date:May 19, 2015
In 2014, overall fish production is estimated to have grown by only 1 per cent to 164.3 million tonnes, boosted by a 5 per cent expansion of aquaculture to 74.3 million tonnes, which compensated for a 2 per cent contraction in wild fish output to 90.0 million tonnes.
2014 was the first year in which human consumption of aquaculture products exceeded that of products from wild fisheries.
Supply in 2015 is likely to see a small rebound in wild catches from the 2014 El Nio-related shortfall, to 90.