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certain commercially valuable stocks are shrinking considerably in 
recent years due to overfishing. Second, the accelerated development 
of marine biology, ecology, and engineering has made it possible to 
develop aquaculture as a major component of the economy like 
agriculture. 
TABLE |. — Estimated production of fin fish 
Area Production 
Country (hectares) (metric tons) 
1. Chine Mainland) plinwe Apr) Se, gees? Pee sreatym. ty 700,000 2,240,000 
Dr VGN ot L8G Sam) as ee ee a ae a 607,915 480,000 
3 UBS RUERNGNS DESIST CW SIs OSEe 90,000 190,000 
4. Indonesia... _._...- 2931291 vIsage 3 0 ABSUTSEShE 266,300 141,075 
5;.Philippines: ejs-¢y2.22- eed se des ee 1 3 ees 164,414 94,573 
6; Thatland =. 2g. 2 53. 22 ae ee See ge ee re eg a 87,764 
2 Japan sewace he . Smt CUM. Ee AE Ree ee ee ee 508 85,000 
Siilaiwanei!. joveter > . es) ePieysie alive trey anid Pf 39,234 56,185 
OA SAN se ee ie eT Re ee 28,300 40,200 
10. Pakistan and Bangladesh pectin A Pep cien al ns Weatoainae yy aes aT a 30,780 37,540 
MiseMalaysiat Sof loige. PUL GON OFM Healit DOmIIGces Ma 90,473 25,648 
12... un gare eo) a! af beg. eeenghe see Bsye-eon SF. _ Aieey 22,000 19,697 
[Sinaitalvens toate ee Foes ce ae er eae Se eee Tome 18,000 
4eeSouth: Viemanr =. 522 see sae eee we Sree caer ry nena 2,500 16,500 
15: Yugoslavia yah. Ste. om). 2ereepe J Via peo: 9,747 15,840 
Ory Ceylon 28 an Sc Sea hee ke eee ee peel 10,000 15,000 
7 RM AN Atre ee t eoe ee  eae ee Ee eee ee ae = ane ee 6,400 12,000 
L8:Denmaneh. . SEIU. ast. OF APT | Seve SAEED * i _ Ai eA 11,000 
19: Poland)... 2 22 eet Lk Pee Tone eee Be 62,791 10,909 
Wetwechnsipyakia st: se we ke pe gee Ree 42,798 10,641 
DN ATEST AG Nee eee SO ee EO . SOO OY Oe Pin OTe Nee 4,904 10,220 
22 Brazipirs 832. SUSI "esis Jett. Sfll i Sti Osaiea ee 9,967 
23-6 MCX CO Sse,” gyal ml. ye litaee BR ghee pad ld Gre | 12,650 9,026 
Paps Nag SS VOT) Sheet a ie RR fet 0 ea MN eee ae Ss epee ae EN 5,000 
2S Germany) Haste UNG © BAYES At) 6 bgt A TE ee ae 3,669 
26.4Germany“iRedefral Republicit2 . Sawer 3 Satsinead 1M 11,824 2,627 
27) ABU A eS ele ey ee ge gS ate ol LUE) TE | 2,920 1,494 
Beer AI Cert it ap sane, Caan, A ne Re eae oe oe ae 4,058 1,406 
22 PBolivigte. ASU AVON) Sib) sie Os Late 25,502 1,400 
80+ Austnayet: joel t—-- tera cepan sepa cre _ gyvitos Saher Ss 3,000 780 
SPAR Onek One sees see | eee ee Le BS ee oe 629 690 
SO Zambia eee eee ee Dee eos tees Se eee eee = a ne 689 : 
BSW Paridanes = hei Se ee > Se eee eee ee ee 410 670 
34. Madagascar _.-. SLOP ALS Sivas) ASMA Ae 1,280 615 
BERN OGW Aye tra ee eeeens en eee deo Cal Fie © wlbos le 600 
3G:4Singapore) 444) 2st wey hen oy ag aio? * vor 890 554 
SWNT a aL. on fe ae, ae Paes eee ee 127 
EO Mmm INGTAY Cpe sts Ste rete eg ee cast ten Sn OO eee eh ee 610 122 
BO NSpain 23007 22_ S12 isti ost LA SEM) tO 2b AL ese 50 
40FSouthiKorea e4e:. Fas _ oes. tect sere oe th £23 76 40 
Alea CHAN cttsy Oe mr alee ie ae ie Oy ee Og ee ee 204 30 
AD PPUCTLOMINICO St. Aon ee eee SE ee See Ry eee ee ae 135 2} 
SIO ee Ey du ll el lh a dt oe yang oo. aa a 2,153,252 3,657,373 
(Adapted from FFI (1), 1973)! 
1Redmann, G. Aquaculture: Biotechnological Development, Institutional Roles, and Societal 
Impacts. Science and Public Policy Seminar, Harvard University, May, 1974, 89 p. 
Other reasons for the Soviet emphasis on aquaculture, as cited 
by Ovchynnyk,’ are based on the following factors: Sales of fisheries 
products are quite profitable because the Russian people rely quite 
heavily on such products (unlike the United States where fish con- 
7 Ovchynnyk, M. Soviet Fish Culture. Op. cit. 
