UNEP Year eBook 2014 Update - Marine Fish and Shellfish Farming

1. M ARINE F ISH AND S HELLFISH F ARMING | 2014 UPDATE

World animal protein production, per capita Kilogrammes per year

2011

Pork

1950

15.8

6.2

Beef

9.0

Poultry

7.6

13.6

Mutton

1.7

1.8

1.9

0.2

6.8

9.0

Farmed fish

13.4

Wild fish

Helping to feed a growing world population, aquaculture production has increased since the 1950s from 650 thousand tonnes to almost 67 million tonnes (FAO 2014) . In the same period, the total marine catch has increased from 20 million to about 80 million tonnes. Today, aquaculture provides half of all fish for human consumption, and the sector is expected to grow.

Source: Compiled by Earth Policy Institute from U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), FAOSTAT, electronic database, at faostat.fao.org, updated 16 January 2013.

Riccardo Pravettoni/GRID-Arendal- 2014