联合国粮农组织(FAO)预测,2012年世界野生鱼类捕捞量将降到9,000万吨,同比2011年下降2%,比1996年峰值的近9,400万吨降低了近4%。人均捕捞量下降更为显著,从1 988年每人17公斤(37.5磅)降到2012年的13公斤,为37年来的最低点。在这一时段内,虽然野生鱼类收成压缩了,但鱼类养殖的产量却从20世纪90年代中期的2,400万吨猛增至 The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) forecasts that the world’s wild fish catches will fall to 90 million tons in 2012, down 2% from 2011 and nearly 4% below the 1996 peak of 94 million tons. The drop in per capita catches has been even more dramatic, from 17 kilograms (37.5 pounds) per capita in 1988 to 13 kilograms in 2012, the lowest level in 37 years. During this period, the output of fish farming soared from 24 million tons in the mid-1990s to 24.0 million tons in the mid-1990s