[1] Global production of aquatic organisms in million tonnes, since 1950, as reported by the FAO ↑ Total production ↑ Wild fish capture ↑ Aquaculture harvest[1]

The global commercial production for human use of fish and other aquatic organisms occurs in two ways: they are either captured wild by commercial fishing or they are cultivated and harvested using aquacultural and farming techniques.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the world production in 2005 consisted of 93.2 million tonnes captured by commercial fishing in wild fisheries, plus 48.1 million tonnes produced by fish farms. In addition, 1.3 million tons of aquatic plants (seaweed etc.) were captured in wild fisheries and 14.8 million tons were produced by aquaculture.[2] The number of individual fish caught in the wild has been estimated at 0.97-2.7 trillion per year (not counting fish farms or marine invertebrates).[3]

Marine and inland fisheries [ edit ]

Capture production by species [ edit ]

The following table shows the capture production by groups of species (fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc.) in tonnes.

Projected production [ edit ]

The following table shows the fish production in 2004 and projections for 2010 and later simulation target years.[5] All figures, other than percentages, are in million tonnes.

2000 2004 2010 2015 2020 2020 2030 Information source FAO statistics[6] FAO statistics[7] SOFIA 2002[8] FAO study[9] SOFIA 2002[8] IFPRI study[10] SOFIA 2002[8] Marine capture 86.8 85.8 86 86 87 Inland capture 8.8 9.2 6 6 6 Total capture 95.6 95.0 93 105 93 116 93 Aquaculture 35.5 45.5 53 74 70 54 83 Total production 131.1 140.5 146 179 163 170 176 Food fish production 96.9 105.6 120 138 130 150 Percentage used for food fish 74% 75% 82% 85% 77% 85% Non-food use 34.2 34.8 26 26 40 26

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