Aquaculture

ISSUES

Farmed fish fill our plates

Aquaculture is the sector of the food industry that has the highest rate of growth in the world, mainly for the two following reasons:
- The demand in fish protein keeps expanding, due to the worldwide demographic growth and food preferences turning more towards sea products. The average consumption of products of aquatic origin was 16kg (≈ 8 pounds) per person annually in 2004 (187 kg per person in the Maldives, 66 kg in Japon, 26 kg in European union and China).
- Wild fishery stocks are decreasing, since ecosystems have reached their maximum catch potential for a number of species. The sea fish landings fluctuated around 80 to 90 million tonnes per year since the mid eighties.
Contribution to “food safety”
Aquaculture offers a diet rich in high quality proteins, essential fatty acids, together with vitamins and minerals. Approximately 56% of the world’s population obtains at least 20% of its supply in an...

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DEBATES

Antibiotic Residues in Aquaculture products : the Issue

FAO

Background As in other animal production sectors, antibiotics are used in aquaculture during both production and processing,...

Salmon FarmingThe readily available and artificially...

How long can we keep fishing to feed fish?

Feed for farmed fish consists of up to 80 per cent fishmeal...

FOCUS

-*L'expansion de l'aquaculture

Since the 1970s, the practice of aquaculture has been the focus of a worldwide surge of interest and has been growing at an annual rate of more than 7%. Today, the sector produces almost 50 million tons of fish, shellfish, and crustaceans annually, making up a third of...

VIDEOS

12/11/2009	Au Pérou, l'industrie du saumon basé à Chimbote contamine les alentours...	31/07/2009	Alors que les réserves de poissons s’épuisent dans le monde, Greenpeace...
23/02/2009	La biologiste Alexandra Morton est en lutte contre les stations...

GREEN TIPS

Sustainable aquiculture

In 2003, the French Institute of Research for Development (l’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement...

INDICATORS

Undernourishment

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