Table: Annual Slaughter Counts of Fish

Annual Slaughter Counts of Fish

	Caught Fish	Farmed Fish
Global	.79 - 2.3 trillion	51 - 167 billion
United States	6.29 - 13.51 billion	244 - 583 million
	Details: Source Estimates are from United Nations FAO data compiled by http://fishcount.org.uk. “Estimated Numbers of Individuals in Annual Global Capture Tonnage (FAO) of Fish Species (2007 - 2016).” Accessed December 16, 2019. http://fishcount.org.uk/studydatascreens/2016/numbers-of-wild-fish-A0-2016.php. “Estimated Numbers of Individuals in Global Aquaculture Production (FAO) of Fish Species (2017).” Accessed December 16, 2019. http://fishcount.org.uk/studydatascreens2/2017/numbers-of-farmed-fish-A0-2017.php?sort2/full. “Estimated numbers of individuals in average annual fish capture (FAO) by country fishing fleets (2007 - 2016).” Accessed December 24, 2019. http://fishcount.org.uk/studydatascreens/2016/numbers-of-wild-fish-B0-2016.php?countrysort=United%2BStates%2Bof%2BAmerica%2Fsort2. “Estimated numbers of individuals in aquaculture production (FAO) of fish species (2017).” Accessed December 24, 2019. http://fishcount.org.uk/studydatascreens2/2017/numbers-of-farmed-fish-B0-2017.php?countrysort=United%2BStates%2Bof%2BAmerica%2Fsort2. |}