Daniel Pauly

Department of Zoology, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Main Mall 2202, Vancouver, Canada

Publications

• Research Article   
  Estimating the inland fisheries catches of Africa, 1950-2019
  Author(s): Mica Smith and Daniel Pauly*
  
  Sustainable fisheries, both marine and inland, are critical in supporting the livelihood and health of many people, including Africans. However, without the reporting of fisheries catch data, it is difficult to evaluate positive or negative trends and thus assess the performance and status of these fisheries and manage them effectively. Peer-reviewed, published literature has broadly established that the national fisheries catch data submitted to (and subsequently published by) the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) by its member countries can be underreported, similarly to the catches of marine fisheries, which have been globally underreported by about 50% since the year 1950. Focused on the fisheries of Africa, this presents a new approach for quantifying likely underreporting in data-sparse settings, which illustrates that African inland fisheries catches.. View More»
  

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