Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Modern World

Global marine fish catch (including estimated unreported catch and discards) is exceeding 100 million metric tons. In addition the freshwater fisheries and aquaculture contributed the fish supply statistics some 35 million metric tons, but this value could be grossly underestimated and inland water contribution, therefore, significantly higher. When marine fish production has largely remained stagnant, inland fisheries and aquaculture have sustained annual growth of about 2 % worldwide, and the potential for further increases is high in many freshwater systems.