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Share of fish stocks that are overexploited

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Share of fish stocks that are overexploited
FAO
Fish stock are subpopulations of a particular species of fish which have common parameters such as location, growth and mortality which define their population dynamics. Fish stocks are overexploited when fish catch exceeds the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) - the rate at which fish populations can regenerate.
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
March 14, 2024
Next expected update
March 2025
Date range
1974–2019
Unit
%

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As the custodian agency of 21 SDG indicators, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is responsible for curating and refining the methodologies of these indicators, collecting data from national sources, ensuring their quality and compatibility with applicable standards and classifications, and disseminating data at global level.

This FAOSTAT domain complements the global SDG database administered by the United Nations Statistical Division, as well as FAO's SDG indicators portal, by providing access to the available data for each of these indicators.

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March 14, 2024
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Share of fish stocks that are overexploited – FAO” [dataset]. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, “SDG Indicators: SDG Indicators” [original data]. Retrieved December 15, 2024 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-fish-stocks-overexploited