Capture fisheries and aquaculture supplied the world with about 142 million tonnes
of fish in 2008. Of
this, 115 million tonnes was used as human food, providing an estimated apparent per
capita supply of about 17 kg (live weight equivalent), which is an all-time high.
Aquaculture accounted for 46 percent of total food fish supply, a slightly
lower proportion than reported in The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2008
owing to a major downward revision of aquaculture and capture fishery production
statistics by China, but representing a continuing increase from 43 percent
in 2006.[1]
↑The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2010, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 2010, ISSN 1020-5489, ISBN978-92-5-106675-1