Medidas de Gestao das Pescarias Marinhas e Aquicultura 2019 The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018 | Page 86

PART 1 WORLD REVIEW
FIGURE 29
CONTRIBUTION OF FISH TO ANIMAL PROTEIN SUPPLY, AVERAGE 2013–2015
FISH PROTEINS PER CAPITA PER DAY
< 2 g
FISH PROTEINS PER CAPITA PER DAY
2−4 DAY
g
FISH PROTEINS PER CAPITA PER
2 g
FISH PROTEINS PER CAPITA PER < DAY
< 2 g
4−6 g 2−4 g
< 2 g 2−4 g 6−10 g 4−6 g
FISH PROTEINS PER CAPITA PER 2−4
DAY g 4−6 g > 10 g 6−10 g
< 2 g 4−6 g 6−10 g
2−4 g 6−10 g > 10 g
> 20% contribution of > fish
10 to
g animal protein supply
No data
> 20% contribution of fish to animal protein supply
20% contribution
fish determined.
to animal protein No supply
4−6 boundary
g
10 Sudan
g
NOTE: Final
between > the
and South > Sudan
has not yet of been
data
6−10 g
> 20% contribution of fish
animal protein supply
No to data
> 10 g
No data
essential
in the diet
of some densely populated
countries
where
the
total protein
protein
> 20% contribution
of fish
to animal
supply intake is low,
and are particularly important in the diets of
data
small No island
developing States (SIDS) (see Box 10,
“Fish in the food systems of Pacific island
countries” in Part 2, page 115). For these
populations, fish often represents an affordable
source of animal protein that may not only be
cheaper than other animal protein sources, but
preferred and part of local and traditional
recipes. In 2015, fish accounted for about 17
percent of animal protein, and 7 percent of all
proteins, consumed by the global population.
Moreover, fish provided about 3.2 billion people
with almost 20 percent of their average per capita
intake of animal protein (Figure 29). In Bangladesh,
Cambodia, the Gambia, Ghana, Indonesia, Sierra
Leone, Sri Lanka and some SIDS, fish contributed
50 percent or more of total animal protein intake.
regions because of the inf luence of cultural,
economic and geographic factors. Across
countries, annual per capita fish consumption
varies from less than 1 kg to more than 100 kg
(Figure 30). Within countries, consumption is
usually higher in coastal marine and inland water
areas. Annual per capita fish consumption has
grown steadily in developing regions (from 6.0 kg
in 1961 to 19.3 kg in 2015) and in low-income
food-deficit countries (LIFDCs) (from 3.4 to
7.7 kg during the same period) but is still
considerably higher in developed countries 9
(24.9 kg in 2015), although the gap is narrowing.
Despite their relatively low levels of fish
consumption, people in developing countries
have a higher share of fish protein in their diets
9  Compared with previous editions of The State of World Fisheries
and Aquaculture, the amount quoted for developing and developed
countries differs slightly following changes in their composition (UN,
2018a).
Average per capita fish consumption varies
significantly across and within countries and
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