Table 3. --FINLAND. 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) 



23.0 



32.4 



32.4 



33.0" 



9.0 



8.2 



9.4 



9.7 



7.4 



Coastal" 



(Northeastern Atlantic and 

 Baltic Sea, FAO area 27) 



87.1 



111.0 



103.0 



98.2 



98.0 



113.0 



101.1 



87.7 



75.4 



Total 



110.1 



143.4 



135.4 



131.2 



107.0 



121.2 



110.5 



97.4 



82.8 



Source: FAO, Yearbook of Fishery Statistics, various years. 



^ The Finnish Game and Fishery Research Institute (Riista- ja kalatalouden tutkimuslaitos) questioned the FAO 

 catch statistics for inland waters. The Insitute provided catch statistics that reflect landings of about 5,000 tons for 

 the years 1980 to 1986, followed by a gradual decline to 3,300 tons in 1990. Inland catch statistics for Finland 

 were provided by Stephanie Miley, Economic Office, U.S. Embassy, Helsinki, Finland fax message, July 23, 1993. 

 See table 2 for additional discrepancies between Finnish statistics and FAO statistics. 



" The distinction between "coastal" and "distant-water" can be misleading, since FAO area 27 stretches from 

 eastern Greenland to the Baltic Sea and north to the Barents Sea. 



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