| China
produces 70.2 per cent of the world's farmed fish and other
aquaculture products, a senior official with the
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the
United Nations said in Beijing 18 April.
Ichiro Nomura, assistant
director-general of FAO's Fisheries Department, is here to attend
the first session of the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture under the
FAO's Committee on Fisheries held from 18 to 22 April.
"China will be a good teacher in
aquaculture development to the whole world, especially to developing
countries," he said. " Because it has a lot of know-how and good
experts." |
Last year, China produced 27.26 million
tons of
aquatic products through farming fish says ministry.
(Photo:Dr.K Fitzsimmons) |
China is expected to improve the data
collection system and provide more detailed information on how to
develop aquaculture, which will have great influence on the world's
aquaculture production, he said.
Aquaculture has proved to be efficient in
increasing farmers' income and improving food supply while protecting
water resources and natural fishery resources, Nomura said.
FAO figures show that aquaculture is the
world's fastest growing food producing sector with a growth rate of 11
per cent per annum since 1984. The top 10 aquaculture producing
countries are all located in Asia.
"However, in some countries the
aquaculture industry has been inadequately planned and inappropriately
managed," he said. "As a major supplier of aquatic products, China is in
a good position to push the world's aquaculture production towards a
positive and sustainable direction."
According to
China's Ministry of Agriculture, last
year China produced 27.26 million tons of aquatic products through
breeding, which accounted for 62 per cent of the total aquatic
production.
The Sub-Committee on Aquaculture was
founded last year in the 24th meeting of FAO's Committee on Fisheries
that aims to provide a forum for consultation on aquaculture and its
sustainable development.
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