WORLD FISH CATCH

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2010
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• Publication Date: May 23, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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23 May 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Danny Boggs
Assistant Director Office of Policy Development
FROM: STAT
Chief, Geography Division, OGI
SUBJECT: World Fish Catch
REFERENCE: Your request of 11 May 1983
1. Data compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.
reveals that the world fish catch, both oceanic and inland water, has trended
upward over the past 35 years. This trend is likely to continue for the
foreseeable future as new fishing grounds are-tapped and new fish species are
brought into production.
2. The near universal establishment of national 200-mile coastal
economic and fishing zones since the mid 1970s has brought more rational
management to many of the world's rich fishing grounds. Fishing industry
publications report that many of the popular species such as Atlantic cod,
haddock, and flounder, that were depleted by uncontrolled fishing fran the
late 1950s to the early 1970s have returned to commercial levels. They will
probably not again be harvested at pre 200-mile levels, but new species are
filling the gap. These include capelin and blue whiting fran the North
Atlantic, various mackerel species fran off Peru, Chile, and southern Africa;
Japanese pilchard from the northwest Pacific; and krill from Antarctica.
3. A table showing the world fish catch for the period 1975-1981 is
attached. It highlights the. catches of countries that have been among the top
10 during that period.
STAT
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World Fish Catch. 0 GI M 83-10138, 23 May 1983 STAT
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ATTACHMENT TO GI M 83-10138
World Fish Catch (million tons)
Source: FAO Statistical Yearbook
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Japan
9.9
10.0
10.1
10.2
9.9
10.4
11.3
USSR
10.0
10.1
9.3
8.9
9.1
9.4
9.5
China
4.2
4.3
4.5
4.4
4.1
4.2
4.6
Chile
0.9
1.4
1.3
1.9
2.6
2.8
3.4
2.8
3.1
3.0
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.3
Peru
3.4
4.3
2.5
3.5
3.7
2.3
2.7
India
2.3
2.2 -
2.3
2.3'
2.3
2.4
2.6
Norway
2.5
3.4
3.4
2.6
2.7
2.4
2.5
South Korea
1.9
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.2
2.1
2.3
Denmark
1.8
1.9
1.8
1.7
1.7
2.0
1.8
Thailand
1.6
1.7
2.2
2.1
1.7
1.7
1.7 estimate
Spain
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.2
1.2
1.2
Other*
23.6
23.8
25.0
25.9
26.6
27.7
26.8 estimate
Total
66.4
69.8
68.9
70.4
71.3
72.2
73.7
*These totals include annual catches for 7 countries that caught more than 1
million tons in 1980. In order of catch size, they are: Indonesia,
Philippines, Iceland, North Korea, Canada, Mexico, and Vietnam; their 1980
canbined total was 9.9 million tons. Indonesia, Philppines, North Korean and
Vietnam were in the over-l-million group from 1975 to 1980. Data for 1981 are
incomplete.
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