A comprensive data base on global fishery resources of commercial importance, organised by species, including information on nomenclature, geographical distribution, size, depth, habitat, and biology.

An information system with key data on the biology of all fishes. Covers more than 25,000 species of fish.

The purpose of the ITAFISH project, executed jointly by the Italian Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies and FAO, was to design, develop and test a computerized system or methodology for the organization, storage and first analysis of the existing data on fisheries and aquaculture available in the Mediterranean for decision-making.

This technical paper is a basic guide to carp pond polyculture practicable in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. It provides an overview on the guiding principles, aspects and tasks, and presents the most applicable production techniques and patterns of carp polyculture. The manual aims to help identify resources and contribute to the successful planning and realisation of fish production by those fish pond owners and operators who need to strengthen and improve their knowledge on the subject.

This document provides information on the fisheries and state of stocks of a number of highly migratory species and straddling stocks. The section on highly migratory species covers the species listed in the relevant annex to the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, such as tunas, billfish, marlins, oceanic sharks, marine turtles, pomfrets, dolphinfish and sauries, and also other species of actual or potential importance to high seas fisheries with migratory behaviour not listed in that annex (such as tuna-like species, squids, oceanic horse mackerel, etc.), of which very little is known. It does not cover marine mammals and salmon. It concludes that many of these resources have been severely reduced or depleted, illustrating the non-sustainable nature of today's exploitation of the high seas. The paper also reviews the major straddling stocks, region by region, identifying the species involved, the fisheries and, whenever possible, the status of the stocks and the management problems. It shows that there are more straddling stocks than those which have attracted international attention. It underlines the importance of pelagic straddling stocks particularly around island countries, and highlights some of the management problems.

The revised version of FiSAT (FiSAT II) is a program package consisting of methodologies for use with computers, enabling users to formulate some management options for fisheries, especially in data-sparse, tropical contexts. FiSAT II was developed mainly for the analysis of length-frequency data, but also enables related analyses, of size-at-age, catch-at-age, selection and other data typically collected for tropical fish stock assessment. This volume is complemented by "FiSAT - FAO-ICLARM stock assessment tools. Vol. 2: Reference manual" ISBN 92-5-104047-8.