UN: Aquatic Farming Production Is More Than Fishing

UN: Aquatic¹ Farming Production Is More Than Fishing

The number of aquatic animals harvested worldwide by farming is now higher than the amount fished from the wild, the United Nations found.

Farmed aquatic animals include fish, shrimp², clams³, and others.

The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently released a report on fisheries and aquaculture, or farming in water. The State of the World’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Report noted⁴ that, for the first time ever, more aquatic animals came from farming.

In 2022, the report said more than 167 million metric tons of aquatic animals were caught and harvested. It found the amount captured in the wild dropped to 82.5 million metric tons as farm production rose to 85.6 million.

Asia was the source of more than 90 percent of all aquaculture production of aquatic animals, the FAO added.

Some 90 percent of aquatic animals that are farmed or fished are for humans to eat. The rest are for other uses like feed for other animals or fish oils.

Experts say it is not surprising that the number of farmed fish is now higher. The amount caught from waters has not increased much over the last 30 years — largely because of limits in nature.

Manuel Barange leads FAO's fisheries and aquaculture division. He said aquaculture has gained from a growing recognition of the nutritional⁵ benefits found in aquatic animals. Food taken from aquatic animals also creates a smaller environmental impact than food taken from land animals.

The most common fish that are captured in the world's oceans, seas, rivers, lakes and ponds include Peruvian anchovies⁶, skipjack tuna and Alaskan pollock. Freshwater carp, oysters⁷, clams, shrimp, tilapia and prawns⁸ are among the most harvested animal life.

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aquatic — adj. living or found in or near water

benefit — n. a good or helpful result or effect

1 aquatic   

adj.水生的，水栖的

参考例句：

• Aquatic sports include swimming and rowing.水上运动包括游泳和划船。
• We visited an aquatic city in Italy.我们在意大利访问过一个水上城市。

2 shrimp   

n.虾，小虾；矮小的人

参考例句：

• When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.一旦养虾场建起来，将会截断这条河流。
• When it comes to seafood,I like shrimp the best.说到海鲜，我最喜欢虾。

3 clams   

n.蛤；蚌，蛤( clam的名词复数 )v.（在沙滩上）挖蛤( clam的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The restaurant's specialities are fried clams. 这个餐厅的特色菜是炸蚌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We dug clams in the flats et low tide. 退潮时我们在浅滩挖蛤蜊。 来自辞典例句

4 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

5 nutritional   

adj.营养的，滋养的

参考例句：

• A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
• The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。

6 anchovies   

n. 鯷鱼，凤尾鱼

参考例句：

• a pizza topped with cheese and anchovies 奶酪鳀鱼比萨饼
• Pesto, mozzarella, parma ham, sun dried tomatoes, egg, anchovies. 核桃香蒜，马苏里拉，巴马火腿，干番茄，鸡蛋，咸鱼。

7 oysters   

牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
• She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。

8 prawns   

n.对虾，明虾( prawn的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Mine was a picture of four translucent prawns, with two small fish swimming above them. 给我画的是四只虾，半透明的，上画有两条小鱼。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
• Shall we get some shrimp and prawns? 我们要不要买些小虾和对虾？ 来自无师自通 校园英语会话