The impact on market access and the policy space available for developing countries to manage natural resources was also raised in the discussions. It showed that total world fisheries production continued to grow in recent years, with aquaculture increasing in importance and fisheries becoming one of the most traded food products. The 2014 SOFIA also underscored challenges stemming from illegal unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, which led to an increase in the number of species being overfished. Several delegations expressed concerns about over exploitation and the pace of fish stock depletion, and some raised the issue of fisheries subsidies.