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Global aquaculure production and wild fish used for animal feed

Some wild fish catch is processed into fishmeal and oils for animal feed – this is used for land-based livestock and fish farms (aquaculture).
Efficiency improvements in aquaculture, and changes in the diets of farmed fish means production has increased rapidly, without increasing inputs from wild fish.

19502015196019701980199020002010Aquaculture (fish farm) productionWild fish used as fishmeal and oil (animal feed)

Source: FishStat via Pauly, Zeller, and Palomares from Sea Around Us Concepts, Design and Data., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (via World Bank)