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WORLD FISHERIES 



WORLD COMMERCIAL CATCH OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS, AND MOLLUSKS, BY COUNTRIES, 

 1991-95 (DOES NOT INCLUDE MARINE MAMMALS AND AQUATIC PLANTS) 



Country 



1991 (1) 



1992(1) 



1993(1) 



1994 (1) 



1995 



-Thousand metric tons- 



China 



Peru 



Chile 



Japan 



United States (2) 



India 



Russia 



Indonesia 



Thailand 



Norway 



South Korea 



Philippines 



Denmark 



North Korea (3) . . 



Iceland 



Mexico 



Spain (3) 



Taiwan 



Malaysia 



Viet Nam (3) 



Bangladesh 



Argentina 



United Kingdom. . . 



Canada 



Morocco 



Burma 



Brazil (3) 



France 



Turkey 



New Zealand 



Italy 



Ecuador 



South Africa 



Pakistan 



Netherlands 



Venezuela 



Poland 



Ukraine 



Ireland 



Sweden 



All others 



Total 



13, 125 

 6,888 

 6,006 

 9,301 

 5,487 

 4,045 

 7,047 



3,352 



2,972 



2,173 



2,513 



2,316 



1,793 



1,745 



1,050 



1,453 



1,273 



1,307 



978 



1,020 



893 



641 



851 



1,565 



593 



769 



800 



819 



365 



417 



552 

 374 

 501 

 515 

 459 

 344 

 457 

 865 

 265 

 245 

 9, 663 



97, 797 



15,007 

 7,503 

 6,502 

 8,502 

 5, 600 

 4,233 

 5, 611 

 3,439 

 3,246 

 2,561 

 2,696 

 2,272 

 1,996 

 1,780 

 1,577 

 1,247 



1,260 



1,314 



1, 105 



1,080 



967 



705 



870 



1,372 



548 



800 



790 



821 



454 



503 



558 



347 



696 



553 



487 



333 



506 



526 



276 



315 



9,219 



100,177 



Live-weight 



17,568 

 9,010 

 6,035 

 8,081 

 5,934 

 4,546 

 4,461 

 3,685 

 3,395 

 2,562 

 2,649 

 2,264 

 1,656 

 1,782 

 1,718 

 1,201 



1,255 



1,416 



1,155 



1, 100 



1,047 



932 



929 



1,212 



62 3 



837 



780 



860 



559 



470 



565 



331 



563 



622 



533 



397 



423 



371 



308 



348 



8, 989 



103,172 



20,719 



11,997 



7,838 



7,396 



5, 922 



4,738 



3,781 



3,917 



3,537 



2,551 



2,700 



2,276 



1,916 



1,802 



1,560 



1,264 



1, 372 



1,249 



1,182 



1, 150 



1,091 



949 



964 



1,089 



752 



824 



820 



853 



603 



492 



576 



340 



521 



552 



530 



441 



460 



311 



319 



394 



8, 790 



110,538 



24,433 



8,943 



7,591 



6,758 



5,634 



4, 904 



4,374 



4,118 



3,502 



2,808 



2,688 



2,269 



2,041 



1,850 



1,616 



1,358 



1,320 



1,288 



1,240 



1,200 



1, 170 



1,149 



1,004 



901 



846 



832 



800 



793 



652 



612 



610 



592 



575 



541 



521 



505 



451 



425 



413 



412 



9, 171 



112, 910 



(1) Revised. 



Includes the weight of clam, oyster, scallop, and other mollusk shells. This weight 

 is not included in U.S. landings statistics shown elsewhere. 



(3) Data estimated by FAO. 



sties on quantities caught by recreational fishermen in the United States are 

 excluded 



Source : 



r ood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 



