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Farmed fish on course to overtake wild catch in 2019

Global seafood will lose its status as the only remaining food sector supplied chiefly by nature, as businesses pour investment into fish farming.

Farmed fish production is expanding 4 to 5 per cent a year, putting it on course to eclipse the output of wild fishing as soon as 2019, according to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization.

Appetite for fish in both developed and emerging markets is rising as more consumers choose it for health benefits. Demand for fish used in animal feed has also increased while the volume of fish caught in the wild has been stagnant since the early 1990s…

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