Fisheries and aquaculture support the livelihoods of 10 to 12 per cent of the world’s population. Since 1990 employment in the sector has grown at a faster rate than the world’s population and in 2012 provided jobs for some 60 million people. Of these, 84 per cent were employed in Asia, followed by Africa with about 10 per cent.
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With the world’s population expected to reach 8.2 billion people by 2030, and with 842 million people estimated as having been undernourished in the period 2011–13, food supply will present a growing challenge in the next two decades. With increases in income along with demographic changes related to family size, population ageing and urbanization, and consumer trends such as concerns for healthy eating and sustainable production, there will be great shifts in demand and major changes in the composition of demand. This will in turn have an impact on food supply, which will need to both increase and become more efficient if it is to grow within the constraints presented by the availability of natural resources and existing technology.
The latest United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Economic analysis of supply and demand for food up to 2030 – Special focus on fish and fishery products publication (120 pages) presents projections of future food supply up to 2030, building on existing analyses but also providing more economic perspectives on the future evolution of food production. It thus looks at the main drivers of future demand and supply, with a particular focus on fisheries and aquaculture production. The analysis is supplemented with a number of new scenarios on fish production in the period until 2022.
World fish production has experienced tremendous growth, increasing from 20 million tonnes in 1950 to 156.2 million tonnes in 2012, of which 97 percent was used for direct human consumption. Per capita fish consumption increased from 9.9 kg in 1960 to 19.1 kg in 2012. The increase in production is mainly attributed to aquaculture, which has maintained high growth rates since the 1980s. By 2012,aquaculture production had increased to 66.5 million tonnes, or about 43 percent of total fish supply.Productivity growth and technological progress have been important factors underlying production growth in aquaculture. According to OECD–FAO (2013) projections, this trend is likely to continue, with world fish production reaching 181 million tonnes by 2022 – the main driver of this growth being growth in aquaculture production. Meanwhile, production in capture fisheries has levelled off since mid-1980s at about 85–95 million tonnes per annum, the main reason for this being the depletion of fishery resources.
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Annual aquaculture production for the five scenarios is illustrated in Figure 11. As can be seen,
scenarios 3–5 are identical in terms of annual production.
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With the world’s population expected to reach 8.2 billion people by 2030, and with 842 million people estimated as having been undernourished in the period 2011–13, food supply will present a growing challenge in the next two decades. With increases in income along with demographic changes related to family size, population ageing and urbanization, and consumer trends such as concerns for healthy eating and sustainable production, there will be great shifts in demand and major changes in the composition of demand. This will in turn have an impact on food supply, which will need to both increase and become more efficient if it is to grow within the constraints presented by the availability of natural resources and existing technology.
The latest United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Economic analysis of supply and demand for food up to 2030 – Special focus on fish and fishery products publication (120 pages) presents projections of future food supply up to 2030, building on existing analyses but also providing more economic perspectives on the future evolution of food production. It thus looks at the main drivers of future demand and supply, with a particular focus on fisheries and aquaculture production. The analysis is supplemented with a number of new scenarios on fish production in the period until 2022.
World fish production has experienced tremendous growth, increasing from 20 million tonnes in 1950 to 156.2 million tonnes in 2012, of which 97 percent was used for direct human consumption. Per capita fish consumption increased from 9.9 kg in 1960 to 19.1 kg in 2012. The increase in production is mainly attributed to aquaculture, which has maintained high growth rates since the 1980s. By 2012,aquaculture production had increased to 66.5 million tonnes, or about 43 percent of total fish supply.Productivity growth and technological progress have been important factors underlying production growth in aquaculture. According to OECD–FAO (2013) projections, this trend is likely to continue, with world fish production reaching 181 million tonnes by 2022 – the main driver of this growth being growth in aquaculture production. Meanwhile, production in capture fisheries has levelled off since mid-1980s at about 85–95 million tonnes per annum, the main reason for this being the depletion of fishery resources.
Annual aquaculture production for the five scenarios is illustrated in Figure 11. As can be seen,
scenarios 3–5 are identical in terms of annual production.
Read more »
