Medidas de Gestao das Pescarias Marinhas e Aquicultura 2019 The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018 | Page 39

THE STATE OF WORLD FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE 2018
» the most diverse subsector, relied on 27
for 84.2 percent of the total production
(Table 7). Compared with finfish, fewer
species of crustaceans, molluscs and other
animals are farmed.
species and species groups over 90 percent
of the total production in 2016, while the
20 most produced species items accounted
TABLE 7
MAJOR SPECIES PRODUCED IN WORLD AQUACULTURE
Species item
2010
2012 2014 2016 % of total, 2016
Finfish
Grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idellus 4 362 5 018 5 539 6 068 11
Silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix 4 100 4 193 4 968 5 301 10
Common carp, Cyprinus carpio 3 421 3 753 4 161 4 557 8
Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus 2 537 3 260 3 677 4 200 8
Bighead carp, Hypophthalmichthys nobilis 2 587 2 901 3 255 3 527 7
Carassius spp. 2 216 2 451 2 769 3 006 6
Catla, Catla catla 2 977 2 761 2 770 2 961 6
Freshwater fishes nei, Osteichthyes 1 378 1 942 2 063 2 362 4
Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar 1 437 2 074 2 348 2 248 4
Roho labeo, Labeo rohita 1 133 1 566 1 670 1 843 3
Pangas catfishes nei, Pangasius spp. 1 307 1 575 1 616 1 741 3
Milkfish, Chanos chanos 809 943 1 041 1 188 2
Tilapias nei, Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp. 628 876 1 163 1 177 2
Torpedo-shaped catfishes nei, Clarias spp. 353 554 809 979 2
Marine fishes nei, Osteichthyes 477 585 684 844 2
Wuchang bream, Megalobrama
amblycephala 652 706 783 826 2
Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss 752 883 796 814 2
Cyprinids nei, Cyprinidae 719 620 724 670 1
Black carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus 424 495 557 632 1
Snakehead, Channa argus
377 481 511 518 1
5 849 6 815 7 774 8 629 16
38 494 44 453 49 679 54 091 100
2 688 3 238 3 697 4 156 53
Red swamp crawfish, Procambarus clarkii 616 598 721 920 12
Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis 593 714 797 812 10
Giant tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon 565 672 705 701 9
Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium
nipponense 226 237 258 273 4
Giant river prawn, Macrobrachium
rosenbergii 198 211 216 234 3
Other crustaceans 700 606 654 767 10
Crustaceans total 5 586 6 277 7 047 7 862 100
Other finfishes
Finfish total
Crustaceans
Whiteleg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei
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