FISHERIES

Table 133. Inland Capture Fisheries: Production
Table 134. Marine Capture Fisheries: Production
Table 135. Total Capture Fisheries: Production
Table 136. Aquaculture: Production
Table 137. Fish and Fish Products: Imports and Exports in Volume
Table 138. Fish and Fish Products: Imports and Exports in Value

Table 133. Inland Capture Fisheries: Production

Unit: 1000 MT

Country	1988	1995	1996	1997	1998	Average Annual Growth Rate 88-98
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	409.8	527.7	535.6	534.3	538.7	2.9%
2. Bhutan	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0%
3. Cambodia	61.2	72.5	63.5	73.0	75.7	3.0%
4. China	721.1	1607.4	1762.9	1887.0	2280.2	12.4%
5. Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
6. DPR Korea	65.0	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.0	-9.7%
7. Fiji	4.4	3.6	3.0	4.3	5.1	3.3%
8. India	446.0	623.4	648.4	657.8	650.2	6.3%
9. Indonesia	297.0	329.7	335.7	304.0	315.7	0.8%
10. Iran	20.1	88.4	109.3	111.4	140.4	23.3%
11. Laos	21.0	25.9	25.9	26.0	26.8	2.8%
12. Malaysia	1.0	3.9	3.7	3.9	4.6	18.7%
13. Maldives	-	-	-	-	-	-
14. Mongolia	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4%
15. Myanmar	139.1	151.7	169.3	157.4	153.6	1.3%
16. Nepal	7.0	11.2	11.2	11.2	12.0	7.1%
17. Pakistan	89.7	121.4	142.1	167.5	163.5	6.4%
18. Papua New Guinea	14.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	-0.6%
19. Philippines	231.8	186.0	177.4	159.1	146.5	-4.4%
20. Rep. of Korea	29.4	9.6	8.1	6.9	6.8	-11.5%
21. Samoa	-	-	-	-	-	-
22. Solomon Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
23. Sri Lanka	33.0	12.0	15.8	25.3	29.9	3.0%
24. Thailand	95.3	186.7	213.9	183.3	191.3	8.0%
25. Tonga	-	-	-	-	-	-
26. Vanuatu	-	-	-	-	-	-
27. Viet Nam	135.0	71.0	66.0	68.0	70.0	-6.1%
SUB-TOTAL	2822.1	4066.1	4325.8	4414.6	4845.2	5.7%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	2.0	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	18.1%
29. Japan	99.0	91.5	93.5	85.6	78.8	-2.1%
30. New Zealand	0.7	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	9.4%
SUB-TOTAL	101.7	94.3	96.4	88.4	82.1	-2.0%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	2923.8	4160.4	4422.2	4503.0	4927.3	5.5%
REST OF WORLD	3279.2	3088.5	3010.8	3029.3	3076.1	-0.6%
WORLD	6203.0	7249.0	7433.0	7532.4	8003.4	2.6%

