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World Aquacultural and Beef Production, 1950–1998     
  Aquacultural Production Beef Production 
Year  Total
(million tons)
Per Capita
(kilograms)
Total
(million tons)
Per Capita
(kilograms)
World Population
(billion)
1950 1.5 0.6 19.34 7.57 2.556
1951 1.7 0.6 19.80 7.64 2.594
1952 1.7 0.7 20.49 7.77 2.636
1953 1.8 0.7 22.40 8.35 2.681
1954 1.9 0.7 23.42 8.58 2.729
1955 2.1 0.7 24.26 8.73 2.780
1956 2.1 0.8 25.76 9.09 2.833
1957 2.3 0.8 26.07 9.03 2.889
1958 2.5 0.8 26.14 8.87 2.945
1959 2.8 0.9 26.37 8.80 2.997
1960 3.0 1.0 25.60 8.42 3.039
1961 3.2 1.0 27.68 8.99 3.080
1962 3.3 1.0 29.20 9.31 3.136
1963 3.4 1.1 30.86 9.63 3.205
1964 3.6 1.1 31.28 9.55 3.276
1965 3.7 1.1 31.86 9.52 3.345
1966 3.9 1.1 33.55 9.82 3.416
1967 4.0 1.2 35.27 10.12 3.485
1968 3.9 1.1 36.97 10.39 3.557
1969 3.7 1.0 37.93 10.44 3.631
1970 3.6 1.0 38.35 10.35 3.707
1971 3.8 1.0 38.04 10.05 3.784
1972 3.8 1.0 38.53 9.98 3.861
1973 3.9 1.0 38.84 9.87 3.937
1974 4.0 1.0 41.84 10.43 4.013
1975 4.1 1.0 43.72 10.70 4.086
1976 4.8 1.1 46.05 11.07 4.158
1977 4.8 1.1 46.38 10.96 4.231
1978 4.8 1.1 46.88 10.90 4.303
1979 5.0 1.1 45.73 10.45 4.378
1980 5.2 1.2 45.49 10.21 4.454
1981 5.4 1.2 45.86 10.12 4.530
1982 5.6 1.2 45.81 9.94 4.610
1983 5.9 1.3 47.10 10.04 4.690
1984 6.7 1.4 48.41 10.15 4.770
1985 7.7 1.6 49.20 10.14 4.851
1986 8.8 1.8 50.92 10.32 4.933
1987 10.1 2.0 51.00 10.16 5.018
1988 11.7 2.3 51.40 10.07 5.105
1989 12.3 2.4 51.71 9.96 5.190
1990 13.1 2.5 53.37 10.11 5.277
1991 13.7 2.6 53.82 10.04 5.359
1992 15.4 2.8 52.94 9.73 5.442
1993 17.8 3.2 52.38 9.48 5.523
1994 20.8 3.7 53.10 9.48 5.603
1995 24.4 4.3 53.97 9.50 5.682
1996 26.8 4.7 54.60 9.48 5.761
1997 28.8 4.9 55.14 9.44 5.840
1998 30.7 5.2 55.26 9.34 5.919
1999     55.42 9.24 5.996
2000         6.158

Source: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Yearbook of Fishery Statistics: Capture Production (various years); FAO, Aquaculture Production (various years); FAO, Fisheries Web site.      

 



 


 

World Fish Catch, Aquaculture, and Total Harvest 1950–98    
Year  
Total Catch
(million tons)
Aquacultural Production
(million tons)
Total Harvest
(million tons)
1950
19.2
1.5
20.7
1951
21.5
1.7
23.1
1952
22.9
1.7
24.6
1953
23.7
1.8
25.5
1954
25.2
1.9
27.2
1955
26.4
2.1
28.4
1956
27.8
2.1
29.9
1957
28.6
2.3
30.9
1958
30.2
2.5
32.7
1959
33.4
2.8
36.2
1960
36.4
3.0
39.4
1961
39.5
3.2
42.7
1962
42.9
3.3
46.2
1963
44.2
3.4
47.6
1964
48.5
3.6
52.0
1965
49.0
3.7
52.7
1966
52.6
3.9
56.5
1967
55.6
4.0
59.6
1968
56.5
3.9
60.4
1969
57.4
3.7
61.1
1970
58.2
3.6
61.8
1971
62.4
3.8
66.2
1972
58.4
3.8
62.2
1973
59.0
3.9
62.8
1974
62.6
4.0
66.6
1975
62.4
4.1
66.5
1976
64.6
4.8
69.4
1977
63.4
4.8
68.2
1978
65.3
4.8
70.1
1979
66.1
5.0
71.1
1980
67.0
5.2
72.1
1981
69.4
5.4
74.8
1982
71.1
5.6
76.7
1983
71.6
5.9
77.5
1984
77.6
6.7
84.3
1985
79.1
7.7
86.8
1986
84.6
8.8
93.4
1987
85.0
10.1
95.1
1988
88.6
11.7
100.3
1989
89.3
12.3
101.6
1990
85.9
13.1
99.0
1991
84.0
13.7
97.7
1992
85.0
15.4
100.4
1993
86.0
17.8
103.8
1994
91.0
20.8
111.8
1995
92.0
24.4
116.4
1996
93.0
26.8
119.8
1997
93.0
28.8
121.8
1998
86.0
30.7
116.7


Source: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Yearbook of Fishery Statistics: Capture Production and Aquaculture Production (various years); FAO World Crop and Livestock Statistics and Production Yearbooks (various years); FAO, Fisheries website.
   

 


 

World Aquacultural Production
by Principal Producers in 1998  
Country 
1998 Production
(thousand tons)
Value
(U.S. $thousands)
China
20795 21716
India
2030 2223
Japan
767 3062
Indonesia
697 2138
Bangladesh
584 1494
Thailand
570 1807
Viet Nam
522 1349
United States
445 781
Norway
409 1134
Korea Rep
327 544
Spain
314 282
Philippines
312 598
Chile
293 971
France
274 614
Italy
247 470
Other
2279 7900
WORLD TOTAL
30863 47081


Source: UN FAO, Yearbook of Fisheries Statistics: Aquaculture Production (Rome: 2000).
  

 


 

World Aquaculture Production by Species in 1998  
Species  1998 Production
(thousand tons)
Value
(US thousand $)
FINFISH    
Silver carp 3308 3086
Grass carp 2894 2655
Common carp 2465 2828
Bighead carp 1584 1449
Crucian carp 1036 834
Yesso scallop 856 1180
Nile tilapia 794 893
Rohu 755 1945
Atlantic salmon 688 2203
Catla 629 554
Mrigal 561 475
SHELLFISH*    
Pacific cupped oyster 3439 3269
Japanese carpet shell 1427 1860
Blue mussel 500 259
CRUSTACEANS    
Giant tiger prawn 578 3859
     
ALL SPECIES NOT LISTED ABOVE 9350 19732
WORLD TOTAL 30863 47081

*Weight includes shell  

Source: UN FAO, Yearbook of Fisheries Statistics: Aquaculture Production (Rome: 2000).
  

 


 

 

 

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