Fishing industry by country
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This page lists the world fisheries production for 2005. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country.
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc
Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries harvest for 2005. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Capture includes fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc. Countries which harvested less than 100,000 tons are not included.
Country | Capture | Aquaculture | Total |
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Algeria | 126,259 | 368 | 126,627 |
Angola | 240,000 | 240,000 | |
Argentina | 931,472 | 2,430 | 933,902 |
Australia | 245,935 | 47,087 | 293,022 |
Bangladesh | 1,333,866 | 882,091 | 2,215,957 |
Brazil | 750,283 | 257,783 | 1,008,066 |
Cambodia | 384,000 | 26,000 | 410,000 |
Canada | 1,080,982 | 154,083 | 1,235,065 |
Chile | 4,330,325 | 698,214 | 5,028,539 |
China | 17,053,191 | 32,414,084 | 49,467,275 |
Colombia | 121,000 | 60,072 | 181,072 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 220,000 | 2,965 | 222,965 |
Denmark | 910,613 | 39,012 | 949,625 |
Ecuador | 407,723 | 78,300 | 486,023 |
Egypt | 349,553 | 539,748 | 889,301 |
Finland | 120,000 | 120,000 | |
France | 574,358 | 258,435 | 832,793 |
Germany | 285,668 | 44,685 | 330,353 |
Ghana | 392,274 | 1,154 | 393,428 |
Greece | 92,738 | 106,208 | 198,946 |
Greenland | 216,302 | 216,302 | |
Hong Kong | 161,964 | 4,130 | 166,094 |
Iceland | 1,661,031 | 8,256 | 1,669,287 |
India | 3,481,136 | 2,837,751 | 6,318,887 |
Indonesia | 4,381,260 | 1,197,109 | 5,578,369 |
Iran | 410,558 | 117,354 | 527,912 |
Ireland | 262,532 | 60,050 | 322,582 |
Italy | 298,373 | 180,943 | 479,316 |
Japan | 4,072,895 | 746,221 | 4,819,116 |
Kenya | 148,124 | 1,047 | 149,171 |
North Korea | 205,000 | 63,700 | 268,700 |
South Korea | 1,639,069 | 436,232 | 2,075,301 |
Latvia | 150,618 | 542 | 151,160 |
Lithuania | 139,785 | 2,013 | 141,798 |
Madagascar | 136,400 | 8,500 | 144,900 |
Malaysia | 1,214,183 | 175,834 | 1,390,017 |
Mauritania | 247,577 | 247,577 | |
Mexico | 1,304,830 | 117,514 | 1,422,344 |
Morocco | 932,704 | 2,257 | 934,961 |
Myanmar | 1,742,956 | 474,510 | 2,217,466 |
Namibia | 552,695 | 50 | 552,745 |
Netherlands | 549,208 | 68,175 | 617,383 |
New Zealand | 535,394 | 105,301 | 640,695 |
Nigeria | 523,182 | 56,355 | 579,537 |
Norway | 2,392,934 | 656,636 | 3,049,570 |
Oman | 150,571 | 173 | 150,744 |
Pakistan | 434,473 | 80,622 | 515,095 |
Panama | 214,737 | 8,019 | 222,756 |
Papua New Guinea | 250,280 | 250,280 | |
Peru | 9,388,662 | 27,468 | 9,416,130 |
Philippines | 2,246,352 | 557,251 | 2,803,603 |
Poland | 156,247 | 36,607 | 192,854 |
Portugal | 211,757 | 6,485 | 218,242 |
Russia | 3,190,946 | 114,752 | 3,305,698 |
Senegal | 405,070 | 193 | 405,263 |
Seychelles | 106,555 | 772 | 107,327 |
Sierra Leone | 145,993 | 145,993 | |
South Africa | 817,608 | 3,142 | 820,750 |
Spain | 848,803 | 221,927 | 1,070,730 |
Sri Lanka | 161,960 | 1,724 | 163,684 |
Sweden | 256,359 | 5,880 | 262,239 |
Taiwan | 1,017,243 | 304,756 | 1,321,999 |
Tanzania | 347,800 | 11 | 347,811 |
Thailand | 2,599,387 | 1,144,011 | 3,743,398 |
Tunisia | 109,117 | 2,665 | 111,782 |
Turkey | 426,496 | 119,177 | 545,673 |
Uganda | 416,758 | 10,817 | 427,575 |
Ukraine | 244,943 | 28,745 | 273,688 |
United Kingdom | 669,458 | 172,813 | 842,271 |
United States | 4,888,621 | 471,958 | 5,360,579 |
Uruguay | 125,906 | 47 | 125,953 |
Vanuatu | 151,079 | 1 | 151,080 |
Venezuela | 470,000 | 22,210 | 492,210 |
Vietnam | 1,929,900 | 1,437,300 | 3,367,200 |
Yemen | 263,000 | 263,000 | |
Other | 9,685,851 | 786,993 | 14,917,378 |
Total | 93,253,346 | 48,149,792 | 141,403,138 |
Aquatic plants
Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries harvest of aquatic plants for 2005. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Countries whose total harvest was less than 100,000 tons are not included.
Count | Capture | Aquaculture | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Chile | 409,851 | 15,492 | 425,343 |
China | 308,380 | 10,855,295 | 11,163,675 |
Indonesia | 7,730 | 910,636 | 918,366 |
Japan | 104,893 | 507,742 | 612,635 |
North Korea | 444,295 | 444,295 | |
South Korea | 15,212 | 621,154 | 636,366 |
Philippines | 298 | 1,338,597 | 1,338,895 |
Other | 459,439 | 96,761 | 556,200 |
Total | 1,305,803 | 14,789,972 | 16,095,775 |
See also
- World fish production
- Wild fisheries
- Ocean fisheries
- Population dynamics of fisheries
- List of harvested aquatic animals by weight
References
- FAO: Fisheries and Aquaculture 2005 statistics.
- FAO: FIGIS: Time-series query on Capture: Quantity Rome.