Tuesday, April 27, 2010



New market access rules, economic crisis affecting seafood industry

26-04-2010

Developing countries struggle with new challenges getting fish to market

Photo: ©FAO/Giulio Napolitano

45 million people are employed in fisheries and aquaculture, mostly in the developing world.

26 April 2010, Rome/Buenos Aires - Used to be, seafood was largely something only folks on the coasts got to enjoy, while fresh fish was for those lucky enough to live near streams or lakes. Nowadays, though, fish is everywhere. And not just Lake Perch or Salmon. Odd, exotic fish from far-away places. Tilapia. Swai. Mahi Mahi. Kingclip.

Fish have gone global. They are, in fact, one of the world's most hotly traded food commodities: some 37 percent of all fish production — 53 million tonnes — is traded internationally. Exports of fish in 2008 were valued at a cool $102 billion.


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