Environment and aquaculture in developing countries

aquaculture produces almost half (49%) of
the total. China is the lending inland
aquaculture producer, followed by India
and Indonesia.
The sheer volume of aquaculture
production precludes finer analyses,
therefore it is more appropriate to compare
inland aquaculture production by land
area (Table 5). Countries and territories
withlimitedland area andhigh population
densities (Hong Kong, Taiwan and
Bangladesh) are outstanding in this respect

(55.8, 41.1 and 11.6 kg.1,000 ha-l,

respectively), demonstrating the

competitiveness of inland aquaculture in

the use of scarce land resources.

Another indicator shown in Table 5 is

the volume of inland aquaculture

production per renewable freshwater

resources in selected countries ofAsia and

the Pacific (unfortunately, data on

renewable freshwater resources of some

countries are not available). High values

of China, Thailand and India (1,502, 841

Table 4. lnland and coavlal aquaculture production in Asia and the Pacific in 1990.

(Source: FA0 1992a).

Total Inland Coastal Share of

production production production coastal

Countrylrcgion (t) (t) (t) aq. (%I

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei Darussalam

Cambodia

China

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Iran

Korea, D.P.R.

Korea, Rep. of

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Nepal

Pacific Islands

Pakistan

Philippinee

Singapore

S1-i Lanka

Taiwan

Thailand

Vietnam

Developing muntties 11,540,410 6,181,872 6,358,538 46.4

Australia 12,686 2,049 10,637 83.9

Japan 1,367,058 97,792 1,270,778. 93.0-

New Zealand 34,660 0 34,660 100.0

Developed countries 1,414,404 98,329 1,316,076 93.1

Regional total 12,954,814 6,280,201 6,674,613 61.5

Share (46) 100.0 48.5 51.5