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Table 9: Per Capita Consumption of Fish and Fishery Products in Member States and Observers of the Alliance of Small Island States and Other Small Island Developing States

Area/State

Fishery Imports (live weight, tonnes)
A

Fishery Exports (live weight, tonnes)
B

Net Imports of Fish (tonnes)
A-B

Annual per capita fish consumption (l.w.e. kg)

Fish as a percentage of animal (and fish) protein

Fish as a percentage of total protein (animal and plant)








ATLANTIC OCEAN








Cape Verde

201

265

- 64

18.2

22.9

8.3


Guinea Bissau

685

1 241

- 556

5.4

16.7

3.2


Sao Tome and Principe

439

7

432

24.3

61.6

15.5








CARIBBEAN








Antigua and Barbuda

1 157

130

1 027

22.7

14.3

9.3


Bahamas

3 226

6 086

- 2 860

24.2

13.7

8.6


Barbados

4 767

324

4 443

30.0

17.8

10.3


Belize

434

1 215

- 781

6.7

6.4

2.9


Cuba a

22 603

10 871

11 732

10.9

13.8

5.7


Dominica

1 214

0

1 214

29.0

19.4

10.7


Grenada a

1 148

367

781

25.5

22.8

12.5


Guyana a

1 647

6 227

- 4 850

48.2

48.3

21.2


Jamaica a

47 281

1 312

45 969

24.8

20.8

10.6


St. Kitts and Nevis a

485

-

485

14.4

14.3

8.0


St. Lucia a

1 064

25

1039

16.1

10.8

6.0


St.Vincent and the Grenadines a

589

598

- 9

11.4

11.7

7.1


Suriname a

1 601

3 137

- 1 536

26.9

31.0

13.0


Trinidad and Tobago a

6 951

6 060

891

10.6

12.9

5.0








INDIAN OCEAN








Comoros

746

-

746

22.8

64.3

18.2


Maldives a

-

65 855

- 65 855

153.2

81.7

49.3


Mauritius

34 045

20 763

13 282

28.7

26.3

11.6


Seychelles

13 304

12 944

360

62.2

51.9

25.4








MEDITERRANEAN SEA








Cyprus

14 177

550

13 627

22.4

8.9

5.5


Malta

8 560

822

7 738

26.0

11.2

6.2








PACIFIC OCEAN








Cook Islands

380

83

297

64.5

41.3

27.2


Federated States of Micronesia a

2 119

53

2 066

43.2

48.9

24.1


Fiji

19 324

22 530

- 3 206

36.0

281

12.5


Kiribati a

845

717

128

75.1

65.9

31.5


Marshall Islands a

190

119

71

6.0

-

-


Nauru a

-

-

-

35.7

32.7

26.6


Palau

879

49

830

123.4

-

-


Papua New Guinea a

26 529

1 494

25 035

11.7

23.8

7.4


Samoa a

7 071

220

6 851

45.4

34.3

18.1


Solomon Islands a

113

35 451

- 35 338

44.4

77.9

28.9


Tonga a

824

315

509

34.2

30.7

15.5


Tuvalu a

-

260

- 260

13.9

26.5

9.2


Vanuatu a

1 812

222

1 590

26.2

33.9

12.5








SOUTH CHINA SEA








Singapore

268 944

177 412

91 532

31.9

16.6

9.2








OBSERVERS








American Samoa

-

-

-

3.2

3.5

1.9


Guam

-

-

-

2.2

2.8

1.5


Netherlands Antilles a

2 522

355

2 167

16.2

8.6

5.5


Niue a

-

-

-

56.2

25.7

15.2


US Virgin Islands a

-

-

-

8.5

43.1

43.1








NON AOSIS MEMBERS








Bahrain

4 103

3 646

457

17.7

9.6

4.2


Dominican Republic

43 378

1 790

41 588

7.9

10.2

4.6


Haiti a

13 562

57

13 505

2.7

11.7

1.9

Notes:
a indicates countries with data for 1996. All other data refer to 1995.
1. - indicates no data available.
2. l.w.e. means Live Weight Equivalent.
3. Source: Data extracted from the FAO Fisheries Circular No. 821 Revision 4 (in press).


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