Over the last two decades, the fisheries and aquaculture sectors have been increasingly recognized for their essential contribution to global food security and nutrition. Expanding this role requires scaling up transformative changes in policy, management, innovation, and investment to achieve sustainable, inclusive and equitable global fisheries and aquaculture. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 20221 presents updated and verified statistics2 of the sector and analyses its international policy context and selected high-impact actions undertaken to accelerate international efforts in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report looks at the impact and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on fisheries and aquaculture production,3 utilization, and trade and provides a future outlook for the sector.
