Since 1995, fish farming has increased significantly. According to data-gathering portal Statista, there were 36,22 million fish farmers worldwide in that year. By 2022, this had increased to 58,55 million.
Aquaculture, or fish farming, is defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN as the production of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and marine plants.
As per World Atlas, aquaculture has become “very popular as a business and method, so much so that today about 50% of seafood produced is by aquaculture”.
China has the world's biggest aquaculture industry, producing about 178,8 million tons of fish every year. This is about a third of the world's fish
