Dear All,

Here is the key facts of world fisheries and aquaculture status 2018 by FAO.

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Global aquaculture production in 2016 was 110.2 million tonnes with the total farm-gate value estimated at USD 243.5 billion.

The total production included 80.0 million tonnes of food fish, 30.1 million tonnes of aquatic algae and 37 900 tonnes of ornamental shells and pearls.

The contribution of aquaculture to the global fish production has reached 46.8 percent in 2016, up from 25.7 percent in 2000.

In 2016, there were 37 countries, homes to close to half of the human population in the world, producing more fish from aquaculture than wild capture.

Of the 80 million tonnes of farmed food fish production in 2016, inland aquaculture contributed 64.2 percent (51.4 million tonnes), while marine and coastal aquaculture counted for 35.8 percent (28.7 million tonnes).

Inland aquaculture is dominated by finfish species (92.5 percent, 47.5 million tonnes), followed distantly by crustacean (5.9 percent, 3.0 million tonnes).

Marine and coastal aquaculture relied heavily on molluscs farming (58.8 percent, 16.9 million tonnes), with finfish (6.6 million tonnes) and crustaceans (4.8 million tonnes) counting for 22.9 percent and 16.8 percent, respectively.

Information: X. Zhou (FAO)

Please see the full report in the attachment. Many thanks.