Fish and shellfish are popular foods worldwide. Nowadays, more is specially reared by aquaculture (fish farms) than by capture (using traditional fishing lines and nets).
Type of fish and Total catch in 2005(tons)
Herrings, sardines,anchovies –22,404,769
Carps, barbelts, cyprind – 20,190,081
Cod, hake, haddock – 8,973,067
Tunas, bonitos, billfish – 6,266,037
Shrimps, prawns – 6,091,869
Clams, cockles, arkshell – 4,881,556
Oysters – 4,781,545
Squid, cuttlesifh, octopus – 3,892,161
Salmon, trouts, smelts – 3,017,354
Tailpias, cichlids – 2,778,932
Top 10 total – 83,277,371
Aquaculture – 141,403,138
Capture – 93,253,346
World total caught for food – 234,656,484
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