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Screen 1c : Estimated numbers of individuals in annual aquaculture production (FAO) of selected fish species

Year   : 2015       Species   : Grass carp(=White amur)

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This page shows FAO reported fish aquaculture production tonnages for 2015 by species category together with the estimated mean weight (EMW) (obtained in this study) and estimated fish numbers. For species categories where no EMW was obtained, a generic mean weight was used to estimate numbers.

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Data for Grass carp(=White amur) (2015)
CountryProduction (t)Estimated mean weight (EMW) (g)EMWidGeneric Mean Weight (g)Estimated
Numbers
(millions)
Albania             24500-2,50087 <1
Argentina             48500-2,50087 <1
Austria             29500-2,50087 <1
Azerbaijan             20500-2,50087 <1
Bangladesh         39,147500-2,50087 16 - 78
Belarus            281500-2,50087 <1 - 1
Bhutan             35500-2,50087 <1
Bulgaria            320500-2,50087 <1 - 1
Cambodia            300500-2,50087 <1 - 1
China      5,676,235500-2,50087 2,270 - 11,352
China, Hong Kong SAR            486500-2,50087 <1 - 1
Croatia            132500-2,50087 <1
Czechia            445500-2,50087 <1 - 1
Hungary            516500-2,50087 <1 - 1
India          1,900500-2,50087 1 - 4
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)         27,610500-2,50087 11 - 55
Iraq          1,100500-2,50087 <1 - 2
Israel            380500-2,50087 <1 - 1
Kazakhstan              1500-2,50087 <1
Kyrgyzstan            161500-2,50087 <1
Lao People's Dem. Rep.          6,900500-2,50087 3 - 14
Latvia              2500-2,50087 <1
Lithuania             97500-2,50087 <1
Malaysia            466500-2,50087 <1 - 1
Moldova, Republic of            600500-2,50087 <1 - 1
Myanmar         13,831500-2,50087 6 - 28
Nepal          3,477500-2,50087 1 - 7
Pakistan         24,963500-2,50087 10 - 50
Poland            593500-2,50087 <1 - 1
Romania            128500-2,50087 <1
Russian Federation         18,312500-2,50087 7 - 37
Serbia            112500-2,50087 <1
Singapore              5500-2,50087 <1
Slovakia              6500-2,50087 <1
Sri Lanka             12500-2,50087 <1
Syrian Arab Republic              3500-2,50087 <1
Taiwan Province of China            694500-2,50087 <1 - 1
Tajikistan            180500-2,50087 <1
Turkmenistan              5500-2,50087 <1
Uzbekistan          3,311500-2,50087 1 - 7
Total      5,822,869 2,329 - 11,646
   Source of production tonnage : FAO FishStat "Aquaculture Production (Quantities and values) 1950-2015 (Release date: 7th March 2017)".