This is a list of aquatic animals that are
harvested commercially in the greatest amounts, listed in order of tonnage per year (2012) by the
Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...
. Species listed here have an annual tonnage in excess of 160,000 tonnes.
This table includes mainly
food fish
Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ing ...
species, but also listed are
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group can ...
s (
crabs and
shrimps),
cephalopods (
squids and
cuttlefishs),
bivalves, and a
reptile (
softshell turtle
The Trionychidae are a taxonomic family of a number of turtle genera, commonly known as softshell turtles. The family was erected by Leopold Fitzinger in 1826. Softshells include some of the world's largest freshwater turtles, though many can a ...
).
Note that ''
Oreochromis niloticus'' and ''
Penaeus monodon
''Penaeus monodon'', commonly known as the giant tiger prawn, Asian tiger shrimp, black tiger shrimp, and other names, is a marine crustacean that is widely reared for food.
Taxonomy
''Penaeus monodon'' was first described by Johan Christian ...
'' appear twice, because substantial amounts are harvested from the wild as well as being extensively raised through aquaculture.
Summary
The 70 wild species shown in this table total 41,925,250 tonnes. Other wild species total 49,410,980 for a world total of 91,336,230 tonnes of wild, captured animals.
The 31 cultivated species shown in this table total 45,252,999 tonnes. Other cultivated species total 21,380,254 tonnes for a world total of 66,633,253 tonnes of animals cultivated through
aquaculture.
Harvested aquatic animals by weight
See also
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World fish production
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Fishing industry by country
This page lists the world fisheries' production. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country.
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc.
Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest for 2018. The tonnage from capture and ...
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Seafood#Types of seafood
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List of types of seafood
References
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commercial
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