... areas is the difference in inland production levels. Africa's inland production levels continued to contribute on average a third to overall total production; rising from 0.3 million tonnes to its peak of 1.5 million tonnes between 1950 and 1990. Conversely, Europe's inland production although rising by 0.2 million tonnes during the period remained insignificant. One may also note that although marine capture remained the largest contributor to total production levels in both areas, in Europe marine aquaculture contributed on average 0.3 - 0.5 million tonnes to total production levels per year, in Africa marine aquaculture was non-existent. Additionally, a significant distinction one observes when comparing inland and marine fishery production, for both Western Europe and Africa South of the Sahara since 1950, is that on average Western Europe contributes 13 million tonnes, almost three times the amount that Africa South of the Sahara contributes to global fish production; 4 ...

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