FAO 2018 World Fisheries & Aquaculture Report Highlights Record Fish Consumption
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by John Sackton – July 19, 2018
The FAO released their annual State of the World’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Report this month.
The FAO said that total fish production in 2016 reached an all time high of 171 million tons, of which 88% was for direct human consumption.
This also represented a global high in per capita consumption, of 20.3 Kg. (live weight).
“Since 1961 the annual global growth in fish consumption has been twice as high as population growth, demonstrating that the fisheries sector is crucial in meeting FAO’s goal of a world without hunger and malnutrition...
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