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World capture fisheries and aquaculture production by species group, from FAO's Statistical Yearbook 2021 [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.
Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest in 2022. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Capture includes fish , crustaceans , molluscs , etc. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Fish farming. A fish farm on the coast of Euboea island, in South Euboean Gulf, Greece. Fish farming or pisciculture involves commercial breeding of fish, most often for food, in fish tanks or artificial enclosures such as fish ponds. It is a particular type of aquaculture, which is the controlled cultivation and harvesting of aquatic animals ...
A new report from the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO, has found that more fish were farmed worldwide in 2022 than harvested from the wild, an apparent first. Last week ...
Over the years, fish farming has made a name for itself in the fishing industry as a means of ensuring that the world's fish supplies do not deplete so rapidly. Sometimes referred to as "aquaculture", fish farming, when done right, can be one a very environmentally-friendly way to harvest fish. Fish farms are regulated by laws and management ...
World capture fisheries and aquaculture production by species group, from FAO's Statistical Yearbook 2021 [1] This is a list of aquatic animals that are harvested commercially in the greatest amounts, listed in order of tonnage per year (2012) by the Food and Agriculture Organization. Species listed here have an annual tonnage in excess of ...
FAO Major Fishing Areas. The defined areas are: [2] Area 18: the Arctic Ocean. Area 21: the Northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean. Area 27: the Northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean. Area 31: the Western part of the Atlantic Ocean. Area 34: the Eastern Central part of the Atlantic Ocean. Area 37: the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
Fishing industry in Russia. Russia has a coastline of 37,653 km (23,396 mi). [1] The coastline of the Russian Federation is the fourth longest in the world after the coastlines of Canada, Greenland, and Indonesia. The Russian fishing industry has an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 7.6 million km 2 including access to twelve seas in three ...