GLOBAL – World aquaculture production is expected to grow by another 5 per cent during 2015, according to the latest biennial food outlook report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.
In 2014, overall fish production is estimated to have grown by only 1 per cent to 164.3 million tonnes, boosted by a 5 per cent expansion of aquaculture to 74.3 million tonnes, which compensated for a 2 per cent contraction in wild fish output to 90.0 million tonnes.
2014 was the first year in which human consumption of aquaculture products exceeded that of products from wild fisheries..
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