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|  The FAO database on world aquaculture production is used for preparing the Yearbook of Fishery Statistics - Aquaculture Production, which presents an array of tables of annual production statistics in quantity and value, by country, species and environment.Fish is a commodity with a significant capacity for processing. Generally less than one third of world fishery production is marketed in fresh form, while the remaining two thirds experience some form of processing. Since 1994 there has been a tendency to increase the proportion of fisheries production used for direct human consumption rather than for other purposes. | | | | In 1998 the amount of fish used for reduction to meal and oil, which accounted for almost one fourth of total fishery production, decreased to 24 million tonnes (-18% compared to 1997). Since the species utilized for reduction to meal are almost entirely from natural stocks of small pelagics, the production of species for fish meal production actually accounted for nearly one third of the total capture fisheries. | | | | As regards fish for direct human consumption, fresh fish was the most important fish product, with a share of 45.3%, followed by frozen fish (28.8%), canned fish (13.9%) and cured fish (12%). Fresh fish has increased in volume from 25 million tonnes in 1988 to 42 million tonnes (live-weight equivalent) in 1998. Processed fish (frozen, cured and canned) has increased from 46 million tonnes in 1988 to more than 51 million tonnes live-weight equivalent in 1998. Frozen fishery products (incl. fillets and shellfish), increased from 24 million tonnes in 1988 to 27 million tonnes in 1998. Canning also reported a limited progress, expanding from 12 million tonnes to 13 million tonnes. Cured fish production increased from 10 million in 1988 to 11 million tonnes in 1998. | | | | |
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