World Fisheries

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World Fisheries
By Leonard Lovshin Department of Fisheries and
Allied Aquacultures Auburn University, Alabama
April, 2008
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World Fishery Harvest in 2005
Aquaculture
Capture fishery
48.1 MMT of fish and shellfish
93.3 MMT of fish and shellfish
Total finfish and shellfish 141.4 million
metric tons ( MMT )
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Wild capture harvest has remained stable while
aquaculture harvest of finfish and shellfish has
increased 181 in 10 years
Harvest of finfish and shellfish from the wild
and from aquaculture, 1993 - 2004
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World Fishery Harvest in 2005
Capture fishery 93.3 MMT
Human consumption 75
Animal feeds 25
70.0 MMT
23.3 MMT
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World Fishery Harvest in 2005
Fish and shellfish available for human
consumption
41 of fish and shellfish consumed by humans is
from aquaculture
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World Fishery Harvest in 2004
Ten top capture fishing countries in 2004, MMT

• China 16,900,000
• Peru 9,600,000
• 3. USA 5,000,000
• 4. Chile 4,900,000
• 5. Indonesia 4,800,000
• 6. Japan 4,400,000
• 7. India 3,600,000
• 8. Russian Fed 2,900,000
• 9. Thailand 2,800,000
• 10. Norway 2,500,000

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Favorite U.S. Seafoods in 2006, lb/person
1. Shrimp 4.4 6. Catfish 0.97 2. Canned
tuna 2.9 7. Crab - 0.66 3. Salmon 2.0 8.
Cod 0.50 4. Pollock - 1.6 9. Clams -
0.44 5. Tilapia 1.0 10. Scallops - 0.30
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World per capita consumption of seafood in 2006
16.4 kg/yr
U.S. per capita consumption of seafood in 2006
7.5 kg/yr
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World Fishery Trade in 2005
World export value U. S. 78.4 billion 82 of
exports are to developed countries 1. Japan
imports 22 of the world total value 2. U. S.
imports 16 of the world total value Seafood
trade represents a 20.4 billion dollar profit to
developing countries Important seafoods
traded by value 1. Shrimp 16.5
2. Groundfish 10.2 3. Tuna 8.7
4. Salmon 8.5
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U. S. Balance of edible seafood trade in 2007
U. S. edible seafood exports in 2007 value
4.0 billion dollars
U. S. edible seafood imports in 2007 value
13.7 billion dollars
U. S. trade deficit in edible seafood 9.7
billion dollars
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Aquaculture
World Food Fish Aquaculture, by country in 2004
( MMT )
10. Chile


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What is Aquaculture ?
Young fish
Fish harvest from a cage
Fish feed pellets
Harvesting fish from a pond
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Aquaculture began in China
Fish ponds in China
Carp harvest in 2004 was 13,853,031 MT
70 of world aquaculture harvest
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Atlantic Salmon
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World Harvest of Farmed Atlantic Salmon in 2005
is 1,235,992 MT Leading world producers of
farmed salmon are 1. Norway 588,444 MT 2.
Chile 442,610 MT 3. United Kingdom 123,000
MT 4. Canada 98,369 MT
the leading U. S. producer at 8,515 MT
World salmon capture from the oceans in 2005 was
1,031,141 MT
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Marine Shrimp
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World harvest of farmed marine shrimp in 2005 was
2,675,336 MT
China 935,944 MT Thailand 390,000 MT Vietnam
275,569 MT Indonesia 238,567 MT India
133,020 MT
Marine shrimp capture from oceans in 2005 was
3,416,533 MT
44 of marine shrimp consumed was farmed
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Tilapia
Red Tilapia
Nile Tilapia
Outdoors in Ecuador and Indonesia
Indoors in the U. S.
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Over 2,025,580 MT of farmed tilapia were harvest
world-wide in 2005. China 43 of world
harvest U. S. tilapia Production 2005 13,803
MT
135,000 metric tons of whole and filleted
tilapia was imported into the U. S. in 2005
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Rainbow trout
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World Production of Rainbow Trout in 2005
486,928 metric tons Leading Producers in
2005 1. Chile 126,265 MT 2. Norway
63,000 MT 3. France 35,283 MT 4. Italy
30,227 MT
United States in 2005 27,124 MT
73 of U. S. harvest from Idaho
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Oysters
Rafts used to suspend oysters in baskets
Oyster bed on estuary floor
Harvesting a rope of oysters
Raking oysters from bed
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World yield of whole oysters was about 4,497,085
MT in 2005
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Pearl Oyster
Inserting a nucleus
Removing a pearl
Japan is the leading producer of pearls
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Marine Algae
World farmed harvest in 2004 16,225,410 MT
Algae farm
China harvested 71 of total
Sushi with black algae wrapper
Cultivated kelp
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Channel Catfish
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Channel catfish harvest
225,566 MT processed in 2007
Mississippi accounts for 65 of farmed catfish
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Red Swamp Crawfish
Crawfish ponds
Harvesting traps
Rice fields
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2004 U. S. farmed harvest 36,657 MT 90 of
crawfish harvest in the U. S. is from
Grading crawfish
Transport to market alive
Louisiana
Boiled crawfish
Removing tail meat
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Bait Minnows
Golden Shiner
Fathead minnow
Arkansas
Nearly 1,600 bait minnow farms are in operation
in the United States. The largest bait farm in
the U.S. has about 2,500 acres of water and
produces about 3 million pounds per year.
6,329,000 kg with a value of 57 million dollars
was produced in the U.S. in 2004
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Ornamental fishes
goldfish
800 varieties of freshwater fishes worth 43.2
million were harvested in Florida in 1999
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