FAO Fisheries Department service, providing precise and unbiased information on international trade with fish and fishery products.
Products include:
(a) WWW site
(b) Databank: databank contains information which is considered useful to analyze the market situation of selected commodity groups. Data are divided in news items and statistics including news exports, imports and price series. All items are updated at a monthly basis. Online access limited to member organizations. Offline print outs available to others (charges made).
(b) Technical Information Centre (TIC): library and information service (charges made for inquiries)
(c) Print publications: series of market reports, regional publications (Infofish, Infopeche, Infopesca, Infosamak) and newsletters. Some of these can be downloaded from the WWW site (subscription required).
(d) Regional centres for Africa (INFOPECHE), Asia and the Pacific (INFOFISH), Eastern Europe (EASTFISH), Latin America (INFOPESCA), Middle East (INFOSAMAK), China (INFOYU). WWW site has contact information and regional overviews.