Compilation of Food Balance Sheets for Fish and Fishery Products: current system and future improvements by Gabriella Laurenti Statistics and Information Service (FIPS) Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Economics Division Compilation of Food Balance Sheets for Fish and Fishery Products: current system and future improvements by Gabriella Laurenti Statistics and Information Service (FIPS) Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Economics Division

FIPS – Data and statistics FIPS Capture Aqua- culture FleetFishers Disposition production Production commodities Trade commodities SUA’s FBS Analysis Statistical Activities

Structure of Fishery SUA’s  Fishery SUA’s are the result of the aggregation of 3 different databases which have already been consolidated, finalized and disseminated  aggregation of individual species and products (about 1700 for production and 900 items for trade)  currently conveying into 8 main groups of similar biological characteristic, each one containing up to 11 processing/product types

Integration of different datasets Capture Production: 1700 species Aquaculture Production: 460 species Commodities: Commodities: 900 items 900 items FI/FAOSTAT Production: FI/FAOSTAT Production: 8 main groups FI/FAOSTAT Trade: FI/FAOSTAT Trade: up to 100 items FAOSTAT SUA’S/FBS FAOSTAT SUA’S/FBS SUA’S/FBS SUA’S/FBS Population Disposition

Items – main groups of species  Freshwater and Diadromous  Demersal  Pelagic  Marine fish nei  Crustaceans  Molluscs  Cephalopods  Other aquatic animals

Product types according to utilization  fresh, whole  frozen, whole  fresh fillets  frozen fillets  cured  canned  prepared  meals  body oils  liver oils  meals from offals

Data sources Capture/Aquaculture:  FAO Production questionnaires  National publications  Reports from Regional Organizations Commodities:  Electronic data provided by ESS  Questionnaires  National publications Classifications used:  FAO ISSCAAP for production  FAO ISSCFC for trade

FAO/FIPS statistical questionnaires for reporting fishery data

Historical outline  Until Dec fully integrated in old FAOSTAT system  FAOSTAT2 did not satisfy FI requirements:  difficulty in handling consolidated series  severe limitations and constraints over its practical application for fishery SUA’s and FBS  partial coverage (from 1990 only)  Need to create an independent system Operational in July 2007

Substantial differences with ESS SUA’s  highly aggregated from consolidated db = no data source/history  more simplified structure without automatic trees or shares  frequent historical data revisions, due to changes in species identification and product classification

FIPS FBS System: main features  Updating and maintenance of SUA’s  Production of FBS  Preparation of different formats of output incl. those compatible with external systems (e.g. FAOSTAT feeding)  Integration within FIPS internal workflow (link with FIPS databases, sharing reference tables)  Important role of consistency checking tool between the various parts composing fishery statistics

Snapshot of the executable

Data standardization  Balancing of each primary and processed item  Calculation into live-weight equivalent, by using technical conversion factors

Food fish supply Total fishery production (Capture+Aquaculture) + Imports and direct landings of foreign vessels - Exports and direct landings abroad - Reduction of meal and oil - Other non-food uses - Wastage + or - Stock variations

Main problems - possible causes of errors and bias  Reliability of basic data  Subsistence fisheries and unrecorded production  Landings abroad  Foreign landings in domestic ports  Vessels using flags of convenience  Info on species composition  Technical conversion factors  Losses  Utilization  Processed commodities  Stocks

Dissemination of Fishery FBS  formerly as a Fisheries Circular  currently included in FAO Yearbook of Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics  online through FAOSTAT  tables in the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture – consumption and utilization

Future enhancements  After HS classification change, which had a successful impact over item attribution, other modifications are in the pipeline:  split of “Freshwater and Diadromous Fish” into two separate groups  split of “Pelagic Fish” into “Large Pelagic” and “Small Pelagic”  introduction of accounts for aquatic plants  revision of nutritive factors

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