World Fisheries By Leonard Lovshin Department of Fisheries

World Fisheries By Leonard Lovshin Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures Auburn University, Alabama April, 2006

World Fishery Harvest in 2003 Capture fishery 90. 2 MMT of fish and shellfish Aquaculture 40. 3 MMT of fish and shellfish Total finfish and shellfish = 132. 5 million metric tons ( MMT )

Wild capture harvest has remained stable while aquaculture harvest of finfish and shellfish has increased 286% in 10 years Harvest of finfish and shellfish from the wild and from aquaculture, 1992 - 2002 Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 Wild Capture, MMT 86. 6 91. 7 92. 0 93. 5 93. 9 87. 3 93. 2 94. 8 93. 2 90. 2 Aquaculture, MMT 17. 9 20. 8 24. 6 26. 8 28. 6 30. 9 33. 3 35. 6 39. 2 40. 3

World Fishery Harvest in 2003 Capture fishery = 90. 2 MMT Human consumption = 84 % 75. 6 MMT Animal feeds = 16 % 14. 4 MMT

World Fishery Harvest in 2003 Fish and shellfish available for human consumption Fish and shellfish from capture = 75. 6 MMT Fish and shellfish from aquaculture = 40. 3 MMT Total fish and shellfish = 115. 9 MMT 35% of fish and shellfish consumed by humans is from aquaculture

World Fishery Harvest in 2003 Ten top capture fishing countries in 2003, MMT 1. China 16, 756, 000 2. Peru 6, 090, 000 3. USA 4, 939, 000 4. Indonesia 4, 675, 000 5. Japan 4, 596, 000 6. India 3, 689, 000 7. Chile 3, 622, 000 8. Russian Fed 3, 281, 000 9. Thailand 2, 817, 000 10. Norway 2, 550, 000

Favorite U. S. Seafoods in 2004, lb/person 1. Shrimp – 4. 2 6. Tilapia - 0. 7 2. Canned tuna – 3. 3 7. Crab - 0. 63 3. Salmon – 2. 2 8. Cod – 0. 60 4. Pollock - 1. 3 9. Clams - 0. 47 5. Catfish - 1. 1 10. Flatfish - 0. 33

World per capita consumption of seafood in 2003 = U. S. per capita consumption of seafood in 2003 = 16. 2 kg/yr 7. 4 kg/yr

World Fishery Trade in 2002 World export value = $U. S. 58. 2 billion 82% of imports are to developed countries: 1. Japan imports 22% of the world total value 2. U. S. imports 16% of the world total value Seafood trade represents a $28. 5 billion dollar profit to developing countries Important seafoods traded by value: 1. Shrimp – 18% 2. Groundfish – 10% 3. Tuna – 9% 4. Salmon – 8%

U. S. Balance of edible seafood trade in 2004 U. S. edible seafood exports in 2004: value = 3. 7 billion dollars U. S. edible seafood imports in 2004: value = 11. 3 billion dollars U. S. trade deficit in edible seafood = 7. 6 billion dollars

Aquaculture World Fish, Shellfish and Seaweed Culture, by country in 2003 ( MMT ) 1. China 3. 2. India Philippines 4. Japan 27, 767 2, 191 1, 327 1, 449 6. 5. 7. Indonesia Viet Nam Bangladesh 1, 229 968 857 8. Korea 9. Thailand 10. Chile 840 773 633

What is Aquaculture ? Young fish Fish harvest from a cage Fish feed pellets Harvesting fish from a pond

Aquaculture began in China Fish ponds in China Silver carp Bighead carp Common carp 71 % of world aquaculture harvest Carp harvest in 2004 was 13, 853, 031 MT Grass carp

Atlantic Salmon

World Harvest of Farmed Salmon in 2004 is: 1, 367, 122 MT Leading world producers of farmed salmon are: 1. Norway – 565, 902 MT 2. Chile – 442, 610 MT 3. United Kingdom – 158, 099 MT 4. Canada – 96, 774 MT World salmon capture from the oceans in 2004 was 804, 014 MT the leading U. S. producer at 10, 589 MT

Marine Shrimp

World harvest of farmed marine shrimp in 2004 was 2, 476, 023 MT China – 935, 944 MT Thailand – 390, 000 MT Vietnam – 275, 569 MT Indonesia – 238, 567 MT India – 133, 020 MT Marine shrimp capture from oceans in 2004 was 3, 603, 000 41% of marine shrimp consumed was farmed MT

Tilapia Red Tilapia Nile Tilapia Outdoors in Ecuador and Indonesia Indoors in the U. S.

Over 4, 298, 768 MT of farmed tilapia were harvest world-wide in 2004. China = 43% of world harvest U. S. tilapia Production 2004: 13, 803 MT 295, 000 MT equivalent of whole tilapia imported into the U. S. in 2005

Rainbow trout

World Production of Rainbow Trout in 2004: 504, 876 metric tons Leading Producers in 2004: 1. Chile – 126, 265 MT 2. Norway – 63, 000 MT 3. France – 35, 283 MT 4. Italy – 30, 227 MT United States in 2004 – 24, 937 MT 68% of U. S. harvest from Idaho

Oysters Rafts used to suspend oysters in baskets Oyster bed on ocean floor Harvesting a rope of oysters Raking oysters from bed

World yield of whole oysters was about 4, 603, 717 MT in 2004 United States 149, 765 MT France 115, 250 MT China 3, 750, 910 MT Korea 239, 270 MT Japan 234, 151 MT

Pearl Oyster Inserting a nucleus Removing a pearl Japan is the leading producer of pearls

Marine Algae World farmed harvest in 2004 – 16, 225, 410 MT Algae farm China harvested 71% of total Sushi with black algae wrapper Cultivated kelp

Channel Catfish

Channel catfish harvest 277, 300 MT processed in 2005 Mississippi accounts for 65 % of farmed catfish

Red Swamp Crawfish ponds Harvesting traps Rice fields

2004 U. S. farmed harvest 36, 657 MT Transport to market alive Grading crawfish 90% of crawfish harvest in the U. S. is from: Louisiana Boiled crawfish Removing tail meat

Bait Minnows Golden Shiner Fathead minnow Arkansas Nearly 1, 600 bait minnow farms are in operation in the United States. The largest bait farm in the U. S. has about 2, 500 acres 6, 329, 000 kg with a value of 57 million of water and produces about 3 million pounds per year. dollars was produced in the U. S. in 2003

Ornamental fishes goldfish Florida 800 varieties of freshwater fishes worth $43. 2 million were harvested in Florida in 1999 Tampa

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