Ecosystem approach for the development of sustainable aquaculture in ORs and OCTs

This seminar will be held the day before the 2017 COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture (Rome, Italy, 24–27 October 2017), which agenda includes an item on Aquaculture in the Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Blue Growth Opportunities for SIDS in a changing climate. The Blue Economy has been recognized as a means to enable SIDS to benefit fully from the sustainable development of their aquatic resources as well as to meet the objectives laid down by SDG 14.71. The aim of this seminar is thus to discuss how aquaculture can contribute to appropriately addressing challenges faced by SIDS by seizing the opportunities of Blue Growth. It is part of the platform conveyed by The High Level Panel on the Work of FAO with Small Island Developing States (SIDS), held on 6 June 2015 during the 39th Session of the FAO Conference, in which views on possible approaches, options and actions to promote food security and nutrition whilst also addressing climate change and environmental threats in SIDS were presented and exchanged.