Table 134. Marine Capture Fisheries: Production

Unit: 1000 MT

Country	1988	1995	1996	1997	1998	Average Annual Growth Rate 88-98
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	244.9	264.7	279.2	295.1	300.5	2.4%
2. Bhutan	-	-	-	-	-	-
3. Cambodia	21.0	30.5	31.2	29.8	32.2	5.7%
4. China	5028.0	10955.3	12419.2	13835.4	14949.7	11.6%
5. Cook Islands	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	-0.5%
6. DPR Korea	1587.2	307.1	233.1	216.5	200.0	-16.7%
7. Fiji	23.7	25.3	21.9	23.5	23.1	0.4%
8. India	1786.6	2596.2	2825.6	2859.3	2564.6	4.0%
9. Indonesia	2083.6	3174.1	3221.9	3487.0	3383.1	5.1%
10. Iran	188.5	251.0	242.4	238.5	226.5	2.5%
11. Laos	-	-	-	-	-	-
12. Malaysia	825.6	1108.4	1126.7	1169.0	1149.1	3.5%
13. Maldives	71.5	104.6	105.6	107.7	118.2	5.3%
14. Mongolia	-	-	-	-	-	-
15. Myanmar	559.7	606.5	635.5	672.9	719.3	2.6%
16. Nepal	-	-	-	-	-	-
17. Pakistan	348.9	405.4	395.3	422.2	433.5	2.6%
18. Papua New Guinea	11.5	25.8	23.7	30.2	54.0	20.0%
19. Philippines	1435.5	1674.5	1606.2	1646.7	1681.5	1.6%
20. Rep. of Korea	2245.9	2310.3	2405.7	2197.1	2020.1	-0.8%
21. Samoa	2.5	1.9	4.0	7.1	7.2	30.4%
22. Solomon Islands	53.7	65.7	56.9	62.1	58.6	2.8%
23. Sri Lanka	159.5	217.5	210.3	214.8	236.2	4.6%
24. Thailand	2335.6	2826.6	2790.7	2694.4	2709.0	1.6%
25. Tonga	2.7	2.6	2.9	2.7	3.9	5.7%
26. Vanuatu	3.3	10.2	13.9	30.7	40.9	43.7%
27. Viet Nam	623.4	928.9	962.5	1010.7	1060.7	5.6%
SUB-TOTAL	19644.0	27894.1	29615.5	31254.1	31972.8	5.0%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	198.3	202.4	201.5	196.6	199.3	0.5%
29. Japan	11060.4	5875.8	5842.6	5830.5	5180.3	-7.2%
30. New Zealand	263.4	543.1	420.0	595.0	634.3	10.5%
SUB-TOTAL	11522.1	6621.3	6464.2	6622.1	6013.9	-6.2%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	31166.1	34515.4	36079.7	37876.2	37986.7	2.0%
REST OF WORLD	51324.3	49812.5	49961.4	48210.5	40309.2	-2.2%
WORLD	82490.4	84327.8	86041.1	86086.7	78295.9	-0.4%

Table 135. Total Capture Fisheries: Production

Unit: 1000 MT

Country	1988	1995	1996	1997	1998	Average Annual Growth Rate 88-98
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	654.7	792.4	814.8	829.4	839.1	2.5%
2. Bhutan	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0%
3. Cambodia	82.2	103.0	94.7	102.8	107.9	3.5%
4. China	5749.2	12562.7	14182.1	15722.3	17230.0	11.6%
5. Cook Islands	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	-0.4%
6. DPR Korea	1652.2	327.1	253.1	236.5	220.0	-16.3%
7. Fiji	28.2	28.9	24.9	27.8	28.2	0.5%
8. India	2232.6	3219.6	3474.1	3517.1	3214.8	3.9%
9. Indonesia	2380.6	3503.8	3557.6	3791.0	3698.9	4.6%
10. Iran	208.6	339.4	351.7	349.9	366.9	6.0%
11. Laos	21.0	25.9	25.9	26.0	26.8	2.8%
12. Malaysia	826.6	1112.4	1130.4	1172.9	1153.7	3.5%
13. Maldives	71.5	104.6	105.6	107.7	118.2	5.3%
14. Mongolia	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4%
15. Myanmar	698.9	758.2	804.8	830.3	873.0	2.3%
16. Nepal	7.0	11.2	11.2	11.2	12.0	7.1%
17. Pakistan	438.6	526.8	537.4	589.7	597.0	3.4%
18. Papua New Guinea	26.0	39.3	37.3	43.7	67.6	11.4%
19. Philippines	1667.3	1860.5	1783.6	1805.8	1828.0	1.0%
20. Rep. of Korea	2275.3	2319.9	2413.8	2204.0	2026.9	-0.9%
21. Samoa	2.5	1.9	4.0	7.1	7.2	30.4%
22. Solomon Islands	53.7	65.7	56.9	62.1	58.6	2.8%
23. Sri Lanka	192.5	229.5	226.0	240.0	266.1	3.8%
24. Thailand	2430.9	3013.3	3004.7	2877.6	2900.3	1.8%
25. Tonga	2.7	2.6	2.9	2.7	3.9	5.7%
26. Vanuatu	3.3	10.2	13.9	30.7	40.9	43.7%
27. Viet Nam	758.4	999.9	1028.5	1078.7	1130.7	4.2%
SUB-TOTAL	25662.3	35986.2	37991.5	39658.5	40894.0	4.8%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	200.3	204.1	203.3	198.3	201.2	0.5%
29. Japan	11159.4	5967.3	5936.1	5916.2	5259.1	-7.2%
30. New Zealand	264.1	544.2	421.1	596.0	635.7	10.5%
SUB-TOTAL	11623.8	6715.6	6560.5	6710.5	6096.0	-6.2%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	37286.1	42701.8	44552.1	46369.0	46990.0	2.4%
REST OF WORLD	51407.3	48875.0	48922.1	47250.0	39309.4	-2.5%
WORLD	88693.3	91576.8	93474.2	93619.1	86299.4	-0.2%

