List of commercially important fish species information
Aquatic animals that are harvested commercially in the greatest amounts
World capture fisheries and aquaculture production by species group, from FAO's Statistical Yearbook 2021[1]
This is a list of aquatic animals that are harvested commercially in the greatest amounts, listed in order of tonnage per year (2012) by the Food and Agriculture Organization. Species listed here have an annual tonnage in excess of 160,000 tonnes.
This table includes mainly food fish species, but also listed are crustaceans (crabs and shrimps), cephalopods (squids and cuttlefishs), bivalves, and a reptile (softshell turtle).
Note that Oreochromis niloticus and Penaeus monodon appear twice, because substantial amounts are harvested from the wild as well as being extensively raised through aquaculture.
Organization. Specieslisted here have an annual tonnage in excess of 160,000 tonnes. This table includes mainly food fishspecies, but also listed are crustaceans...
Fish stocks are subpopulations of a particular speciesoffish, for which intrinsic parameters (growth, recruitment, mortality and fishing mortality) are...
to facilitate diadromous fishes' natural migration as well as movements of potamodromous species. Most fishways enable fish to pass around the barriers...
Usually one particular species is of interest. One importantspecies studied by fish counters are Atlantic salmon. This species is of interest owing to its...
migratory species coincide with the larger of the "large pelagic fish", discussed in the previous section, if cetaceans are added and some commercially unimportant...
loosely. About one quarter offishspecies shoal all their lives, and about one half shoal for part of their lives. Fish derive many benefits from shoaling...
Fish mortality is a parameter used in fisheries population dynamics to account for the loss offish in a fish stock through death. The mortality can be...
most important cold-water species is the "northern prawn", Pandalus borealis, which accounts for 12% of the total shrimp and prawn catch. Up to 70% of the...
and semi-pelagic species such as cod, squid, shrimp, and rockfish. Bottom fishing has operated for over a century on heavily fished grounds such as the...
Many speciesoffish are caught by humans and consumed as food in virtually all regions around the world. Fish has been an important dietary source of protein...
Gulf of Mexico, where it inhabits environments associated with reefs. This species is commerciallyimportant and is also sought-after as a game fish. The...
especially influential in the management of renewable biological resources such as commerciallyimportantfish and wildlife. In fisheries terms, maximum...
human-controlled ecosystems offish, usually done for market production of wanted seafood species, mercury clearly rises through the food chain via fish consuming small...
demersal fishofcommercial or recreational interest are coastal, confined to the upper 200 metres. Commerciallyimportant demersal food fishspecies include...
Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy...
Overfishing is the removal of a speciesoffish (i.e. fishing) from a body of water at a rate greater than that the species can replenish its population...
Current (off Western India). All of these currents support major fisheries. Many forage fish are importantcommercialspecies, and the schools can be targeted...
established by a mix of international treaties and local laws. Declining fish populations, marine pollution, and the destruction ofimportant coastal ecosystems...
index in fish is a way to measure the overall health of a fish by comparing its weight with the typical weight of other fishof the same kind and of the same...
glutinosa. Boats involved in Nephrops fishery also catch a number offishspecies such as plaice and sole, and it is thought that without that revenue...
different qualities of drinking water and with solutions of runoff juice from different samples offish. In situ image of the fibres of an Aurelia aurita...
inhabitants, the fish stand out as colourful and interesting to watch. Hundreds ofspecies can exist in a small area of a healthy reef, many of them hidden...
seabream or convict fish, is a speciesof marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. This species is found in the...
place in the industry prior to implementation of the quota regime. Listofcommerciallyimportantfishspecies Costello, Christopher; Gaines, Steven D.; Lynham...
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