World capture fisheries and aquaculture production by species group, from
FAO 's Statistical Yearbook 2020
[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 ]
World capture production 2007 in thousands of tonnes [4]
Inland fisheries
Marine fisheries
Totals
Freshwater fish
8,695
23
8,718
Diadromous fish
341
1,444
1,785
Marine fishes
82
65,627
65,709
Crustaceans
474
5,367
5,840
Mollusks
383
7,182
7,564
Other
61
388
449
Totals
10,035
80,029
90,064
Capture production by species [ edit ]
The following table shows the capture production by groups of species (fish, crustaceans , molluscs , etc.) in tonnes.
Capture production by groups of species in tonnes
Type
Group
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
freshwater fish
Carps , barbels and other cyprinids
616,828
574 405
569 934
616 985
624 333
594 392
648 160
freshwater fish
Tilapias and other cichlids
636,758
680 004
678 157
662 276
689 661
754 395
753 372
freshwater fish
Miscellaneous freshwater fishes
5,592,329
5 634 005
5 733 341
5 400 530
6 234 448
6 277 565
6 797 864
finfish
Sturgeons , paddlefishes
2,851
2 603
2 313
1 908
1 628
1 450
1 333
freshwater fish
River eels
11,939
16 138
12 374
11 444
10 516
10 746
10 463
finfish
Salmons , trouts , smelts
913,327
805 154
891 042
809 873
966 097
880 261
1 031 141
migratory fish
Shads
788,770
860 346
665 284
589 692
524 800
569 160
605 548
finfish
Miscellaneous migratory fishes
75,921
83 328
75 650
79 538
79 465
68 077
65 817
demersal fish
Flounders , halibuts , soles
956,926
1 009 253
948 427
915 177
917 326
862 162
900 012
finfish
Cods , hakes , haddocks
9,431,141
8 695 910
9 304 922
8 474 044
9 385 328
9 398 780
8 964 873
finfish
Miscellaneous coastal fishes
6,119,412
6 112 189
6 310 904
6 315 752
6 789 732
7 002 006
6 640 784
demersal fish
Miscellaneous demersal fishes
2,955,849
3 033 384
3 008 283
3 062 222
3 059 707
3 163 050
2 986 081
pelagic fish
Herrings , sardines , anchovies
22,671,427
24 919 239
20 640 734
22 289 332
18 840 389
23 047 541
22 404 769
pelagic fish
Tunas , bonitos , billfishes
5,943,593
5 816 647
5 782 841
6 138 999
6 197 087
6 160 868
6 243 122
pelagic fish
Miscellaneous pelagic fishes
10,712,994
10 654 041
12 332 170
11 772 320
11 525 390
11 181 871
11 179 641
sharks etc.
Sharks , rays , chimaeras
858,007
870 455
845 854
845 820
880 785
819 012
771 105
other fish
Marine fishes not identified
10,721,534
10 736 398
10 599 122
10 513 550
9 714 669
9 747 625
9 565 512
crustacean
Freshwater crustaceans
494,111
563 641
626 407
816 405
366 117
353 446
391 526
crustacean
Crabs , sea spiders
1,061,042
1 101 880
1 093 256
1 122 414
1 334 001
1 332 932
1 323 616
crustacean
Lobsters , spiny rock lobsters
229,179
227 950
222 138
225 646
225 793
233 825
231 233
crustacean
King crabs , squat lobsters
77,644
67 932
46 382
41 853
43 993
36 457
52 064
crustacean
Shrimps , prawns
3,028,171
3 089 755
2 957 730
2 969 311
3 545 309
3 542 438
3 416 533
crustacean
Krill , planktonic crustaceans
101,957
114 425
104 216
125 989
117 981
118 164
127 034
crustacean
Miscellaneous marine crustaceans
1,293,164
1 372 858
1 427 312
1 359 158
449 711
486 249
470 568
mollusc
Freshwater molluscs
552,452
595 286
628 205
631 444
435 668
427 843
415 105
mollusc
Abalones , winkles , conchs
121,414
120 190
131 429
112 798
121 844
133 240
120 400
mollusc
Oysters
158,196
249 675
198 132
185 122
196 424
150 088
166 145
mollusc
Mussels
207,470
261 635
240 718
224 741
186 062
188 359
143 182
mollusc
Scallops , pectens
609,418
665 569
702 382
750 445
804 349
790 887
711 342
mollusc
Clams , cockles , ark shells
841,658
798 069
822 520
799 336
899 362
835 150
705 649
mollusc
Squids , cuttlefishes , octopuses
3,602,711
3 679 332
3 348 493
3 261 615
3 612 308
3 807 189
3 892 145
mollusc
Miscellaneous marine molluscs
1,562,141
1 509 752
1 505 608
1 486 114
936 169
988 220
1 049 731
other
Frogs and other amphibians
1,807
2 328
2 486
2 463
2 917
2 836
2 845
other
Turtles
1,243
1 010
818
1 444
1 498
408
422
other
Sea squirts and other tunicates
3,905
3 858
2 427
2 320
2 951
2 496
2 735
other
Horseshoe crabs and other arthropods
2,397
1 696
1 299
1 387
1 190
519
732
echinoderm
Sea urchins and other echinoderms
121,567
122 480
107 460
123 955
107 109
115 831
100 063
other
Miscellaneous aquatic invertebrates
542,659
556 787
475 045
454 572
521 855
278 097
360 679
World total
93 623 912
95 609 607
93 045 815
93 197 994
90 353 972
94 363 635
93 253 346
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
Commercially important finfish fisheries
Import and export values of fish products for different regions
See also [ edit ]
^ World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2020 . Rome: FAO. 2020. ISBN 978-92-5-133394-5 .
^ FAO: Fisheries and Aquaculture
^ A Mood and P Brooke (July 2010). Estimating the Number of Fish Caught in Global Fishing Each Year . FishCount.org.uk.
^ FAO : Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc. - World capture production 2007
^ FAO (2005) Part 4.
^ Based on the statistics available to the FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Unit in 2000
^ Based on latest statistics of the FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Unit
^ a b c FAO (2002) The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2002. Rome.
^ FAO (2004) Future prospects for fish and fishery products: medium-term projections to the years 2010 and 2015. FAO Fisheries Circular FIDI/972-1. Rome
^ Delgado, C; Wada, N; Rosegrant, M; Meijer, S and Ahmed, M (2003) Fish to 2020: supply and demand in changing global markets. International Food Policy research Institute. Washington, DC.
References [ edit ]