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CSIRO Salmon cages. Australia's aquaculture industry has an annual value of more than $600 million and is expanding at the rate of 20% per year. Aquaculture in Australia is the country's fastest-growing primary industry, accounting for 34% of the total gross value of production of seafood.
National Agricultural Statistics Review (NASR) ABS and ABARES NASR was established in 2013 with the objective to consider all aspects of the national agricultural statistical information system and assess its ability to inform decision-making.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) is an Australian government department that was created on 1 July 2022, as part of the previous Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. [1] [2]
Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest in 2022. ... Australia: 165,059 125,231 ... Fisheries and Aquaculture 2005 statistics;
Seafood in Australia comes from local and international commercial fisheries, aquaculture and recreational anglers. [1] It is an economically important sector, and along with agriculture and forestry contributed $24,744 million to Australia's GDP in year 2007–2008, out of a total GDP of $1,084,146 million.
It represented Australia's national interests in agriculture, water and the environment. On 1 July 2022, the agriculture and water component became the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), while the environment component became the new Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water .
The highest value fish in South Australia's seafood sector, and its major export earner, is the Southern bluefin tuna. Market competition for South Australian tuna comes from fish farms in the Mediterranean. [1] The primary market for Southern bluefin tuna is Japan and smaller markets exist in South Korea and China.
For its land-size, Australia has a low diversity of native freshwater fish with only 281 described species. [1] This is largely because Australia is a very dry continent with sporadic rainfall and large areas of desert. There is a higher diversity of salt water fish. The most common freshwater fish are: Murray cod; Australian bass; Other ...