COASTLINE ACTIVITY
Average Annual Volume of Avg. Ann.
Maritime Area Goods Loaded and Unload Offshore Producti Marine
Length of (,000 sq km) (000 metric tons) Oil Gas Catch
Marine Shelf Exclusive Petroleoum Dry Cargo (000 m. (mill.cu (000 m
Coastline to 200 Economic Crude Product tons) meters) tons)
Country (km) Depth Zone 1988-90 1988-90 1988-90 1992 1992 1989-91
CARIBBEAN
Antigua and Barbuda 153 60. 79. 0. 0. 2.3
Bahamas 3542 85.7 759.20 10524. 3702. 3222. 0. 0. 8.3
Barbados 97 .3 167.30 107. 51. 573. 0. 0. 2.7
Cuba 3735 362.80 5850. 3821. 14244. 0. 0. 160.6
Dominica 148 20 5. 93. 0. 0. .6
Dominican Republic 1288 18.2 268.80 1630. 785. 4358. 0. 0. 18.1
Grenada 121 27 22. 71. 0. 0.
Guadeloupe 306 370. 1221. 0. 0.
Haiti 1771 10.6 160.50 11. 838. 0. 0. 4.9
Jamaica 1022 40.1 297.60 1210. 1203. 10122. 0. 0. 7.2
Trinidad & Tobago 362 29.2 76.80 6518. 2670. 5638. 6922. 5799. 8.4
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize 386 106. 306. 0. 0. 1.6
Costa Rica 1290 15.8 258.90 464. 336. 2662. 0. 0. 16.6
El Salvador 307 17.8 91.90 716. 17. 1140. 0. 0. 6.7
Guatemala 400 12.3 99.10 683. 204. 4232. 0. 0. 3.6
Honduras 820 53.5 200.90 397. 204. 1849. 0. 0. 17.6
Nicaragua 910 72.7 159.80 495. 183. 1280. 0. 0. 4.3
Panama 2490 57.3 306.50 1192. 441. 1939. 0. 0. 162.1
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina 4989 796.4 1164.50 260. 3336. 32367. 0. 0. 550.2
Brazil 7491 768.6 3168.40 31467. 3607. 184934. 26145. 7236. 606.3
Chile 6435 27.4 2288.20 2462. 230. 17333. 847. 569. 5880.0
Colombia 2414 67.9 603.20 9442. 6901. 15231. 0. 0. 77.6
Ecuador 2237 47.0 1159 7423. 1280. 3472. 0. 0. 502.9
Guyana 459 50.1 130.30 474. 1919. 0. 0. 36.9
Peru 2414 82.7 1026.90 1175. 857. 12504. 3685. 0. 6858.9
Suriname 386 101.20 615. 6185. 0. 0. 3.8
Uruguay 660 56.6 119.30 975. 9. 1123. 0. 0. 118.4
Venezuela 2800 88.1 363.80 58367. 23564. 26768. 4278. 5375. 312.7
Mexico 9330 442.1 2851.20 71817. 7377. 19833. 85656. 11370. 1253.8
Source: World Resources Institute, World Resources Report 1994-1995