1.1POUNDS 1.7

POUNDS 2.9POUNDS

POUNDS6.8

FARM-RAISED FISH BROILER CHICKENS HOGS CATTLE

FEED CONVERSION RATIOESTIMATED FEED REQUIRED TO GAIN ONE POUND OF BODY MASS4

FEEDING A GROWING WORLD WITH

AQUACULTUREThe mission of the Global Aquaculture Alliance is to further

environmentally responsible aquaculture to meet world food needs.

FOOD PRODUCTION& GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS5

2.5x

4x

7x

P

N

CO2

CARBONDIOXIDE

NITROGEN

PHOS-PHORUS

FARMED SALMONPRODUCTION

CATTLEPRODUCTION

1 Fish to 2030: Prospects for Fisheries and Aquaculture” – a collaboration between the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Food Policy Research Institute ( IFPRI),

2 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18882045/fish-2030-prospects-fisheries- aquaculture

3 http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/worldpoptotal.php4 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/aquaculture/5 http://aquabounty.com/a-detrimental-disconnect-between-farming-land-and-sea/© 2015 The Global Aquaculture Alliance | www.gaalliance.org | www.bap.gaalliance.org

46.4PRODUCTION WILL NEED TO INCREASE BY

TO MEET THE WORLD’S SEAFOOD NEEDS

AQUACULTUREMILLION METRIC TONS 2

58

47

65

2006

94

2030

WORLD POPULATION3

GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF AQUACULTURE FISH( IN MILLIONS OF METRIC TONS)

GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF WILD FISHERIES FISH( IN MILLIONS OF METRIC TONS)

OF FOOD FISHWILL COME FROM

AQUACULTUREBY 20301

62%