Aquaculture overtakes wild fisheries for first time

Aquaculture overtakes wild fisheries for first time – UN report

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 09, 2024 12:18 am

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica — Aquaculture is playing an increasingly important role in meeting the world's food needs, surpassing wild fisheries in aquatic animal production for the first time, according to a report published on Friday.

With global demand for aquatic foods expected to keep growing, an increase in sustainable production is vital to ensure healthy diets, the United Nations's Food and Agriculture Organization said.

A fisherman prepares to fish shrimps with a net at a shrimp farm and restaurant in Isla Venado, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, on June 22, 2022. Aquaculture production exceeded fisheries production for the first time in 2022, accounting for 51% of the world total, according to a report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) published on June 7, 2024 in Costa Rica at a conference on ocean conservation. Ezequiel BECERRA / AFP

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