FAO FishstatJ Data

Introduction

FAO Fishtatj is software used by the Food and Agriculture Organization to handle their fisheries and aquaculture data. Data from Fishtatj is separated into four different workspaces, which must each be downloaded separately: Global Production, Global Commodities, Regional, and Food Balance. The Global Production and Global Commodities workspaces are used for the data discussed in this article. Once downloaded, the data in each of these workspaces may be manipulated and converted to an excel file using the Fishtatj software. FAO Fishtatj and workspaces can be downloaded here and additional help can be found using the Fishtatj manual or FAO help videos. The following series are IFs data collected using Fishstatj:

Variable	Definition	Workspace
AgFishAquaProdAqAnimalsFSJ	Total Aquatic Animals Aquaculture Production (tonnes) from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishAquaProdAqPlantsFSJ	Total Aquatic Plants Aquaculture Production (tonnes) from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishAquaProdCephalopodsFSJ	Total Cephalopods Aquaculture Production (tonnes) from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishAquaProdCrustaceansFSJ	Total Crustaceans Aquaculture Production (tonnes) from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishAquaProdDemersalFSJ	Total  Demersal Aquaculture Production (tonnes) from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishAquaProdFreshwaterFSJ	Total Freshwater Aquaculture Production (tonnes) from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishAquaProdMarineFSJ	Total Marine Aquaculture Production (tonnes) from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishAquaProdMolluscsFSJ	Total Molluscs Aquaculture Production (tonnes) from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishAquaProdOthersFSJ	Total Others Aquaculture Production (tonnes) from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishAquaProdPelagicFSJ	Total Pelagic Aquaculture Production (tonnes) from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishCatchProdAqAnimalsFSJ	Total Aquatic Animals Catch Production (tonnes) from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishCatchProdAqMammalsFSJ	Total Aquatic Mammals Catch Production (tonnes) from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishCatchProdAqPlantsFSJ	Total Aquatic Plants Catch Production (tonnes) from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishCatchProdCephalopodsFSJ	Total Cephalopods Capture Production from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishCatchProdCrustaceansFSJ	Total Crustaceans Capture Production from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishCatchProdDemersalFSJ	Total Demersal Capture Production from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishCatchProdFreshwaterFSJ	Total Freshwater Capture Production from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishCatchProdMarineFSJ	Total Marine Capture Production from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishCatchProdMolluscsFSJ	Total Molluscs Capture Production from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishCatchProdOthersFSJ	Total Others Capture Production from FishstatJ	Global Production
AgFishCatchProdPelagicFSJ	Total Pelagic Capture Production (tonnes) from Fishstatj	Global Production
AgFishExportVal	Global Commodities Production and Trade Value of Fish Exports (USD)	Global Commodities
AgFishImportVal	Global Commodities Production and Trade Value of Fish Imports (USD)	Global Commodities
AgFishProdAquaInland	Fish,Production, Inland Aquaculture	Global Production
AgFishProdAquaMarine	Fish, production, Marine Aquaculture	Global Production
AgFishProdCatchInland	Fish, Production, Inland Catch	Global Production
AgFishProdCatchMarine	Fish, Production, Marine Catch	Global Production

Data Collection

After downloading Fishtatj and the Global Commodity and Global Production workspaces, open the program and load the Global Production dataset. Within this workspace, there are three tabs: Global Capture Production (Quantity), Global Aquaculture Production (Value), and Global Aquaculture Production (Quantity). Data can be further manipulated using the level of aggregation tool (blue arrow) and the filter tool - the first option under the data tab (green arrow).

