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I found my interest in the ocean with you You taught me all you knew of the deepest blue It's all within us you said to me As we walked on black sands And you melted as an iceberg in my hands There's an ocean in your eyes I can feel the tidal waves Crashing down Beneath the skin Reynir | André Barros

State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA)

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Every year FAO publishes the world fisheries and aquaculture data submitted by member states. It is a useful source to analyse globally the state of the oceans and to understand trends regarding the seafood production and consumption. One of the key messages from the publication SOFIA 2016 was that  world aquaculture production continues to grow and now provides half of all fish for human consumption. Source: SOFIA 2016 Pauly and Zeller (2017) just published a paper criticising FAO for reporting inaccurate data and giving wrong impressions about the seafood production overview. Here there are some of the statements that the argue against: 1. the catch of world marine fisheries is not "stable" We do not believe that this perceived ‘stability’ in marine fisheries catches is the case. One reason is that the catch reconstructions that have been conducted through the Sea Around Us over the last decade for all countries of the world and which will be discussed fur