Coastal Aquaculture and Mariculture (2+1)

Unit 1 - Shore based aquaculture and mariculture

1.1.5. Global aquaculture production - by species groups

• Carps grown in freshwater dominated aquaculture production in 2008, while mariculture and coastal aquaculture production comes from oysters, clams, shrimps, mussels, scallops, pecten , miscellaneous mollusks and salmons.

• Carps contributed 20.4 million tonnes or 71.1 percent of the food fish production from aquaculture in 2008.

• Oysters formed the main component of production of mollucs contributing to 31.8 percent. Other molluscs produced are clams (26.4%) mussels (12.4 %), and scallops (10.7%).

• The production of high value abalones (molluscs) for luxury market grew from 2 800 tonnes in 2000 to 40 800 tonnes in 2008.

• 2.4 million tonnes of crustaceans were produced in brackish waters while, 1.9 million tonnes were produced in freshwater and 0.7 million tonnes in marine waters.

• Production of Atlantic salmon (1.5 million tonnes) dominated the production of diadromous fish, while 0.68 million tonnes of milkfish 0.58 million tonnes of rainbow trout and 0.26 million tonnes of eels were produced.