of eradicating hunger and malnutrition, eliminating rural poverty, and sustainably managing natural resources. It discusses challenges for fisheries and aquaculture related to resource management, habitat destruction, and socioeconomic issues. The concept of "Blue Growth" is introduced to contribute to food security and poverty alleviation through sustainable use of aquatic resources.

1. Fisheries, food security and our
commitments on oceans and seas
Árni M. Mathiesen
Assistant-Director General
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
4 February 2014
Eighth session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable
Development Goals

2. Global Commitments on oceans & seas
The last 30 years have seen 80 different commitments
• 2012 – Rio+20 Future we want (Rio di Janeiro)
• 2010 - Aichi Biodiversity Targets (Nagoya)
• 2002 – World Summit on Sustainable Development
(Johannesburg)
• 2000 – Millenium Development Goals (New York)

3. “Food security exists when all people, at all
times, have physical and economic access to
sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet
their dietary needs and food preferences for
an active and healthy life.”
World Food Summit 1996
Still 840 million people suffer from hunger
today.

4. “We need not only to commit, we need to act”
José Graziano de Silva, 20 January 2014,
Abu Dhabi First Blue Economy Summit.

5. Fisheries and food security: production and use
World fish production;
17 % of global human animal protein consumption.
(million tonnes live weight)
Per capita fish supply (kg)
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1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Aquaculture for human consumption
Capture for human consumption
Non-food uses
Per capita food fish supply

6. Employment & livelihoods in fisheries and aquaculture
Livelihoods of 12% of world population

7. FAO’s strategic goals
ERADICATE HUNGER, FOOD
insecurity and MALNUTRITION
ELIMINATE RURAL POVERTY THROUGH
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND
UTILIZATION OF NATURAL SOURCES

8. Challenges in fisheries and aquaculture
• Fisheries:
Resource management - 30% overfishing, IUU,
subsidies.
Economic and operational management.
Post-harvest utilization.
• Aquaculture:
Production increase-increasing population.
Sustainable and environmental.
Technical processes.

9. Challenges in fisheries and aquaculture
• Habitat destruction:
Economic activities
Climate change - new challenges for Small-island
Developing States (SIDS)
Pollution, declining biodiversity, hypoxic areas,
invasive species, corals, mangroves and ocean
acidification.
• Socio-economic:
Equitability
Trade
Resource allocation

10. Blue Growth
“The Sustainable Contribution, and Conservation, of Living
Renewable Resources in the Marine and Fresh Water
Ecosystems as well as adjacent Coastal and Inland
Ecosystems, to Food and Nutrition Security and Poverty
Alleviation.”
Fisheries ;
SCIENCE, INCENTIVE, CAPACITY, POLICIES AND
GOVERNANCE.
Sunken billions, IUU, subsidies.
Aquaculture;
50-100 million ton gap to be bridged until 2030. NON-FED,
LOW INPUT, MARINE.
Bio-security. Feed.

11. Blue Growth
“The Sustainable Contribution, and Conservation, of Living
Renewable Resources in the Marine and Fresh Water
Ecosystems as well as adjacent Coastal and Inland
Ecosystems, to Food and Nutrition Security and Poverty
Alleviation.”
Habitats;
BETTER MANAGEMENT, (incl. MPAs, “no takes”, “new
values” for ecosystem services, carbon sequestration.)
He who gains, pays.
Socio-economic;
NON DISTORTIVE TRADE, EQUITABLE ALLOCATION.
Right to food, UNCLOS, RFMOs.

12. Busan International Fisheries ODA Symposium
Blue Globe Blue Growth Blue Goal
There are at least 840 million reasons for us to act…

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