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World capture fisheries and aquaculture production by species group [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 160,000 tonnes.
FAO (2010) State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2010 Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Rome. ISBN 978-92-5-106675-1; FAO Yearbook (2008) Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics 2006 Rome. ISBN 978-92-5-006067-5; FAO: Summary tables of Fishery Statistics Rome. Retirved 28 November 2009. FAO: Fishery resources Rome.
The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Capture includes fish , crustaceans , molluscs , etc. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] World capture fisheries and aquaculture production, from FAO's Statistical Yearbook 2021 [ 4 ]
Aquaculture involves cultivating freshwater, brackish water, and saltwater populations under controlled or semi-natural conditions and can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is the harvesting of wild fish. [2] Aquaculture is also a practice used for restoring and rehabilitating marine and freshwater ecosystems.
The FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department is defined through its vision and mission statements: Vision: A world in which responsible and sustainable use of fisheries and aquaculture resources makes an appreciable contribution to human well-being, food security and poverty alleviation.
Fishermen sorting velvet crab at Fionnphort, Scotland Boat fishing for crabs in the Bering Sea. Crab boats moored in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The FAO groups fishery catches using the ISSCAAP classification (International Standard Statistical Classification of Aquatic Animals and Plants). [2]
Animals described in 2023 (12 C, 10 P) B. Bacteria described in 2023 (5 P) F. Fungi described in 2023 (1 C, 6 P) P. ... This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, ...
Graph showing the decline in the global capture production (in tonnes) of the common octopus over recent years (source FAO [14]). The aquaculture potential of several octopuses species has been investigated in recent years, including Octopus maya (red octopus), [15] Octopus bimaculoides (California two-spot octopus), [16] Octopus ocellatus (now re-named Amphioctopus fangsiao) [17], Octopus ...