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WORLD FISHERIES 



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

 GROUPS, 1987-91 , (DOES NOT INCLUDE MARINE MAMMALS AND AQUATIC PLANTS) 



Species group 



1987 (1) 



1988 (1) 



1989 (1) 



1990 (1) 



1991 



Carps, barbels, cyprinids 



Cods, hakes, haddocks 



Flatfish 



Herrings, sardines, anchovies.. 



Jacks, mullets, sauries 



Mackerel, snoeks, cutlassf ishes 



Redfish, basses, congers 



River eels 



Salmons, trouts, smelts 



Shads 



Sharks, rays, chimaeras 



Sturgeons, paddlef ish 



Tilapias 



Tunas, bonitos, billfishes 



Other fishes 



Crabs 



Krill 



Lobsters 



Shrimp 



Other crustaceans 



Abalones, winkles, conchs 



Clams, cockles, arkshells 



Mussels 



Oysters 



Scallops 



Squids, cuttlefishes, octopus.. 



Other mollusks 



Miscellaneous 



Total 



(1) Revised. 



4,430 

 13,786 



1,292 

 22,375 



8,296 



3, 644 



5,713 

 103 



1, 103 



808 



668 



24 



658 



3, 644 



15,506 



974 



376 



229 



2,365 

 327 

 101 



1, 490 



1, 135 



1, 112 

 739 



2, 318 

 799 

 364 



94,379 



-Thousand metric tons - 

 Live weight 



99,016 



5,004 



12,905 



1,204 



24,800 



9,350 



3, 771 



5, 917 



110 



1, 455 



739 



678 



19 



756 



4,082 



16,295 



1, 167 

 396 

 211 



2,508 



320 



87 



1,459 



1,311 



1,041 



838 



2, 722 

 751 

 312 



100,208 



5,307 

 11,827 



1,223 

 22,183 



9, 728 

 3,505 

 5, 656 



120 

 1,455 



646 



690 

 18 



852 



4,373 



17,074 



1, 143 



375 



216 

 2,575 



323 



71 



1, 463 



1,321 



1,005 



877 

 2,328 



797 



283 



97,434 



5,394 

 10,467 



1, 113 

 21,406 

 10,077 



3,480 



5, 742 

 121 



1, 638 

 663 

 698 



15 



865 



4,478 



17,523 



1,348 



233 



222 



2, 647 

 340 



68 



1,540 



1,332 



1,007 



816 



2,560 



791 



342 



96,926 



Source : --Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Yearbook of Fishery 

 Statistics, 1991, Vol. 72, Rome. 



DISPOSITION OF WORLD COMMERCIAL CATCH, 1987-91 

 (DOES NOT INCLUDE MARINE MAMMALS AND AQUATIC PLANTS) 



(1) Revised. 



(2) Only whole fish destined for the manufacture of oils and meals are included. Raw material for 

 reduction derived from fish primarily destined for marketing fresh, frozen, canned, cured, and 

 miscellaneous purposes is excluded; such waste quantities are included under the other disposition 

 channels . 



Source : --Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 

 Statistics, 1991, Vol. 73, Rome. 



Yearbook of Fishery 



