Nearly half of all fish eaten today farmed, not caught

Nearly half the fish consumed as food worldwide are raised on fish farms rather than caught in the wild, says a new report from FAO. “The State of World Aquaculture 2006” was presented recently to delegates from more than 50 countries attending the biennial meeting of the FAO Sub-Committee on Aquaculture in New Delhi. Since 1980 the fish consumed by humans that came from aquaculture has increased from 9% to 43%, the report shows. That equals 45.5 million tonnes of farmed fish,