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Macro‐economic factors influencing world aquaculture production
Author(s) -
BORN A. F.,
VERDEGEM M. C. J.,
HUISMAN E. A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1994.tb00716.x
Subject(s) - aquaculture , consumption (sociology) , biology , production (economics) , fishery , agriculture , latin americans , agricultural economics , natural resource economics , fish <actinopterygii> , economics , ecology , political science , social science , macroeconomics , sociology , law
. The influence of macro‐economic factors on production and consumption of aquatic products in the world was evaluated. World aquaculture production and its growth were analysed in terms of commodities, species, countries and regions. Special attention was given to interpreting the consequences of the results obtained on policy and planning of future aquaculture development. The consumption of both aquafood and meat increased significantly with income on a per caput basis in the world. The ratio aquafood:meat decreased with increasing per caput income, stressing the relative importance of aquafood in low‐income countries. A significant correlation between the consumption of aquafood and aquaculture production was found for Asia, Europe and on a world‐wide scale and it is therefore argued that fisheries pave the way for aquaculture development. Growth of finfish culture tends to correlate with agricultural growth. Africa and Latin America have low aquaculture productions compared with their aquafood consumption. These regions offer the highest probability for rapid growth in aquaculture production in the near future.