The Blue Growth Initiative and Post2015 Agenda
The UNCTAD/Commonwealth Secretariat Ad
Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Trade in
Sustainable Fisheries
Geneva, 29 September – 3 October 2015
Lahsen Ababouch
Director, Policy and economics division.
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations. Rome, Italy
Production and Utilization
Production
Per capita yearly supply (kg)
(million tonnes live weight)
200
20.0
Aquaculture for human consumption
180
Capture for human consumption
18.0
160
Non-food uses
16.0
Per capita food fish supply
140
14.0
120
12.0
100
10.0
80
8.0
60
6.0
40
4.0
20
2.0
0
1950
1955
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
Note: Data referring to 2014 should be considered as preliminary.
1990
1995
2000
2005
0.0
2010 2014
Contribution of fish to human diet (2011)
WORLD
LIFDC's
Latin America & Caribbean
Northern America
Per capita fish
consumption (kg)
Oceania
Share in total animal
protein (%)
Europe
Africa
Asia
0.0
5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0
Employment & Livelihoods
Primary sector:
• 58.3 million total
employment (2012)
– 90% small scale
– 39.4 million capture
– 18.9 million
aquaculture
60
World total
50
40
30
20
10
0
Capture
fishers
Fish farmers
Exports of fish and fishery products
USD billions
80
60
Developing
countries or areas
Developed
countries or areas
40
20
0
1976 1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010 2014
Net exports of developing countries
US$ billions
40
30
20
10
0
-10
-20
1991
2001
2011
Global fish production: Data and projections
(1984-2030)
200
180
Million MT
160
140
Total (Data)
120
Total (Model)
100
Capture (Data)
80
Capture (Model)
60
Aquaculture (Data)
40
Aquaculture (Model)
20
1984
1987
1990
1993
1996
1999
2002
2005
2008
2011
2014
2017
2020
2023
2026
2029
0
Source: FISH to 2030
Challenges
Decreasing resource base:
1. Overexploited fish stocks
2. IUU fishing
3. Overcapacity in fishing fleets
4. Degraded environment and
ecosystems
5. Climate Changes
6. Post harvest losses
WWW.FAO.ORG
Increasing demand:
1. Population increase
2. Economic development
3. Increased consumption
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Definition
Blue Growth is the sustainable growth and
development emanating from economic
activities in the oceans, wetlands and coastal
zones,
that
minimize
environmental
degradation,
biodiversity
loss
and
unsustainable use of living aquatic resources,
and maximize economic and social benefits
Advocacy
 Rio + 20 (Rio di Janeiro, 2012)
 1st Global Summit on the Blue Economy (UAE,
January 2014)
 World Action Summit on BG and Food security
(The Hague, Feb 2014)
 SIDS Conference (Samoa, September 2014)
Blue Growth Global Action Network (Grenada,
March 2015)
 World Ocean Summit (Lisbon, June 2015)
 Our Oceans Conference (Valparaiso, Chile.
October 2015)
 Post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals SDG
Indonesia
Mauritania
Morocco
Algeria
Senegal
Gabon
Seychelles
Madagascar
Cabo Verde
Pipeline
Ecuador
Ghana
Angola
Morocco
Thailand
Pipeline
Near East Region*
Kenya
Mozambique
Bangladesh
Côte d’Ivoire
Gulf of Guinea*
Pacific*
Iran (Republic of)
Ongoing
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Viet Nam
Ongoing
Kenya
Indonesia
Pipeline
Amazonia*
Pipeline
Indonesia
Philippines
* Regional work
Near East Region
Gulf of Guinea
Pacific
Indian Ocean
East Africa
Amazonia
Livelihoods and food systems
Blue Growth Strategy
Aquaculture
Ongoing
Indian Ocean*
East Africa*
Namibia
Senegal
Cabo Verde
Kiribati
Philippines
Saint Lucia
Ecosystems services
The FAO Blue Growth Initiative
Ongoing
The sustainable
Development Goals
(SDGs) are a new,
universal set of
goals, targets, and
indicators that UN
member states will
be expected to use
to frame their
agendas and political
policies over the
next 15 years.
The SDGs follow, and expand on, the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),
which were focusing only on developing
countries, and are due to expire at the
end of this year.
The 17 SDGs agreed to by Member
States at the UN Summit in September
2015 will become applicable beginning in
January 2016.The expected deadline for
the SDGs in 2030.
1.
End poverty in all its forms
everywhere
2.
End hunger, achieve food
security and improved
nutrition, and promote
sustainable agriculture
13.
Take urgent action to combat
climate change and its impacts
14.
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and
marine resources for sustainable development
!‫شكرا‬
谢谢!
Thank you!
Merci!
Gracias!
Спасибо!
Lahsen.ababouch@fao.org
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