2026-09-22 · percent of fish for human consumption
Half of fish we eat is farmed
Aquaculture passed wild catch — salmon and shrimp lead.
Biomass grids are about weight on Earth, not headcount — a whale and a mouse can share a color family but not a cell count story. This grid divides fish supply (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Aquaculture and Wild capture — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 0.1 percent of fish for human consumption (0.1% of fish supply) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2026 figures from FAO SOFIA put Aquaculture at 56% of fish supply and Wild capture at 44% — about 100 percent of fish for human consumption in this edition's rounding.
FAO State of World Fisheries aquaculture share.
Share and export
Credit this grid as Inagrid — https://inagrid.com/e/2026-09-22-fish-farmed