The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020 
was prepared under the overall direction of Manuel Barange 
and an editorial board under his leadership, comprising Vera Agostini, Marcio Castro de Souza, 
Nicole Franz, Kim Friedman, Graham Mair, Julian Plummer, Marc Taconet, Raymon van Anrooy and 
Kiran Viparthi.
Main authors (all affiliated with FAO, unless otherwise stated) were:
Part 1
Capture fisheries production:
James Geehan (lead author)
Aquaculture production:
Xiaowei Zhou (lead author)
Fishers and fish farmers; Fishing fleet:
Jennifer Gee (lead author)
Status of fishery resources:
Yimin Ye (lead author), Tarûb Bahri, Pedro Barros, Simon Funge-Smith, 
Nicolas Gutierrez, Jeremy Mendoza-Hill, Hassan Moustahfid, Yukio Takeuchi, Merete Tandstad, 
Marcelo Vasconcellos 
Fish utilization and processing: 
Stefania Vannuccini (lead author), Ansen Ward, Molly Ahern, Omar Riego Penarubia, 
Pierre Ami Maudoux
Fish consumption:
Stefania Vannuccini (lead author), Felix Dent, Gabriella Laurenti
Fish trade and products:
Stefania Vannuccini (lead author), Felix Dent