Global Aquaculture Production - FAO Fisheries Division
Original (non-English) name
Acronym
Global Aquaculture Production - NFI
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Abstract
This database contains statistics on production volume and value by species, country or area, fishing area and culture aquatic environment.
Aquaculture
is understood to mean the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Farming implies some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, protection from predators, etc. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated. For statistical purposes, aquatic organisms which are harvested by an individual of corporate body which has owned them throughout their rearing period contribute to aquaculture while aquatic organisms which are exploitable by public as a common property resource, with or without appropriate licences, are the harvest of fisheries
Aquaculture production
specifically refers to output from aquaculture activities, which are designated for final harvest for consumption. At this time, harvest for ornamental purposes is not included.
In 2008, China revised its 2006 production statistics to reduce about 13 percent based on its Second National Agriculture Census conducted in 2007. This implied the downward adjustment of global aquaculture production about 8 percent. Historical statistics of China for the period 1997-2005 were subsequently revised by FAO.