On land, human beings may be committed agriculturists, but in the sea they remain largely hunter-gatherers—albeit hunter-gatherers with industrialised fleets equipped with satellite and radar. In 2000, the world landed 95m tonnes of wild fish, with a first-sale value of $81 billion, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Although this appears to be the highest catch of fish ever recorded, the figure is almost certainly wrong.