Global consumption of fish and shellfish has more than doubled over the past 50 years, and is expected to rise further, according to a report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Europe is among the top five fish producers in the world, accounting for about 3.2 percent of global fisheries and aquaculture production, according to data by the European Commission. In the EU, 80 percent of production comes from fisheries and 20 percent from aquaculture, or fish farms.