Aquaculture in Eastern Canada : Aquaculture dans l'est du Canada

There has been a revolution in global aquaculture in recent decades. According to a study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), global aquaculture production was 28.3 million tonnes, or 23.2% of the world's supply of fish. In 2008, the FAO reported that "[a]fter growing steadily, particularly in the last four decades, aquaculture is for the first time set to contribute half of the fish consumed by the human population worldwide."