Fish and Seafood Industry
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Average Annual Marine Catch |
Average Annual Freshwater Catch |
Average Annual Balance of Trade |
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(000 metric tons) |
% change since |
(000 metric tons) |
% change since |
1993-95 (metric tons) |
1993-95 (million US$) |
% change since 1983-85 |
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Marine Fish |
Dia-dromous Fish |
Fresh-water Fish |
Molluscs & Crustaceans |
Fish |
Molluscs & Crustaceans |
Fish Meal |
Total 1993-95 (kg) |
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|
1993-95 |
1983-85 |
1993-95 |
1983-85 |
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|
Belize |
2 |
48 |
0 |
.. |
0 |
0 |
5 |
731 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
8 |
27 |
|
|
Cuba |
71 |
(62) |
21 |
34 |
15 |
0 |
18,701 |
442 |
(19) |
98 |
0 |
11 |
(43) |
|
|
Dominican Republic |
16 |
21 |
5 |
59 |
469 |
29 |
1,320 |
694 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
23 |
|
|
Guyana |
45 |
25 |
1 |
(4) |
0 |
0 |
140 |
63 |
4 |
13 |
0 |
42 |
(4) |
|
|
Haiti |
5 |
(22) |
1 |
78 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
4 |
2 |
0 |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Jamaica |
10 |
8 |
4 |
525 |
0 |
0 |
2,900 |
72 |
(28) |
9 |
0 |
22 |
14 |
|
|
Suriname |
12 |
225 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
61 |
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
13 |
182 |
0 |
.. |
0 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
(61) |
|
|
Caribbean |
173 |
.. |
30 |
.. |
484 |
29 |
23,072 |
2,009 |
1 |
139 |
0 |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Costa Rica |
18 |
19 |
4 |
921 |
0 |
68 |
2,996 |
1,588 |
56 |
32 |
0 |
5 |
16 |
|
|
El Salvador |
9 |
(8) |
5 |
160 |
403 |
0 |
116 |
246 |
(0) |
27 |
1 |
2 |
22 |
|
|
Guatemala |
7 |
142 |
5 |
5,575 |
0 |
0 |
430 |
3,126 |
2 |
26 |
4 |
1 |
112 |
|
|
Honduras |
24 |
149 |
0 |
119 |
0 |
0 |
190 |
7,377 |
6 |
60 |
(1) |
1 |
(47) |
|
|
Nicaragua |
11 |
161 |
1 |
229 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1,801 |
8 |
45 |
0 |
2 |
57 |
|
|
Panama |
172 |
(14) |
0 |
169 |
0 |
0 |
228 |
5,409 |
11 |
79 |
5 |
14 |
1 |
|
|
Central America |
241 |
.. |
15 |
.. |
403 |
68 |
3,964 |
19,547 |
82 |
268 |
9 |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Argentina |
998 |
171 |
12 |
6 |
0 |
921 |
0 |
11 |
417 |
305 |
3 |
8 |
34 |
|
|
Bolivia |
1 |
338 |
5 |
25 |
0 |
521 |
106 |
0 |
(1) |
(0) |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
|
Brazil |
586 |
(19) |
214 |
2 |
0 |
867 |
26,500 |
3,033 |
(225) |
116 |
(0) |
6 |
(9) |
|
|
Chile |
7,109 |
61 |
0 |
1,100 |
30 |
106,922 |
0 |
13,543 |
643 |
183 |
485 |
31 |
76 |
|
|
Colombia |
100 |
389 |
46 |
(6) |
0 |
4,273 |
16,350 |
8,127 |
52 |
103 |
(25) |
4 |
22 |
|
|
Ecuador |
419 |
(46) |
2 |
164 |
0 |
443 |
1,253 |
88,868 |
158 |
551 |
6 |
8 |
(30) |
|
|
Paraguay |
.. |
.. |
15 |
178 |
0 |
0 |
98 |
0 |
(2) |
(0) |
0 |
4 |
140 |
|
|
Peru |
9,940 |
234 |
44 |
45 |
1 |
841 |
276 |
4,394 |
57 |
64 |
667 |
20 |
29 |
|
|
Uruguay |
121 |
(12) |
1 |
111 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
74 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
142 |
|
|
Venezuela |
399 |
82 |
49 |
51 |
0 |
203 |
1,673 |
2,332 |
28 |
47 |
(7) |
16 |
32 |
|
|
South America |
19,673 |
.. |
387 |
.. |
31 |
114,991 |
46,260 |
120,312 |
1,200 |
1,371 |
1,129 |
.. |
.. |
|
|
Mexico |
1,113 |
9 |
160 |
49 |
47 |
1,535 |
20,698 |
43,746 |
34 |
420 |
21 |
12 |
19 |
|
|
LAC |
21,201 |
.. |
593 |
.. |
965 |
116,623 |
93,994 |
185,614 |
1,317 |
2,197 |
1,159 |
.. |
.. |
|
Source: The World Resources Institute (WRI), World Resources, A Guide to the Global Environment, 1998-99, Washington, D.C., 1998.
Definitions: Marine and freshwater catch data refer to marine and freshwater fish killed, caught, trapped, collected, bred, or cultivated for commercial industrial, and subsistence use (catches for recreational activities are included w here available). Crustaceans and molluscs are included. Figures are the national totals averaged over a 3-year period; they include fish caught by a country's fleet anywhere in the world. Average annual aquaculture production refers to the far ming of aquatic organisms and includes 301 "species items" that are grouped into six categories: Marine fish include a variety of species groups such as mullet, seabass, grouper, snaper, tuna, mackerel, etc. Diadromous fish are species th at migrate between fresh and saltwater, including sturgeon, river eel, salmon, trout, etc. Freshwater fish include carp, perche, catfish, etc. Molluscs include freshwater molluscs, oysters, mussels, scallops, clams, abalone, etc. Crustaceans< /I> include, among others, crab, lobster, shrimp, and prawns. Balance of trade is defined as exports minus imports. Figures are the national totals averaged over a 3-year period in millions of U.S. dollars. A surplus of imports is shown as a n egative value. Per capita annual food supply from fish and seafood is the quantity of both freshwater and marine fish, seafood, and derived products available for human consumption. However, the amount of fish and seafood actually consumed may be lower than the figures shown, depending on how much is lost during home storage, preparation, and cooking, and how much is discarded. [an error occurred while processing this directive]