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WEEK 2 (SEAFOOD INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA ((• Malaysia is the sixteenth largest…
WEEK 2
SEAFOOD INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA
• Malaysia is the sixteenth largest capture fisheries producer in the world.
• Miscellaneous pelagic fishes including herrings, mackerels, tunas, bonitos, billfishes and shrimps are the main catches in Malaysian landings.
• Malaysian marine capture production has increased by 16% from 2001 to 2010 whereas the world production has decreased by 6% at the same time.
• Fish is the most important seafood contributes 85% of total seafood production in Malaysia.
• The sources of Malaysian seafood are capture fisheries and marine aquaculture.
• Malaysian seafood production (both marine capture and aquaculture) has increased from 1,368,931 tons in 2001 to 1,858,607 tons in 2010 which increased by 36%.
• Whereas world production has increased by 10% at the same time and reached to 120,218,334 tons in 2010.
• During last decade Malaysian marine aquaculture has increased by 219%.
• Marine aquaculture contributes 23% in Malaysian seafood production.
• Marine shrimp (both capture and aquaculture) is one of the most important items for Malaysian seafood industry contributes 203,181 tons in 2010.
• In last ten years marine shrimp aquaculture production has increased by 223% from 27,014 tons in 2001 to 87,202 tons in 2010.
• Thus achieved the eight highest position among the shrimp producing countries in the world.
Contribution of capture fisheries and aquaculture in food security
The greatest disease of all humankind is “hunger”
• Global population from 1.5 billion in 1900 to 7 billion now and to 9 billion by the year 2050; may reach 10 billion
• Estimated 925 million under nourished
• Micronutrient deficiencies affecting > 2 billion
• 250 million children at risk of vitamin A deficiency; equal number suffer from deficiency of minerals (iron, zinc, calcium, etc.)
• MDG target of reducing hunger by half by 2015; under nourished declined from 20% of population to 16% in 2010; but no decline in absolute numbers
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AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION Vs FISHERIES SUSTAINABILITY