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Annual cultured grass carp mass

Flora & FaunaAgriculture

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

Value:

This is equivalent to...

≈ 5.70 Mt / yr
HuID: 80400
Relevant Year(s): 2018
Summary: Grass carp is the most farmed fish species, accounting for more than 10 % of total finfish cultured mass in 2018. Grass carp culture began in the areas along the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers in the southern part of China. The culture of grass carp remained relatively small in scale due to the dependence on the natural supply of seed. Success in induced breeding technology significantly promoted its culture. China is by far the major producer, accounting for 95.7 % of the total cultured mass in 2002.
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)
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Original Data License: CC-BY-NC-SA IGO 3.0 (FAO Modified)
Added By: ilopezgo