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Estimated numbers of individuals in aquaculture production (FAO) of fish species (2017)

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Summary for United Arab Emirates (2017)
Total Production (t) Percent of total
fish production % Estimated Numbers
(millions)
All species with an EMW
(Estimated mean weight)           2,545 84 6 - 8

All species without an EMW             480 16 Not estimated

Total fish production           3,025 100

out of total aquaculture production           3,255

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Data for United Arab Emirates (2017)
Species Production (t)¹ Estimated
mean weight²
(EMW) g EMW id² Estimated
Numbers
(millions)³
Barramundi(=Giant seaperch)              32 300-2,000 25 <1

European seabass             665 400-500 72 1 - 2

Gilthead seabream           1,810 300-400 81 5 - 6

Greater amberjack              70 Not estimated⁴

Mozambique tilapia              18 500-800 123 <1

Nile tilapia              20 250-800 129 <1

Orange-spotted grouper             190 Not estimated⁴

Siberian sturgeon             220 Not estimated⁴

Totals by estimate type:

Production (t) Percent of
total fish
production % Estimated Numbers
(millions)

   Single species with an EMW           2,545 84 6 - 8

Totals for species with an EMW           2,545 84 6 - 8

Totals for species without EMW             480 16 Not estimated⁴

Total fish production           3,025 100

out of total aquaculture production           3,255

Estimated by A Mood and P Brooke, Sep 2019

Notes
1. Source of production tonnage: FAO FishStat "Aquaculture Production (Quantities and values) 1950-2017 (Release date: 25th March 2019)".
2. Source of estimated mean weights (EMWs) : as for our earlier estimate, see Estimating the Number of Farmed Fish Killed in Global Aquaculture Each Year.
3. The estimated numbers are calculated as the production tonnage divided by estimated mean weight (EMW) where a mean weight has been estimated for the species.
4. The fish numbers for species without an estimated mean weight (EMW) have not been estimated for each individual species or country.

Species	Production (t)¹	Estimated mean weight² (EMW) g	EMW id²	Estimated Numbers (millions)³
Barramundi(=Giant seaperch)	32	300-2,000	25	<1
European seabass	665	400-500	72	1 - 2
Gilthead seabream	1,810	300-400	81	5 - 6
Greater amberjack	70			Not estimated⁴
Mozambique tilapia	18	500-800	123	<1
Nile tilapia	20	250-800	129	<1
Orange-spotted grouper	190			Not estimated⁴
Siberian sturgeon	220			Not estimated⁴

Totals by estimate type:
	Production (t)	Percent of total fish production %		Estimated Numbers (millions)
Single species with an EMW	2,545	84		6 - 8
Totals for species with an EMW	2,545	84		6 - 8
Totals for species without EMW	480	16		Not estimated⁴
Total fish production	3,025	100
out of total aquaculture production	3,255