Medidas de Gestao das Pescarias Marinhas e Aquicultura 2019 The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018 | Page 108

PART 2 FAO FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE IN ACTION
» In light of the focus on SIDS of target 14.7, FAO
aquaculture sector constitute an essential part of
FAO’s mission concerning food and nutrition.
This function is embedded in Article 11 of the
Constitution of FAO and has been performed
since the Organization’s establishment in 1945.
FAO is the only source of global fisheries and
aquaculture statistics, which represent a unique
global asset for sector analysis and monitoring.
Data collections on capture and aquaculture
production, fisheries commodities production and
trade, fishers and fish farmers, fishing vessels
and apparent fish consumption were primarily
established to determine the contribution of
fisheries to food supply and to the national
economy (Box 5). The advent of the SDGs
engendered adaptation of FAO’s fisheries and
aquaculture statistics to ensure their relevance,
accuracy, appropriate level of detail, timeliness
and accessibilit y in support of the three pillars of
sustainable development (economic, social and
environmental). While this section deals with
capture fisher y data, many of the issues and
solutions discussed (e.g. meeting policy needs,
data qualit y, data processing, capacit y building)
also apply in relation to aquaculture data.
will consult with regional SIDS stakeholders on
the indicator methodolog y being developed – in
particular to help describe the value of
sustainable fisheries – at three regional
workshops (for SIDS in the Pacific; in the
Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and South
China Sea [AIMS]; and in the Caribbean) to be
convened in collaboration with regional agencies.
As a first step towards the development of the
indicator for this target, FAO is developing a
methodolog y for calculating the contribution of
fisheries and aquaculture to gross domestic
product (GDP), using data obtained through the
System of National Accounts (the GDP indicator).
However, because of the limitations associated
with the GDP indicator, a more comprehensive
indicator will be developed to complement it; this
indicator will incorporate IUU fishing, resource
rent and trade in fisheries ser vices and will also
take into account small-scale, subsistence and
recreational fisheries.
Ongoing studies on the factors that may have an
impact on the effectiveness of monitoring for SDG
14 targets (Recuero Virto, 2017) are reviewing the
existing framework for the SDG 14 indicators and
examining potential synergies with multilateral
environmental agreement indicators as well as
links among the SDG 14 targets and with other
SDG targets. In analytical efforts complementary
to the official SDG monitoring, the SDG Index and
Dashboards report (Sachs et al., 2017), using
indicators different from those adopted by the UN
Statistical Commission (ECOSOC, 2017c),
confirms that worldwide no country has yet
achieved SDG 14. n
Quality assurance, cooperation and
transparency
As a custodian agency for four indicators of SDG
14, FAO is tasked with ensuring correct
implementation, monitoring and consistent
reporting through high-qualit y data that are
sufficiently disaggregated, consistently
comparable across national, regional and
international bodies and comprehensive in their
coverage of all dimensions of fisheries
(commercial, subsistence and recreational). FAO
is thus responsible for supporting countries’
national statistical systems to meet this demand,
in keeping with its mission to assemble and
disseminate global fisher y statistics at the
highest possible qualit y level.
FAO’S APPROACH TO
IMPROVING THE
QUALITY AND UTILITY OF
CAPTURE FISHERY DATA
The definition and coordination of statistical
work programmes worldwide to meet the demand
for SDG monitoring has become a high priorit y
(HLG-PCCB, 2018). Accordingly, FAO is working
to improve the qualit y and credibilit y of its
fisher y statistics by building a cohesive and more
transparent statistical framework, through both
internal and external collaboration. »
Fisheries and aquaculture statistics have a critical
role in informing national, regional and global
policy and decision-making, and in particular in
supporting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development. The collection and dissemination
of statistical information on the fisheries and
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