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WORLD FISHERIES 



WORLD COMMERCIAL CATCH OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS, AND MOLLUSKS, BY COUNTRIES, 1987-91 

 (DOES NOT INCLUDE MARINE MAMMALS AND AQUATIC PLANTS) 



Country 



1987 (1) 



1988 (1) 



1989 (1) 



1990 (1) 



1991 



-Thousand metric tons - 

 Live weight 



9,346 



11, 857 



11,159 



4,587 



4,814 



5, 986 



2, 906 



2,583 



2,779 



2, 876 



1, 988 



1, 949 



1,706 



1,700 



1,565 



1, 419 



1,524 



1,229 



1, 632 



817 



871 



848 



947 



685 



559 



619 



419 



494 



665 



561 



427 



1,425 



670 



446 



342 



680 



382 



627 



297 



389 



7, 604 



94,379 



10,358 

 11,966 

 11,332 



6, 641 

 5,209 

 5,937 

 3, 125 

 2, 789 

 2,642 

 2, 728 

 2,010 

 1,839 

 1, 971 

 1,700 

 1, 610 

 1, 372 

 1,592 

 1,353 

 1,759 



829 

 874 

 888 

 829 

 704 

 493 

 612 

 552 

 551 

 666 

 576 

 445 

 1,302 

 654 

 398 

 392 

 875 

 361 

 675 

 285 

 346 



7, 776 



China 



Japan 



Former USSR 



Peru 



Chile 



United States (2) . 



India 



Indonesia 



Thailand 



Republic of Korea. 



Philippines 



Norway 



Denmark 



North Korea (3) . . . 



Canada 



Mexico 



Spain 



Taiwan 



Iceland 



Bangladesh 



Vietnam 



France 



Brazil 



Burma 



Argentina 



Malaysia 



New Zealand 



Morocco 



United Kingdom.... 



Italy 



Pakistan 



South Africa 



Poland 



Netherlands 



Tanzania 



Ecuador 



Ghana 



Turkey 



Venezuela 



Portugal 



All others 



Total 



(1) Revised. 



(2) 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 . 



Note :--Statistics on quantities caught by recreational fishermen in the United States are excluded. 



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

 Statistics, 1991, Vol. 72, Rome. 



99,016 



11,219 



11, 173 



11,310 



6, 853 



6, 454 



5, 763 



3, 640 



2, 948 



2,699 



2, 833 



2,098 



1, 908 



1, 927 



1, 700 



1, 572 



1, 469 



1, 559 



1,361 



1,504 



843 



868 



909 



850 



733 



486 



609 



567 



520 



588 



548 



446 



878 



564 



451 



377 



739 



361 



457 



329 



331 



7,764 



100,208 



12,095 



10,350 



10,389 



6,875 



5, 195 



5,858 



3, 794 



3,043 



2,786 



2,833 



2,208 



1,711 



1, 517 



1,750 



1, 624 



1,400 



1,450 



1, 444 



1,508 



847 



850 



898 



802 



743 



555 



603 



559 



565 



570 



519 



479 



536 



473 



459 



414 



391 



391 



384 



332 



321 



7, 913 



97,434 



13,134 

 9, 306 

 9,216 

 6, 944 



6, 002 

 5,473 

 4, 036 

 3, 186 

 3, 065 

 2,515 

 2,311 

 2,095 

 1,793 

 1,700 

 1, 529 

 1,429 

 1,350 

 1,307 

 1,051 



892 

 877 

 812 

 800 

 769 

 640 

 620 

 609 

 592 

 570 

 548 

 515 

 498 

 457 

 443 

 400 

 383 

 364 

 364 

 352 

 325 



7, 654 



96,926 



