Stagnant: Despite ever-encouraging forecasts for aquaculture, FAO report does not predict fish farming will grow in Argentina

Statistics managed by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) show that Argentina was - in 2022, the last year with global statistics - among the 25 main fishing countries, with 835 thousand tons of catches, equivalent to 1% of the global catch. However, its supply of farmed fish was tiny, with just 6 thousand tons. The country is not even on the radar. This goes completely against the international scene, where for the first time in history the FAO observed that the production of fish in farms has already exceeded the capture of fish in rivers and seas. In the 2022 global yearbook, the international organization calculated that "world fishery and aquaculture production increased to 223.2 million tons, of which 185.4 million tons corresponded to aquatic animals and 37.8 million to algae." 89% of this production was destined for human consumption, which is equivalent to an average per inhabitant of about 20.7 kilos in 2022. The rest was destined for ...