The world’s appetite for fish and fish products shows no sign of slowing. This report demonstrates the significant and growing role of fisheries and aquaculture in providing food, nutrition and employment.
The fisheries and aquaculture sector significantly expanded in the past decades and total production, trade and consumption reached an all-time record in 2018.
However since early 1990s, most growth in production from the sector as a whole has been from aquaculture, while capture fisheries production has been relatively stable, with some growth essentially concerning inland capture
+14%
Rise in global capture fisheries production from 1990 to 2018
+527%
Rise in global aquaculture production from 1990 to 2018
+122%
Rise in total food fish consumption from 1990 to 2018
Some useful resources * seabirds get caught in the nets and hooks meant for fish https://saveseabirds.wordpress.com/portfolio/atf/
* Shark finning …
