Review of the State of World Aquaculture Table 1.2.1. Fishery food balance sheet (live weight equivalent) and contribution to animal protein supply in 1993

Table 1.2.1. Fishery food balance sheet (live weight equivalent) and contribution to animal protein supply in 1993^1/

Region

Population (x 1,000)

Food fish supply (total landings, mt)

Per caput supply^2/ (total food fish, kg)

Per caput supply^3/ (aquaculture, kg)

Per caput supply (aquaculture, % total)

Fish/animal protein (%)

Africa
America,North
America,South
Europe
Former USSR
Oceania
Asia
China
LIFDCs

World

688,785

443,134

309,134

503,494

292,024

27,561

3,280,094

1,175,537

3,405,306

5,544,224

4,804,940

7,984,144

2,756,233

9,086,083

3,276,398

552,786

45,559,390

16,854,300

32,826,170

74,020,380

7.0

18.0

8.9

18.1

11.2

20.1

13.9

14.3

9.6

13.4

0.10

1.28

0.78

2.39

0.73

2.59

4.29

7.55

3.49

2.96

1.5

7.1

8.7

13.3

6.5

12.9

30.9

52.6

36.2

22.2

17.4

7.5

7.4

9.0

9.3

8.6

25.7

21.5

20.6

15.6

^1/ Adapted from Laureti (1996)
^2/ Total food fish production - non-food-uses+imports-exports
^3/ Data for aquaculture stocks and trade are not separately available. Food fish supply from aquaculture is therefore simply production divided by population.