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The world harvested a total of 213,618,123 tons from capture fisheries and aquaculture combined in 2022. This figure represents the sum of all fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic animals taken from oceans and farms globally.
China led the world in total production with 88,567,716 tons for 2022. Their output included 14,633,869 tons of capture fisheries and 75,388,639 tons from aquaculture operations.
Aquaculture operations produced 126,935,293 tons during 2022 while wild capture yielded only 87,988,166 tons. Farmed aquatic animals made up more than half of global fishery production that year.
Global harvest of aquatic plants reached 16,095,775 tons in 2005 according to available records. China led plant harvesting with 11,163,675 tons combined output followed by Indonesia, The Philippines, Japan, and South Korea.
Countries with high production volumes often rely heavily on fisheries for domestic income generation. High production levels indicate strong infrastructure for processing and distributing seafood products which supports millions of jobs within borders like China and Peru.