date:May 20, 2014
ide, worth almost $130 billion in 2012 a figure which likely will continue to increase.
An important trend sees developing countries boosting their share in the fishery trade 54 per cent of total fishery exports by value in 2012 and more than 60 per cent by quantity (live weight).
This means fisheries and fish farming are playing an increasingly critical role for many local economies. Some 90 per cent of fishers are small scale and it is estimated that, overall, 15 per cent are women. In sec