Aquaculture production in Asia: a reassessment

Abstract

Asia has a long history of fishfarming, yet aquaculture production data from most countries still remain crude estimates. Aquaculturally developed nations such as Japan, China and some Southeast Asian countries had begun collecting aquaculture production statistics after World War II. Most countries in Asia have taken stock of their aquaculture industry only in the last decade. In many countries, aquaculture production statistics are still merged with catch statistics and it is often difficult to segregate them.