Medidas de Gestao das Pescarias Marinhas e Aquicultura 2019 The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018 | Page 87

THE STATE OF WORLD FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE 2018
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APPARENT FISH CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA, AVERAGE 2013–2015
AVERAGE PER CAPITA FISH SUPPLY
(IN LIVE WEIGHT EQUIVALENT)
< 5 kg/year
5−10 kg/year
10−20 kg/year
20−30 kg/year
30−50 kg/year
> 50 kg/year
No data
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of structural changes in the sector and in
particular the growing role of Asian countries in
fish production, as well as a significant gap
between the economic growth rates of the world’s
more mature fish markets and those of many
increasingly important emerging markets around
the world, particularly in Asia. Although
consumers in many advanced economies have a
wide choice of value-added fish products and are
not deterred by price increases, their per capita
consumption levels have been approaching their
saturation point in terms of quantit y. Growth of
per capita fish consumption has slowed in the
past few years in the European Union and the
United States of America and over the past two
decades in Japan (albeit from a high level), while
per capita consumption of poultr y and pig meat
has increased.
than those in developed countries. In 2015, fish
accounted for about 26 percent of animal protein
intake in least developed countries (LDCs), 19
percent in other developing countries and about
16 percent in LIFDCs. This share had been
increasing but has stagnated in recent years
because of the growing consumption of other
animal proteins. In developed countries, the
share of fish in animal protein intake, after
consistent growth from 12.1 percent in 1961 to a
peak of 13.9 percent in 1989, decreased to 11.4
percent in 2015, while consumption of other
animal proteins continued to increase.
Europe, Japan and the United States of America
together accounted for 47 percent of the world’s
total food fish consumption in 1961 but only
about 20 percent in 2015. Of the global total of
149 million tonnes in 2015 (Table 18), Asia
consumed more than two-thirds (106 million
tonnes at 24.0 kg per capita). Oceania and Africa
consumed the lowest share. The shift is the result
The growth in fish consumption in Asian
countries, particularly in eastern (minus Japan)
and southeastern Asia has been driven by a
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