Editing Fish farming (section)

== Major species ==
{{See also|List of commercially important fish species}}
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|+Top 15 cultured fish species by weight, according to [[FAO]] statistics for 2013 <ref name=FAO>[http://www.fao.org/fishery/docs/STAT/summary/a-6.pdf "World aquaculture production of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc., by principal species in 2013"]. ''FAO Yearbook of Fisheries Statistics 2014''</ref>
|-
! Species
! Environment
! Tonnage<br />(millions)
! Value<br />(US$ billions)
|-
| [[Grass carp]]
| Freshwater
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.23
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.69
|-
| [[Silver carp]]
| Freshwater
| style="text-align:right;" | 4.59
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.13
|-
| [[Common carp]]
| Freshwater
| style="text-align:right;" | 3.76
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.19
|-
| [[Nile tilapia]]
| Freshwater
| style="text-align:right;" | 3.26
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.39
|-
| [[Bighead carp]]
| Freshwater
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.90
| style="text-align:right;" | 3.72
|-
| [[Catla]] (Indian carp)
| Freshwater
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.76
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.49
|-
| [[Crucian carp]]
| Freshwater
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.45
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.67
|-
| [[Atlantic salmon]]
| Marine
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.07
| style="text-align:right;" | 10.10
|-
| [[Roho labeo]]
| Freshwater
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.57
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.54
|-
| [[Milkfish]]
| Marine
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.94
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.71
|-
| [[Rainbow trout]]
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*Freshwater
*Brackish
*Marine}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.88
| style="text-align:right;" | 3.80
|-
|[[Wuchang bream]]
| Freshwater
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.71
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.16
|-
|[[Black carp]]
| Freshwater
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.50
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.15
|-
|[[Northern snakehead]]
| Freshwater
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.48
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.59
|-
|[[Amur catfish]]
| Freshwater
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.41
| style="text-align:right;" | 0.55
|}