Table 136. Aquaculture: Production*

Unit: 1000 MT

Country	1988	1995	1996	1997	1998	Average Annual Growth Rate 88-98
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	175.3	380.5	449.6	512.7	583.9	13.0%
2. Bhutan	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.7%
3. Cambodia	4.6	9.5	9.6	11.8	14.1	12.3%
4. China	5630.5	15855.7	17714.6	19315.6	20795.4	14.2%
5. Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
6. DPR Korea	50.0	73.9	80.9	70.2	68.5	3.7%
7. Fiji	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	47.3%
8. India	893.3	1686.3	1783.5	1862.3	2029.6	8.7%
9. Indonesia	414.6	635.3	733.1	662.5	696.9	5.5%
10. Iran	26.4	28.6	30.0	30.3	33.2	3.0%
11. Laos	7.0	14.4	14.4	14.0	14.1	7.6%
12. Malaysia	47.0	132.7	109.1	103.4	129.0	11.7%
13. Maldives	-	-	-	-	-	-
14. Mongolia	-	-	-	-	-	-
15. Myanmar	5.7	74.3	68.1	87.3	85.3	44.8%
16. Nepal	5.1	9.9	10.6	12.0	12.9	10.4%
17. Pakistan	6.9	15.1	18.1	22.1	24.1	14.1%
18. Papua New Guinea	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.5%
19. Philippines	343.1	361.5	349.4	330.4	311.9	-0.8%
20. Rep. of Korea	457.1	368.2	358.0	392.4	327.5	-2.8%
21. Samoa	-	-	-	-	-	-
22. Solomon Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
23. Sri Lanka	5.7	6.3	6.1	7.0	6.9	2.2%
24. Thailand	220.4	559.5	557.4	552.4	569.6	10.3%
25. Tonga	-	-	-	-	-	-
26. Vanuatu	-	-	-	-	-	-
27. Viet Nam	152.6	451.9	432.5	494.0	521.9	16.1%
SUB-TOTAL	8445.1	20664.0	22725.4	24480.7	26224.9	12.1%
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	13.1	22.4	25.3	26.6	27.8	8.1%
29. Japan	806.8	820.1	829.4	806.5	766.8	-0.4%
30. New Zealand	27.8	70.4	74.8	76.9	93.8	14.7%
SUB-TOTAL	847.6	912.9	929.5	910.0	888.4	0.5%
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	9292.7	21576.9	23654.8	25390.7	27113.3	11.4%
REST OF WORLD	2405.5	2975.2	3165.2	3433.5	3749.8	4.6%
WORLD	11698.2	24552.1	26820.1	28824.2	30863.1	10.3%

* Production data includes fish and shellfish only, excluding aquatic plants and all aquatic organisms.

