The Human Impacts Database

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Annual cultured Atlantic salmon mass

This quantity comes from a time series measurement and the most recent value (2018) is reported.


Value:		≈ 2.43 × 10⁹ kg / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... ≈ 2.43 Mt / yr
HuID:		58323
Relevant Year(s):		2018
Summary:		Atlantic salmon is among the top ten most farmed species of fish. Atlantic salmon culture accounted for ≈ 4.5% of total finfish aquaculture in 2018. Rapid increases in production have led to falling prices, which in turn have put increasing pressures on producers to limit costs. Significant future expansion of the industry may rely on the development of offshore sites, since most of the available suitable inshore sites are already in use, and because of increasing antagonism towards, and regulation over, further expansion in sheltered areas.
Method:		The volume and value data in Global aquaculture production are primarily official statistics obtained by FAO's Statistics and Information Service (FIPS) directly from nations. Data reported by countries may have been supplemented by verifiable information from other sources, including academic reviews, consultants reports and other specialist literature. Because errors can occur in data reporting, data are checked when they are received by FAO for both consistency and for outlying values. Collection Method: Customized national questionnaire on aquaculture production (FISHSTAT AQ and FISHSTAT NS AQ) sent annually by FAO/FIPS. Processing Method: When value data (based on farm gate prices) have not been supplied by countries (i.e. China), standardized indicative figures have been used. When national offices fail to report their annual aquaculture statistics, FAO, in the absence of other verifiable information, repeats or estimates the data previously reported by the country.
Source:		FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Fisheries Commodities Production and Trade 1976-2018. (2020)
Dataset:		Total animal seafood mass by species (FAO_FishStatJ_total_mass_species.csv) global resolution
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Original Data License:		CC-BY-NC-SA IGO 3.0 (FAO Modified)
Added By:		ilopezgo