Mumbai, Dec. 4 -- India has recorded one of the fastest expansions in inland aquaculture, with production rising 167 per cent-from 1.5 million tonnes in 2014 to nearly 4 million tonnes in 2023. Asia continues to contribute over 70 per cent of global fish production, driven increasingly by farmed fish, says a preliminary finding of a regional study by the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO). The emerging situation assumes greater significance, especially as marine capture fisheries are stagnating across Asia and countries are rapidly shifting towards aquaculture.

India is a leading driver of Asia's shift from wild-caught to farmed fish. Aquaculture's share in India's fisheries employment has risen from 17 pe...