The aquaculture industry in Malta produced 6,726,843 kilos of tuna, sea bream and sea bass in 2008, down from the 8,589,252 kilos in 2007.
Answering a parliamentary question by Noel Farrugia (PL), Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said the industry had produced 5,125,995 kilos in 2005 and 7,164,434 kilos in 2006.
The figures for 2009 were still being collated.