The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.

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


Value:		≈ 99.5 %
HuID:		89910
Relevant Year(s):		2018
Summary:		Salmon catches in the entire North Atlantic fell by more than 80 % between 1970 and the end of the 20th century. Wild Atlantic salmon have been extirpated from much of their original range. They have disappeared in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Most populations native to the United States have been eradicated. On the other hand, Atlantic salmon is among the top ten most farmed species of fish, and cultured mass per year continues to grow rapidly.
Method:		The percentage is obtained by dividing cultured mass of Atlantic salmon by total harvested mass. Both quantities are given by the FAO. Information on capture and culture production is collected annually from relevant national offices concerned with fishery statistics, by means of a system of standardized forms, which list for each country the relative species items and fishing areas breakdown. In the case of some "aquatic products", data are also obtained from trade associations or other specialized international organizations to which data are also submitted.
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