Inland Fisheries

1.4.2. Fisheries resources: Trends in production and utilization

The total world fish production from both capture and culture fisheries was just 142.3 million tonnes in 2008. Of this, 115.1 mt of fish was used for food, providing a per capita supply of 17.1 kg, remaining 27.2 mt was destined for non-food uses in particular, the manufacture of fish meal and oil and direct feed for aquaculture. The following table shows the world fisheries and aquaculture production and utilization.

Table 1. World fisheries and aquaculture production and utilization

PRODUCTION	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009*
	(Million tonnes)
Inland
Capture	8.6	9.4	9.8	10.0	10.2	10.1
Aquaculture	25.2	26.8	28.7	30.7	32.9	35.0
Total inland	33.8	36.2	38.5	40.6	43.1	45.1
Marine
Capture	83.8	82.7	80.0	79.9	79.5	79.9
Aquaculture	16.7	17.5	18.6	19.2	19.7	20.1
Total marine	100.5	100.1	98.6	99.2	99.2	100.0
TOTAL CAPTURE	92.4	92.1	89.7	89.9	89.7	90.0
TOTAL AQUACULTURE	41.9	44.3	47.4	49.9	52.5	55.1
TOTAL WORLD FISHERIES	134.3	136.4	137.1	139.8	142.3	145.1
UTILIZATION
Human consumption	104.4	107.3	110.7	112.7	115.1	117.8
Non-food uses	29.8	29.1	26.3	27.1	27.2	27.3
Population (billions)	6.4	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.8	6.8
Per capita food fish supply (kg)	16.2	16.5	16.8	16.9	17.1	17.2

(Source: FAO, 2010)

*Data for 2009 are provisional estimates

Figure1. World capture fisheries and aquaculture production

(Source: FAO, 2010)