Latin American and Caribbean Chapter

摘要

FAO’s most recent State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture SOFIA 2022 shows that aquaculture s production in the American continent (Americas in the document) reached 4.4 million t live weight for all species, representing a a 57 percent increase inthe period 2010-2020. The continental statistic is divided into three categories: the major producer in the continent (Chile), North America’s production and the rest of the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. In this decade, Chile doubled its total production from 713 to 1,505 thousand t; North America reduced its total production to 620 thousand t and LACC increased 50 percent to reach 2,276 thousand t.