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Other Fish in the Sea, But For How Long?

World Fish Catch and Aquaculture Production, 1950-2001
Year
Wild Fish Catch
Aquaculture Production
Million Tons
1950
19.2
1.5
1951
21.5
1.7
1952
22.9
1.7
1953
23.7
1.8
1954
25.2
1.9
1955
26.4
2.1
1956
27.8
2.1
1957
28.6
2.3
1958
30.2
2.5
1959
33.4
2.8
1960
36.4
3.0
1961
39.5
3.2
1962
42.9
3.3
1963
44.2
3.4
1964
48.5
3.6
1969
57.4
3.7
1970
58.2
3.6
1971
62.4
3.8
1972
58.4
3.8
1973
59.0
3.9
1974
62.6
4.0
1975
62.4
4.1
1976
64.6
4.8
1977
63.4
4.8
1978
65.3
4.8
1979
66.1
5.0
1980
67.0
5.2
1981
69.4
5.4
1982
71.1
5.6
1983
71.6
5.9
1984
77.6
6.9
1985
79.1
7.7
1986
84.6
8.8
1987
85.0
10.1
1988
88.6
11.2
1989
89.3
11.7
1990
85.9
13.1
1991
85.1
13.7
1992
86.2
15.4
1993
86.6
17.8
1994
91.6
20.8
1995
91.9
24.5
1996
93.5
26.7
1997
93.6
28.7
1998
86.9
30.8
1999
93.2
33.3
2000
95.4
35.6
2001
92.4
37.9
Source: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Yearbook of Fishery Statistics: Capture Production and Aquaculture Production (Rome: various years).

 



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