date:May 20, 2014
a faster rate than the worlds population and in 2012 provided jobs for some 60 million people engaged in capture fisheries and aquaculture. Of these, 84 per cent were employed in Asia, followed by Africa with about 10 per cent.
Capture fisheries stable, aquaculture boom continues
Global marine capture fishery production was stable at about 80 million tonnes in 2012, the new report indicates.
Currently, under 30 per cent of the wild fish stocks regularly monitored by FAO are overfished a rev