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WORLD FISHERIES 



WORLD COMMERCIAL CATCH OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS, AND MOLLUSKS, BY COUNTRIES, 1988-92 

 (DOES NOT INCLUDE MARINE MAMMALS AND AQUATIC PLANTS) 



Country 



1988 (1) 



1989 (1) 



1990 (1) 



1991 (1) 



1992 



China 



Japan 



Peru 



Chile 



Russia 



United States (2) 



India 



Indonesia 



Thailand 



South Korea 



Norway 



Philippines 



Denmark 



North Korea (3) . . 



Iceland 



Spain (3) 



Canada 



Mexico 



VietNam 



Bangladesh 



United Kingdom... 



France (3) 



Burma (3) 



Brazil (3) 



Argentina 



South Africa 



New Zealand 



Malaysia (3) 



Italy 



Pakistan 



Morocco 



Poland 



Turkey 



Ukraine 



Netherlands 



Ghana 



Ecuador 



Tanzania 



Iran 



Senegal (3) 



All others 



Total 



-Thousand metric tons - 

 Live weight 



10,358 



11,966 



6,641 



5,209 



5, 956 

 3, 125 

 2,795 

 2, 642 



2,731 



1, 839 



2, 010 

 1, 974 

 1, 700 

 1,757 

 1,593 

 1, 610 

 1,372 



900 

 829 

 909 

 888 

 704 

 830 

 493 

 1,302 

 552 

 612 

 579 

 445 

 551 

 654 

 675 



398 

 361 

 876 

 392 

 235 

 260 

 20,362 



99, OSS 



11,219 



11,173 



6,853 



6,454 



5,778 



3,640 



2, 948 



2, 699 



2,840 



1, 908 



2,098 



1,929 



1,700 



1,502 



1,560 



1,572 



1,469 



930 



843 



798 



908 



733 



850 



486 



878 



567 



609 



551 



446 



520 



564 



457 



451 

 361 

 739 

 377 

 260 

 287 

 20,354 



100,311 



12,095 



10,354 



6,875 



5,195 



5, 870 



3,794 



3,044 



2,786 



2,843 



1,711 



2,208 



1,518 



750 



508 



400 



624 



1, 400 



960 



847 



757 



897 



743 



802 



555 



537 



559 



603 



525 



479 



565 



473 



384 



459 

 392 



391 

 414 

 270 

 297 

 19,672 



97,556 



13,134 



9,301 



6, 949 



6, 002 



6,894 



5,488 



4,044 



3,251 



2,967 



2,521 



2,095 



2,311 



1, 795 



1,700 



1,050 



1,320 



1,534 



1,453 



1,020 



892 



784 



800 



769 



800 



640 



500 



609 



620 



561 



515 



593 



457 



363 



789 



443 



362 



384 



326 



277 



319 



10,419 



97,051 



15,007 



8,460 



6,842 



6,501 



5,611 



5, 602 



4,175 



3,357 



2,855 



2, 695 



2,549 



2,271 



1,995 



1, 750 



1,577 



1,330 



1,251 



1,247 



1,080 



966 



812 



800 



800 



790 



705 



695 



679 



640 



555 



553 



548 



505 



454 



453 



438 



426 



347 



331 



327 



326 



9, 807 



98,112 



(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, 1992, Vol. 74, Rome. 



