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AQUACULTURE

CAPTURE

9.7Used

3.2Exported

Farmed0.6 MMT

Captured 6.2

Imported6.1

North (^) Ame
rica
Seychelles
St. Helena
Sao Tome and Principe
Congo
The Gambia
Gabon
Ghana
Mauritius
Sierra Leone
Côte d'IvoireEgypt
Morocco
Angola
Senegal
Comoros
Benin
Cameroon
Libya
Equatorial Guinea
Namibia
Mozambique
Zambia
Malawi
Tunisia
Uganda
Togo
Chad
Guinea
Cabo Verde
Nigeria
Rwanda
Burkina Faso
Mauritania
Central African Republic
Tanzania, United Rep. of
Mali
South Africa
Madagascar
Congo Dem. Rep.
Liberia
AlgeriaEswatini
Djibouti
Zimbabwe
Kenya
Réunion
South Sudan
BurundiBotswana
Somalia
LesothoNiger
Guinea-Bissau
Sudan
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Iceland
Faroe Islands
Portugal
Norway
Spain
Malta
Denmark
Lithuania
Finland
France
Italy
Sweden
Luxembourg
Latvia
Ireland
Netherlands
Russian Federation
Poland
Belgium
U.K.
Croatia
Greece
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
Montenegro
Estonia
Slovenia
Moldova, Republic of
Ukraine
Belarus
Czechia
Slovakia
Albania
Bulgaria
Romania
Serbia
North MacedoniaHungary
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Northern Mariana Is.
Kiribati
Tokelau
Palau
Cook Islands
Nauru
Wallis and Futuna Is.
Tuvalu
French Polynesia
Micronesia, Fed.States of
Samoa
Marshall Islands
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
Niue
Fiji
Tonga
New Zealand
New Caledonia
Australia
Papua New Guinea
American Samoa
Guam
Greenland
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Antigua and Barbuda
Anguilla
Barbados
Bermuda
Falkland Is.(Malvinas)
Turks and Caicos Is.
Montserrat
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Curaçao
Dominica
British Virgin Islands
Peru
Jamaica
Guyana
Trinidad and Tobago
Bahamas
Saint Vincent/Grenadines
Costa Rica
Canada
U.S.
Panama
Cayman Islands
Suriname
Mexico
Bonaire/S.Eustatius/Saba
Chile
Guadeloupe
Belize
Martinique
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
Saint Barthélemy
Uruguay
Brazil
French Guiana
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Colombia
Argentina
Haiti
Sint Maarten
Nicaragua
CubaParaguay
Guatemala
US Virgin Islands
Honduras
Bolivia (Plurinat.State)
Saint-Martin
Puerto Rico
Aruba
Grenada
Laos
Bhutan
Armenia
Nepal
Azerbaijan
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Palestine
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Afghanistan
Mongolia
Cambodia
Malaysia
Republic of Korea
Hong Kong SARMyanmar
Macao SAR
Singapore
Brunei Darussalam
Viet Nam
Thailand
Sri Lanka
China
Bangladesh
Philippines
Taiwan
Cyprus
United Arab Emirates
Israel
Qatar
Bahrain
Kuwait
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)
Saudi Arabia
Korea, Dem. People's Rep
Georgia
Timor-Leste
Lebanon
Jordan
TurkeyYemen
IraqPakistan
Syrian Arab Republic
Maldives
Indonesia
India
Japan
CAPTURE
Freshwater fish
Grass carp 5.7
Silver carp 4.8
Nile tilapia 4.6
Cupped oysters 5.3
Japanese carpet shell 4.0
Constricted tagelus 0.9
Whiteleg shrimp 5.4
Red swamp crawfish 2.2
Chinese mitten crab 0.8
Atlantic salmon 2.6
Milkfish 1.5
Rainbow trout 0.9
Gilthead seabream 0.3
Large yellow croaker 0.2
Skipjack tuna 3.4
Anchoveta 4.3
Silver cyprinid 0.3
Nile tilapia 0.3
Nile perch 0.3
Jumbo flying squid 0.9
Yesso scallop 0.4
American sea scallop 0.3
Antarctic krill 0.4
Hilsa shad 0.6
Pink salmon 0.5
Chum salmon 0.3
Saltwater/freshwater fish
Crustaceans
Saltwater fish
Mollusks
Freshwater fish
Saltwater/freshwater fish
Crustaceans
Mollusks
Saltwater fish
Alaska pollock 3.5
Gazami crab 0.5
Akiami paste shrimp 0.4
European seabass 0.3
MMT
AQUACULTURE
HOW MUCH A
COUNTRY EATS
Country has coastlines
Country is landlocked
0 5 15
Country Name
30 g
Daily Consumption
of Seafood Protein
Grams per person (2017)
WHAT WE EAT AND USE
Daily Seafood Consumption
Grams of protein eaten per person
Millions of metric tons
Seafood Supply
152.9
19.9
Nonfood
Food
Seafood Production
Methods (2017)
Subregional
Distribution
Total Supply
per Region
Asia
Asia
Europe
Europe
Americas
Africa
Oceania
Americas
Africa
Oceania
Australia and
New Zealand
Central Asia
Eastern Asia
Eastern Europe
Latin America
and Caribbean
Melanesia
Micronesia
Northern Africa
North America
Northern Europe
Polynesia
Southeast Asia
Southern Asia
Southern Europe
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Asia
Western Europe
48.4 million live metric tons (MMT)
8.2 MMT
Nonfood
AFRICA
EUROPE
AMERICAS
ASIA
108.7 MMT
Food
14.8
Imports Exports
Bar height shows amount of
wild-caught seafood in region
Bar height shows amount
of farmed seafood in region
69.2 MMT
Bar height
shows
amount
of seafood
used
Food
7.3
Nonfood
16
Food
3.2
Nonfood
12.4
Food
0.8
Nonfood
OCEANIA
1
Food
0.3
Nonfood
21
21
5.6
People in highly populous
countries such as the U.S. and
India eat relatively little seafood—
though these nations are part
of regions that produce a fair
amount—when compared with
tiny countries such as Kiribati
and other nations in Oceania.
Seafood reliance becomes
apparent when production
is divided by population size.
Seafood species differ in popularity, depending
on whether they are farmed or wild-caught.
Top Three Species, by Group (2017)

• Production methods—and cross-
  region connection details—are not
  available for imports and exports.