Table 3. -THE NETHERLANDS. -Fisheries catch by FAO area, 1975, 1980, 1985-91 



Area 



1975 



1980 



1985 



1986 



1987 



1988 



1989 



1990 



1991 



1 .000 Metric Tons 



Inland 



(FAO area 05) 



4.4 



2.0 



3.8 



4.3 



5.2 



5.4 



4.0 



3.1 



4.1 



CoastaH 



(Northeastern Atlantic and 

 Baltic Sea, FAO area 27) 



346.1 



338.4 



500.3 



450.5 



430.0 



379.6 



443.0 



455.9 



433.0 



Distant- water: 



NE Atlantic, FAO area 21 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



10.9 



12.4 



4.7 



0.0 



6.0 



SW Atlantic, FAO area 41 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



1.5 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



Sub-toal 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



10.9 



13.9 



4.7 



0.0 



6.0 



Total 



350.5 



340.4 



504.1 



454.8 



446.1 



398.9 



451.7 



459.0 



443.1 



Source: FAO, Yearbook of Fishery Statistics, various years 



* The distinction between "coastal" and "distant-water" can be misleading, since FAO area 27 stretches from eastern Greenland to the Baltic 

 Sea and nortli to the Barents Sea. 



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