The World’s Capture Fisheries
January 12, 2010 · Posted in Commercial Fishing, Industry News
Source: FAO
The world catch amounted to 92million tonnes in 2006.
The greatest volume came from the Pacific Ocean – approximately 50% of the world catch.
The second in rank came the Atlantic Ocean – approximately 20% of the world catch.
Of individual species the Peruvian anchovy was the largest, 7.6 million tonnes or 8.5% of total world catch.
The catch of Alaska pollock, the second in rank, was 2.9 million tonnes.
The biggest fishing nation is China catching over 16% of the world catch.
Iceland ranked number 16 on the world list with about 1.6% of the world catch.
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