The mission of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of FAO is to facilitate and secure the long-term sustainable development and utilization of the world's fisheries and aquaculture. FAO is acutely aware of the fundamental social and economic role played by these two sectors in:
Meeting global and national sustainable food security.
Providing self and paid employment for fishing and aquaculture related communities as a means of alleviating poverty in these fishing communities and stemming rural/urban drift.
Wärtsilä will design a modern trawler for a Scottish shipowner Finland
The technology group Wärtsilä will provide the ship design, the main engine and other propulsion equipment for a new state-of-the-art fishing vessel, commissioned by a Scottish shipowner.
Chinese port involved in controversy in Montevideo Uruguay
More than 500 Chinese-flagged vessels could soon arrive in the west of Montevideo, Uruguay due to the already confirmed project of the Shandong BaoMa company to install a free zone with port, shipyard and fish processing and freezing plant.
Aker BioMarine has a new boat designed for krill fishing Norway
At a ceremony in Ålesund, Aker BioMarine baptised and launched a new energy-efficient vessel that it will use for krill fishing, and which is an example of innovation in maritime engineering in Norway.
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