Table 137. Fish and Fish Products: Imports and Exports in Volume

Unit: 1000 MT

COUNTRY	IMPORT		EXPORT		NET (EXPORT-IMPORT)
	Annual ave. Triennium ending 1987	Annual ave. Triennium ending 1997	Annual ave. Triennium ending 1987	Annual ave. Triennium ending 1997	Annual ave. Triennium ending 1987	Annual ave. Triennium ending 1997
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	0.0	3.8	26.0	42.0	26.0	38.2
2. Bhutan	-	-	-	-	-	-
3. Cambodia	0.0	3.7	0.1	28.3	0.1	24.5
4. China	280.6	1392.0	174.1	755.8	-106.5	-636.2
5. Cook Islands	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.1
6. DPR Korea	0.0	84.2	41.1	53.9	41.1	-30.3
7. Fiji	13.5	13.1	4.7	13.5	-8.8	0.4
8. India	0.0	11.0	84.5	358.0	84.5	346.9
9. Indonesia	57.8	150.8	93.9	522.0	36.1	371.3
10. Iran	69.8	104.2	1.0	6.4	-68.8	-97.8
11. Laos	0.0	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-2.1
12. Malaysia	237.5	278.6	173.0	161.8	-64.5	-116.8
13. Maldives	-	-	21.6	28.7	-	-
14. Mongolia	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	-1.1	0.1
15. Myanmar	0.0	0.4	3.9	15.5	3.9	15.1
16. Nepal	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
17. Pakistan	0.1	0.1	38.6	70.0	38.5	69.9
18. Papua New Guinea	33.5	20.7	4.5	2.6	-29.0	-18.1
19. Philippines	67.8	275.6	63.9	134.9	-3.9	-140.7
20. Rep. of Korea	182.9	477.3	487.9	434.9	305.0	-42.4
21. Samoa	1.9	4.0	0.0	0.9	-1.9	-3.2
22. Solomon Islands	0.6	0.1	32.5	38.3	31.9	38.3
23. Sri Lanka	37.2	70.1	3.1	6.8	-34.2	-63.3
24. Thailand	214.4	717.3	574.0	877.5	359.5	160.2
25. Tonga	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.4	-0.2
26. Vanuatu	3.0	1.1	0.0	0.1	-3.0	-0.9
27. Viet Nam	0.0	7.4	25.3	101.2	25.3	93.8
SUB-TOTAL	1202.5	3618.4	1854.9	3653.6	652.3	35.3
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	98.8	154.4	34.7	67.2	-64.1	-87.2
29. Japan	1763.6	3380.3	747.9	274.2	-1015.6	-3106.1
30. New Zealand	8.1	21.1	153.2	322.3	145.1	301.2
SUB-TOTAL	1870.5	3555.8	935.9	663.7	-934.6	-2892.1
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	3073.0	7174.2	2790.8	4317.3	-282.3	-2856.9
REST OF WORLD	10732.8	14261.5	11812.7	18109.0	1079.9	3847.5
WORLD	13805.8	21435.7	14603.5	22426.3	797.6	990.6

Table 138. Fish and Fish Products: Imports and Exports in Value

Unit: USD 1000

COUNTRY	IMPORT		EXPORT		NET (EXPORT-IMPORT)
	Annual ave. Triennium ending 1987	Annual ave. Triennium ending 1997	Annual ave. Triennium ending 1987	Annual ave. Triennium ending 1997	Annual ave. Triennium ending 1987	Annual ave. Triennium ending 1997
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
1. Bangladesh	2	3010	117887	310578	117884	307568
2. Bhutan	-	-	-	-	-	-
3. Cambodia	0	5264	27	17033	27	11770
4. China	117439	1102915	494632	2876429	377193	1773514
5. Cook Islands	205	388	0	1484	-205	1097
6. DPR Korea	0	219401	47730	69966	47730	-149435
7. Fiji	15908	17533	15577	39095	-331	21562
8. India	0	11069	346210	1094788	346210	1083719
9. Indonesia	25258	106891	339439	1655201	314181	1548309
10. Iran	23986	49552	29665	64763	5679	15212
11. Laos	0	1491	0	101	0	-1390
12. Malaysia	131682	338431	143488	332870	11806	-5560
13. Maldives			16308	47319	16308	47319
14. Mongolia	1890	117	0	137	-1890	20
15. Myanmar	0	465	12215	88213	12215	87748
16. Nepal	97	241	139	25	42	-216
17. Pakistan	134	82	99242	153764	99108	153682
18. Papua New Guinea	33100	20534	12924	13370	-20177	-7164
19. Philippines	18866	136520	206581	458002	187715	321482
20. Rep. of Korea	139855	965620	1169354	1483600	1029498	517980
21. Samoa	1619	5065	7	1976	-1613	-3089
22. Solomon Islands	580	102	26363	37517	25783	37415
23. Sri Lanka	31296	67091	20268	65742	-11028	-1350
24. Thailand	229706	710359	982675	3638927	752969	2928568
25. Tonga	321	538	634	1662	313	1124
26. Vanuatu	4251	1284	27	541	-4224	-743
27. Viet Nam	0	7142	101788	541306	101788	534164
SUB-TOTAL	776197	3771106	4183179	12994411	3406983	9223305
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
28. Australia	254131	461355	350525	865843	96394	404488
29. Japan	6548623	16805644	869172	770691	-5679451	-16034953
30. New Zealand	22534	47494	339450	820056	316916	772562
SUB-TOTAL	6825288	17314493	1559147	2456590	-5266141	-14857904
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	7601484	21085599	5742326	15451001	-1859158	-5634599
REST OF WORLD	16847021	35457361	16626643	36101388	-220378	644027
WORLD	24448505	56,542,960	22368969	51552388	-2079536	-4990572