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Annual cultured Nile tilapia mass

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


Value:		≈ 4.53 × 10⁹ kg / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... ≈ 4.53 Mt / yr
HuID:		83907
Relevant Year(s):		2018
Summary:		Nile tilapia is the third most farmed fish species in the world, after the grass and silver carps. Cultured Nile tilapia accounted for ≈ 8.3 % of all cultured finfish mass in 2018. The culture of Nile tilapia can be traced to ancient Egypt over 4000 years ago. Research on nutrition and culture systems, along with market development and processing advances, led to rapid expansion of the industry since the mid 1980s. Several species of tilapia are cultured commercially, but Nile tilapia is the predominant cultured species worldwide.
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