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  WORLD 
  LANDINGS 
  OF 
  FISH, 
  CRUSTACEANS, 
  

   MOLLUSKS, 
  ETC., 
  BY 
  COUNTRIES, 
  1970 
  

  

  World 
  landings 
  of 
  fish, 
  crustaceans, 
  moUusks, 
  and 
  other 
  aquatic 
  organisms 
  (live 
  weight) 
  

   were 
  a 
  record 
  152.8 
  billion 
  pounds 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  10 
  percent 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  

  

  Six 
  nations 
  accounted 
  for 
  59 
  percent 
  of 
  world 
  landings 
  in 
  1970. 
  Peru, 
  with 
  18.2 
  percent, 
  

   led 
  for 
  the 
  ninth 
  consecutive 
  year 
  followed 
  by 
  Japan 
  with 
  13.4 
  percent; 
  the 
  Union 
  of 
  Soviet 
  So- 
  

   cialist 
  Republics, 
  10.5 
  percent; 
  China 
  (Mainland), 
  8.4 
  percent; 
  Norway, 
  4.3 
  percent; 
  and 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  4.0 
  percent. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  continents, 
  Asia 
  had 
  38 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  landings, 
  followed 
  by 
  South 
  Amer- 
  

   ica 
  with 
  21 
  percent; 
  Europe, 
  17 
  percent; 
  Soviet 
  Russia, 
  11 
  percent; 
  North 
  and 
  Central 
  America, 
  7 
  

   percent; 
  and 
  Africa, 
  6 
  percent. 
  A 
  negligible 
  quantity 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  Oceania. 
  

  

  WORLD 
  LANDINGS 
  OF 
  FISH, 
  CRUSTACEANS, 
  

   MOLLUSKS, 
  ETC., 
  BY 
  COUNTRIES, 
  1970 
  

  

  (L 
  IVE 
  WEIGHT 
  BASIS) 
  

  

  1/ 
  1960 
  DATA. 
  2/ 
  REVISED. 
  (INCLUDES 
  WEIGHT 
  OF 
  CLAM, 
  OYSTER, 
  SCALLOP, 
  AND 
  OTHER 
  UNIVALVE 
  AND 
  BIVALVE 
  MOLLUSK 
  

   SHELLS. 
  THIS 
  WE'IGHT 
  IS 
  NOT 
  INCLUDED 
  IN 
  OTHER 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  LANDINGS 
  STATISTICS.) 
  3/ 
  1969 
  DATA. 
  4/ 
  1957 
  

   DATA. 
  5/ 
  1962 
  DATA. 
  

  

  SOURCE 
  : 
  —YEARBOOK 
  OF 
  FISHERY 
  STATISTICS 
  , 
  1970 
  , 
  VOLUME 
  30, 
  FOOD 
  AND 
  AGRICULTURE 
  ORGANIZATION 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  

   NATIONS. 
  

  

  