As per the information aquaculture is overtaking traditional fishing in global production, but a scientist with FAO predicted that growth would slow as space for the food farms dwindled and concerns grew about their effects on the environment. The products from farmed fish production facility are greater in demand. Traditional fishing production is more of expensive and time consuming factor.
Aquaculture, on the other hand, is a cheap source of having all fish products at any time of the year. Aquaculture provides good job round the year as well as continued products. A scientist with FAO predicted that growth would slow as space for the food farms dwindled and concerns grew about their effects on the environment. Fish farming is the fastest growing area of animal food production, having increased at a 6.6 percent annual rate from 1970 to 2008, the agency said in the report. Over that period, the global per-capita supply of farm-raised fish soared to 17.2 pounds from 1.5 pounds.
The facts and figure shows that in volume, aquaculture now makes up 46 percent of the world’s supply of consumed fish, and the sector appears to have overtaken wild fisheries in commercial value, reaching $98.4 billion in 2008, compared with $93.9 billion for fish caught in the wild.
