@inproceedings{fdi:010095785,
  title = {{FAO} partnerships and virtual research environments to support global monitoring of state of fishery stocks [r{\'e}sum{\'e}]},
  author = {{T}aconet, {M}. and {S}harma, {R}. and {G}entile, {A}. and {N}ieblas, {A}.{E}. and {V}iparthi, {K}. and {E}llenbroek, {A}. and {V}an {N}iekerk, {B}. and {B}londel, {E}. and {L}aurent, {Y}. and {M}uñoz, {A}. and {C}hassot, {E}. and {F}iorellato, {F}. and {B}arde, {J}ulien and {M}arketakis, {Y}. and {S}pear, {B}. and {S}egurado, {S}. and {M}elnychuk, {M}. and {P}agano, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}ince 1974, {FAO} has been publishing regular analyses of the state of fishery stocks, including the summary updates presented in {FAO}'s flagship publication "{T}he {S}tate of {W}orld {F}isheries and {A}quaculture" {R}eport  ({SOFIA}). {T}he fisheries sector is now appreciably different compared to the 1970s, and {FAO} considers that the time is right for a methodological update to compute and report on the state of world fish stocks, better aligned with national {S}ustainable {D}evelopment {G}oal ({SDG}) reporting initiatives, with broader expert participation, more local knowledge and increased transparency, while maintaining the crucial integrity of the time series.{FAO}'s {S}tate of {S}tocks {I}ndex ({S}o{SI}) will now rely on a much-expanded {R}eference {L}ist of {S}tocks amounting to around 2700 stock units assessed by national or regional agencies. {T}he updated {S}o{SI} will be published as part of {SOFIA} 2026. {F}rom thereon, {FAO} faces the challenge to ensure its regular update and dissemination on a biennial basis.{T}hanks to its role of custodian agency to {SDG} indicator 14.4.1 ?{P}roportion of fish stocks within biological sustainable levels?, to its global collaborations for information sharing organized around its {R}esources and {F}isheries {M}onitoring {S}ystem ({FIRMS}), and to the i{M}arine research infrastructure enabling collaborative science, {FAO} is equipped to address this challenge.{FAO} must first respond to capacity building needs of its members for data collection, assessment and reporting on national indicator {SDG}14.4.1. {T}his is a relatively complex indicator which requires at least a time series of catch or length data, effort data where possible, biological data, and analytical capacities for stock assessment. {W}ith systems such as {C}alipseo, {FAO} helps countries deploy their national fishery statistics and management information systems. {R}egional training workshops on the use of assessment methods in data limited situations are enabled through i{M}arine {V}irtual {R}esearch {E}nvironments ({VRE}s) where trainees can run online stock assessment algorithms during group sessions. {A}lso with {VRE}s, {FAO} empowers {R}egional {F}ishery {B}odies with their regional databases for data sharing in support of assessment of shared stocks.{A}nother challenging aspect is the periodic collation of stock-by-stock status which must be performed to prepare each biennial edition. {T}his is being built upon two major dataflows, namely national reporting on {SDG} indicator 14.4.1 and reporting by {R}egional {F}ishery {B}odies on shared stocks as part of their {FIRMS} membership. {S}ome data components may however remain difficult to obtain (e.g. country based that is not covered in {SDG} reporting) and workarounds need to be developed. {I}n this process, the standard {U}niversally {U}nique {ID}entifiers published by the {G}lobal {R}ecord of {S}tocks and {F}isheries (an i{M}arine {VRE}) play a critical role for data sharing, collaborative data management, quality control, interoperability, efficiency, and finally sustainability of collation updates.{U}sing this platform, the data workflow could be traceable as it is designed following {FAIR} principles, however data access agreements for some proprietary data may keep some sources of this information confidential. {W}ith the {SOFIA} 2026 edition, these efforts will materialize through the {FAO} {FIRMS} website which will eventually disseminate the global and regional breakdown of {S}o{SI} in accordance with such agreements.},
  keywords = {},
  numero = {},
  pages = {{OOS}2025--790 [2 ]},
  booktitle = {},
  year = {2025},
  DOI = {10.5194/oos2025-790},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010095785},
}