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Background
head of the Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium +20 (GCA +20), FAO convened a series of webinars to present the advanced findings of six Regional Reviews of Aquaculture and the State of World Aquaculture 2020 during the week of 26-29 October 2020, the original dates of the GCA +20.
Starting in 1997, FAO has produced Global and Regional Aquaculture Reviews1 about every five years. These reviews provide up-to-date information on the status and trends of the sector, at regional and global levels, developed from national, regional and global data sets and supplemented with expert opinion and literature reviews. The reviews can be pertinent and of interest and use to government authorities, international and regional organizations, policy-makers, aquaculture farmers and other aquaculture value chain actors, investors, civil society organizations, academia and training institutions, as well as other interested stakeholders. The final reviews will be published later this year and presented at the Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium +20 in Shanghai, China (www.aquaculture2020.org). Each webinar followed the same format, starting with opening remarks from a keynote speaker, then a presentation of the major findings and suggested ways forward, followed by a panel discussion. A final question and answer session provided opportunity for interested parties to comment on the reviews presented.
This article summarizes the key messages and findings from the State of World Aquaculture 2020, a global synthesis of all six regional reviews, as presented during the webinar on 29 October 2020. A video recording of each webinar can be found here: www.aquaculture2020.org/reviews.
Production and consumption
In 2018, global aquaculture production, including aquatic plants was 114.5 million tonnes, with an estimated value of USD 263 billion....