Global Capture Production (Quantity) tab of the Global Production dataset

AgFishCatchProdAqAnimalsFSJ through AgFishCatchProdPelagicFSJ (see list in Introduction):

Using the aggregation tool, set the country dimension to detailed, the species to grouped, and the fishing area to aggregated. For the species division, choose "FAOSTAT group of commodities." Using the filter tool under the data tab, make sure that ALL species, countries and fishing areas have been included. All rows must be selected (ctrl/cmd + a). Data can then be saved as a .csv file by using the second option under the edit tab. This file can then be saved as a more updated excel file (.xls or .xlsx) once it is opened. The species correspond to the different data series as follows:

AgFishCatchProdAqAnimalsFSJ	Aquatic Animals NEI
AgFishCatchProdAqMammalsFSJ	Aquatic Mammals
AgFishCatchProdAqPlantsFSJ	Aquatic Plants
AgFishCatchProdCephalopodsFSJ	Cephalopods
AgFishCatchProdCrustaceansFSJ	Crustaceans
AgFishCatchProdDemersalFSJ	Demersal Marine Fish
AgFishCatchProdFreshwaterFSJ	Freshwater and Diadromous Fish
AgFishCatchProdMarineFSJ	Marine Fish NEI
AgFishCatchProdMolluscsFSJ	Molluscs excl. Cephalopods
AgFishCatchProdPelagicFSJ	Pelagic Marine Fish

AgFishProdCatchInland and AgFishProdCatchMarine:

Using the aggregation tool, set the country dimension to detailed, the species to aggregated, and the fishing area to grouped. For the fishing area division, choose "Inland/Marine areas". Using the filter tool under the data tab, make sure that ALL species, countries and fishing areas have been included. All rows must be selected (ctrl/cmd + a). Data can then be saved as a .csv file by using the second option under the edit tab. This file can then be saved as a more updated excel file (.xls or .xlsx) once it is opened. The marine areas data correspond to AgFishProdCatchMarine and the inland waters data correspond to AgFishProdCatchInland.

Global Aquaculture Production (Quantity) tab of the Global Production dataset

AgFishAquaProdAqAnimalsFSJ through AgFishAquaProdPelagicFSJ (see list in Introduction):

Using the aggregation tool, set the country dimension to detailed, the species to grouped, and the aquaculture area and environment both to aggregated. For the species division, choose "FAOSTAT group of commodities". Using the filter tool under the data tab, make sure that ALL species, countries, aquaculture areas, and environments have been included. All rows must be selected (ctrl/cmd + a). Data can then be saved as a .csv file by using the second option under the edit tab. This file can then be saved as a more updated excel file (.xls or .xlsx) once it is opened. The species correspond to the different data series as follows:

AgFishAquaProdAqAnimalsFSJ	Aquatic Animals NEI
AgFishAquaProdAqPlantsFSJ	Aquatic Plants
AgFishAquaProdCephalopodsFSJ	Cephalopods
AgFishAquaProdCrustaceansFSJ	Crustaceans
AgFishAquaProdDemersalFSJ	Demersal Marine Fish
AgFishAquaProdFreshwaterFSJ	Freshwater and Diadromous Fish
AgFishAquaProdMarineFSJ	Marine Fish NEI
AgFishAquaProdMolluscsFSJ	Molluscs excl. Cephalopods
AgFishAquaProdPelagicFSJ	Pelagic Marine Fish

AgFishProdAquaInland and AgFishProdAquaMarine:

Under the aggregation tool, set the country dimension to detailed, the species and enviroment both to aggregated, and the aquaculture area to grouped. For the aquaculture division, choose "Inland/Marine areas". Using the filter tool under the data tab, make sure that ALL species, countries, aquaculture areas, and evironments have been included. All rows must be selected (ctrl/cmd + a). Data can then be saved as a .csv file by using the second option under the edit tab. This file can then be saved as a more updated excel file (.xls or .xlsx) once it is opened. The marine areas data correspond to AgFishProdAquaMarine and the inland waters data correspond to AgFishProdAquaInland.

Global Commodities Workspace

Close the workspace. Then open the Global Commodities Workspace. The two series found in this workspace are AgFishExportVal and AgFishImportVal. Using the aggregation tool, set the country dimension to detailed, the commodity to aggregated, and the