Fish and Fishery Products

World Apparent Consumption Statistics Based on Food Balance Sheets 1961-2003 (FAO Fisheries Circular)

• Author(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
• Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
• Pages: 429
• ISBN_10: 9251058121
  ISBN_13: 9789251058121
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Industries / General , Business & Economics / Commerce , Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General , Technology & Engineering / Fisheries & Aquaculture ,

Description:... This document summarizes more than four decades of statistics of apparent consumption of fish and fishery products based on supply/utilization accounts for 223 countries, six continental aggregates, four economic groupings and world totals. Data are given for total and per capita supply in live weight on a yearly basis. Indicative nutritional values in terms of animal and total proteins are also provided. For 40 major food fish consuming countries, balances are provided for supply in quantities and nutritional factors of eight main groups of species of similar biological characteristics. A section comprising descriptive and analytical graphs supplements the data.