This edition of the OECD Review of Fisheries provides updated statistics and information on developments in policies and activities in the fishing and aquaculture sectors of OECD countries and partner economies. It covers mainly the time period 2012-13 but reports on more recent developments as well, notably changes to the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) of the European Union, the rising importance of the concept of ocean governance, and the evolution of trade agreements and regional fisheries management organisations.

There has been a continued decline in OECD fisheries production and rebuilding stocks remains a key challenge for fisheries management Global marine capture production peaked in the 1996 and has been relatively flat or declining since that time. For OECD countries, the decline is more pronounced, with a reduction in landings of 39% since the peak in 1988. The share of OECD countries in the total world catch has decreased, from around 40% of total world catches in the late 1980s to 30% today.