Fishing industry by country

This page lists the world fisheries production for 2005. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country.

Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc

Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries harvest for 2005. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Capture includes fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc. Countries which harvested less than 100,000 tons are not included.

Country	Capture	Aquaculture	Total
Algeria	126,259	368	126,627
Angola	240,000		240,000
Argentina	931,472	2,430	933,902
Australia	245,935	47,087	293,022
Bangladesh	1,333,866	882,091	2,215,957
Brazil	750,283	257,783	1,008,066
Cambodia	384,000	26,000	410,000
Canada	1,080,982	154,083	1,235,065
Chile	4,330,325	698,214	5,028,539
People's Republic of China	17,053,191	32,414,084	49,467,275
Colombia	121,000	60,072	181,072
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	220,000	2,965	222,965
Denmark	910,613	39,012	949,625
Ecuador	407,723	78,300	486,023
Egypt	349,553	539,748	889,301
France	574,358	258,435	832,793
Germany	285,668	44,685	330,353
Ghana	392,274	1,154	393,428
Greece	92,738	106,208	198,946
Greenland	216,302		216,302
Hong Kong	161,964	4,130	166,094
Iceland	1,661,031	8,256	1,669,287
India	3,481,136	2,837,751	6,318,887
Indonesia	4,381,260	1,197,109	5,578,369
Iran	410,558	117,354	527,912
Ireland	262,532	60,050	322,582
Italy	298,373	180,943	479,316
Japan	4,072,895	746,221	4,819,116
Kenya	148,124	1,047	149,171
North Korea	205,000	63,700	268,700
South Korea	1,639,069	436,232	2,075,301
Latvia	150,618	542	151,160
Lithuania	139,785	2,013	141,798
Madagascar	136,400	8,500	144,900
Malaysia	1,214,183	175,834	1,390,017
Mauritania	247,577		247,577
Mexico	1,304,830	117,514	1,422,344
Morocco	932,704	2,257	934,961
Myanmar	1,742,956	474,510	2,217,466
Namibia	552,695	50	552,745
Netherlands	549,208	68,175	617,383
New Zealand	535,394	105,301	640,695
Nigeria	523,182	56,355	579,537
Norway	2,392,934	656,636	3,049,570
Oman	150,571	173	150,744
Pakistan	434,473	80,622	515,095
Panama	214,737	8,019	222,756
Papua New Guinea	250,280		250,280
Peru	9,388,662	27,468	9,416,130
Philippines	2,246,352	557,251	2,803,603
Poland	156,247	36,607	192,854
Portugal	211,757	6,485	218,242
Russian Federation	3,190,946	114,752	3,305,698
Senegal	405,070	193	405,263
Seychelles	106,555	772	107,327
Sierra Leone	145,993		145,993
South Africa	817,608	3,142	820,750
Spain	848,803	221,927	1,070,730
Sri Lanka	161,960	1,724	163,684
Sweden	256,359	5,880	262,239
Taiwan (Republic of China)	1,017,243	304,756	1,321,999
Tanzania	347,800	11	347,811
Thailand	2,599,387	1,144,011	3,743,398
Tunisia	109,117	2,665	111,782
Turkey	426,496	119,177	545,673
Uganda	416,758	10,817	427,575
Ukraine	244,943	28,745	273,688
UK	669,458	172,813	842,271
USA	4,888,621	471,958	5,360,579
Uruguay	125,906	47	125,953
Vanuatu	151,079	1	151,080
Venezuela	470,000	22,210	492,210
Vietnam	1,929,900	1,437,300	3,367,200
Yemen	263,000		263,000
Other	9,685,851	786,993	14,917,378
Total	93,253,346	48,149,792	141,403,138

Aquatic plants

Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries harvest of aquatic plants for 2005. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Countries whose total harvest was less than 100,000 tons are not included.

Count	Capture	Aquaculture	Total
Chile	409,851	15,492	425,343
China	308,380	10,855,295	11,163,675
Indonesia	7,730	910,636	918,366
Japan	104,893	507,742	612,635
North Korea		444,295	444,295
South Korea	15,212	621,154	636,366
Philippines	298	1,338,597	1,338,895
Other	459,439	96,761	556,200
Total	1,305,803	14,789,972	16,095,775

See also

• World fish production
• Wild fisheries
• Ocean fisheries
• Population dynamics of fisheries
• List of harvested aquatic animals by weight

References

• FAO: Fisheries and Aquaculture 2005 statistics.
• FAO: FIGIS: Time-series query on Capture: Quantity Rome.

External links

• Fish capture by country since 1950