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US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Environmental Indicators


FISHERIES AND FISH CONSUMPTION

 

Average Annual Marine Catch

Average Annual Freshwater Fish Catch

Average Annual Aquaculture Prod.*
Total Fish & Shellfish

 

Per Capita Annual Food Supply from Fish and Seafood

 

 

 

 

Change Since 1981-83 (%)

 

(000 MTs)

1991-1993

 

Change Since 1981-83 (%)

 

 

 

(000 MTs)1991-93

Change Since 1989-91(%)

 

Total Kg. 1990-92

Change Since1980-82 (%)

 

 

(000 MTs) 1991-93

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

 

746.7

85

 

12.1

 

(8)

 

 

0.6

50.0

 

6.6

10.0

Belize

 

2.0

42

 

0.0

 

(89)

 

 

0.1

(66.7)

 

5.9

(11.9)

Bolivia

 

 

5.6

 

21

 

 

0.3

(25.0)

 

1.1

(52.2)

Brazil

 

576.9

(10)

 

213.1

 

5

 

 

27.8

32.4

 

6.3

(0.5)

Chile

 

6,137.0

67

 

12.4

 

6,499

 

 

67.5

111.6

 

22.9

26.2

Colombia

 

97.9

260

 

40.2

 

(15)

 

 

20.1

111.6

 

2.3

(47.3)

Costa Rica

 

15.8

20

 

2.1

 

352

 

 

2.2

120.0

 

6.5

6.6

Cuba

 

103.9

(40)

 

20.3

 

66

 

 

20.0

(4.8)

 

14.4

(24.1)

Dominican Rep.

 

13.0

25

 

2.1

 

(31)

 

 

0.9

125.0

 

7.8

(0.8)

Ecuador

 

350.2

(31)

 

3.7

 

559

 

 

104.8

21.9

 

10.4

(5.5)

El Salvador

 

7.6

(42)

 

4.7

 

507

 

 

0.4

(20.0)

 

2.2

4.7

Guatemala

 

3.3

2

 

4.0

 

936

 

 

1.0

11.1

 

0.8

26.3

Guyana

 

39.9

21

 

0.8

 

11

 

 

0.1

0.0

 

39.8

0.3

Haiti

 

4.8

(16)

 

0.5

 

67

 

 

0.0

 

4.0

12.1

Honduras

 

21.4

153

 

0.3

 

107

 

 

6.1

69.4

 

0.9

(33.3)

Jamaica

 

7.3

(8)

 

3.4

 

2,571

 

 

2.7

8.0

 

16.0

(14.3)

Mexico

 

1,131.9

(10)

 

167.5

 

293

 

 

45.6

(19.6)

 

10.2

(10.0)

Nicaragua

 

6.7

39

 

0.4

 

10

 

 

0.1

0.0

 

1.0

3.6

Panama

 

151.9

7

 

0.4

 

 

 

 

3.8

2.7

 

12.0

(12.0)

Paraguay

 

 

15.7

 

359

 

 

0.1

0.0

 

3.5

200.0

Peru

 

7,390.4

187

 

33.3

 

49

 

 

5.6

(1.8)

 

22.1

4.3

Suriname

 

8.9

182

 

0.4

 

202

 

 

0.0

0.0

 

7.0

(59.8)

Trinidad & Tobago

 

12.6

199

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

 

11.7

(17.4)

United States

 

5,319.6

36

 

318.6

 

177

 

 

403.8

 

 

22.3

39.1

Uruguay

 

129.0

(5)

 

0.5

 

153

 

 

0.0

 

5.0

0.0

Venezuela

 

337.2

74

 

22.3

 

38

 

 

1.8

100.0

 

12.5

0.0

 

Source: World Resources Institute, "World Resources Report 1996-1997."
* Aquaculture totals are included within country totals for marine and freshwater catches.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.


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