| Marine living resources provide an important and increasing source of protein in many countries; one third of the total world supply comes from aquaculture activities. As in many parts of the world, aquaculture production in the Mediterranean has been expanding rapidly over recent years. Thus in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, although captures have stabilized and conventional species fully exploited, over-exploited, depleted or in the process of rebuilding strength, the share of aquaculture out of the total fisheries production has grown from 4% in 1980 to about 13% in 2000. Moreover for some species, such as mussels, clams, oysters, seabream, seabass, trout, tilapias, and carps, the majority of the production comes almost entirely from aquaculture.... |
