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

Marine capture fisheries production in Asia-Pacific Region (1000 MT) and countries with largest production

Inland capture fisheries production in Asia-Pacific Region (1000 MT) and countries with largest production

Table 133. Inland capture fisheries: production

Unit: 1000 MT
						Annual
Country	1990	1997	1998	1999	2000	Growth Rate
						1990-2000
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Bangladesh	400	534	539	649	670	4.9
Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Cambodia	65	73	76	231	246	11.1
China	864	1,887	2,280	2,285	2,233	11.3
Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
DPR Korea	45	20	20	20	20	-8.4
Fiji	5	4	5	6	6	3.6
India	592	642	692	696	797	4.9
Indonesia	294	304	289	328	329	0.8
Iran	43	104	140	143	151	12.6
Laos	18	19	20	30	29	4.0
Malaysia	1	4	5	3	4	12.9
Maldives	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mongolia	0	0	0	1	0	15.7
Myanmar	138	149	149	160	190	2.2
Nepal	5	11	12	13	17	12.2
Pakistan	103	168	164	180	176	6.7
Papua New Guinea	15	14	14	14	14	-0.3
Philippines	237	159	146	146	152	-5.4
Republic of Korea	27	7	7	6	7	-14.4
Samoa	-	-	-	-	-	-
Solomon Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sri Lanka	27	27	30	31	37	6.6
Thailand	135	195	204	206	209	5.0
Tonga	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vanuatu	-	-	-	-	-	-
Viet Nam	126	178	139	169	161	3.0
SUB-TOTAL	3,140	4,499	4,930	5,318	5,447	6.4
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Australia	3	2	2	3	2	-2.1
Japan	112	86	79	71	71	-4.1
New Zealand	1	1	1	1	1	2.1
SUB-TOTAL	115	88	82	75	74	-4.0
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	3,255	4,588	5,012	5,394	5,521	6.1
REST OF THE WORLD	3,201	2,963	3,029	3,102	3,280	0.4
WORLD	6,456	7,551	8,041	8,496	8,801	3.6

Table 134. Marine capture fisheries: production

Unit: 1000 MT
						Annual
Country	1990	1997	1998	1999	2000	growth rate
						1990-2000
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Bangladesh	253	295	300	310	334	2.1
Bhutan	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cambodia	40	30	32	38	39	-0.2
China	5,790	13,835	14,950	14,955	14,754	11.1
Cook Islands	1	1	1	1	1	-7.1
DPR Korea	1,255	216	200	190	181	-19.5
Fiji	28	23	23	31	32	1.6
India	2,190	2,882	2,681	2,776	2,798	2.2
Indonesia	2,251	3,487	3,676	3,659	3,811	5.3
Iran	199	238	227	244	261	1.9
Laos	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malaysia	951	1,169	1,149	1,248	1,286	3.1
Maldives	85	116	129	134	132	4.8
Mongolia	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myanmar	599	631	681	760	880	3.0
Nepal	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pakistan	366	422	433	475	438	1.1
Papua New Guinea	12	32	58	46	37	17.5
Philippines	1,592	1,646	1,687	1,727	1,741	0.6
Republic of Korea	2,440	2,197	2,020	2,113	1,816	-1.8
Samoa	1	7	8	10	13	41.1
Solomon Islands	41	63	60	57	23	-1.2
Sri Lanka	134	208	240	263	264	5.5
Thailand	2,363	2,694	2,724	2,722	2,714	0.9
Tonga	2	3	4	4	4	8.0
Vanuatu	42	66	77	97	73	8.1
Viet Nam	653	1,099	1,155	1,217	1,281	7.3
SUB-TOTAL	21,288	31,362	32,516	33,077	32,912	5.0
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Australia	206	196	203	237	209	-0.3
Japan	9,438	5,841	5,185	5,131	4,919	-6.1
New Zealand	343	595	635	593	560	5.7
SUB-TOTAL	9,987	6,632	6,022	5,961	5,688	-5.2
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	31,275	37,994	38,538	39,038	38,600	2.7
REST OF THE WORLD	47,819	48,365	40,704	45,672	47,447	-0.6
WORLD	79,094	86,358	79,242	84,709	86,048	0.8

Table 135. Total capture fisheries: production

Unit: 1000 MT
						Annual
COUNTRY	1990	1997	1998	1999	2000	Growth Rate
						1990-2000
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Bangladesh	654	829	839	959	1,004	3.9
Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Cambodia	105	103	108	269	284	8.2
China	6,654	15,722	17,230	17,240	16,987	11.1
Cook Islands	1	1	1	1	1	-7.1
DPR Korea	1,300	236	220	210	201	-18.9
Fiji	32	28	28	37	38	1.9
India	2,783	3,523	3,373	3,472	3,594	2.7
Indonesia	2,544	3,791	3,965	3,987	4,140	4.9
Iran	242	342	367	387	412	4.8
Laos	18	19	20	30	29	4.0
Malaysia	953	1,173	1,154	1,252	1,289	3.1
Maldives	85	116	129	134	132	4.8
Mongolia	0	0	0	1	0	15.7
Myanmar	737	780	830	919	1,070	2.8
Nepal	5	11	12	13	17	12.2
Pakistan	469	590	597	655	615	2.4
Papua New Guinea	26	45	71	60	51	10.5
Philippines	1,829	1,806	1,833	1,873	1,893	0.0
Republic of Korea	2,467	2,204	2,027	2,120	1,823	-1.8
Samoa	1	7	8	10	13	41.1
Solomon Islands	41	63	60	57	23	-1.2
Sri Lanka	161	235	269	295	300	5.5
Thailand	2,498	2,890	2,928	2,929	2,924	1.2
Tonga	2	3	4	4	4	8.0
Vanuatu	42	66	77	97	73	8.1
Viet Nam	779	1,276	1,294	1,386	1,442	6.7
SUB-TOTAL	24,428	35,861	37,445	38,395	38,359	5.1
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Australia	208	198	205	240	211	-0.3
Japan	9,550	5,926	5,263	5,202	4,989	-6.1
New Zealand	344	596	636	594	561	5.6
SUB-TOTAL	10,102	6,720	6,104	6,036	5,762	-5.2
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	34,530	42,581	43,549	44,431	44,121	3.0
REST OF THE WORLD	51,020	51,328	43,734	48,774	50,727	-0.5
WORLD	85,550	93,910	87,283	93,205	94,849	1.0

Table 136. Aquaculture: production*

Unit: 1000 MT
						Annual
Country	1990	1997	1998	1999	2000	growth rate
						1990-2000
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Bangladesh	193	432	515	620	657	14.1
Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Cambodia	6	12	14	15	14	9.3
China	6,482	19,316	20,795	22,790	24,581	15.4
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
DPR Korea	55	70	69	69	67	2.4
Fiji	0	0	0	2	2	48.7
India	1,012	1,862	1,902	2,120	2,095	7.0
Indonesia	500	663	630	749	789	4.2
Iran	27	30	33	32	41	5.5
Laos	10	21	21	30	42	14.7
Malaysia	53	108	134	155	152	9.8
Maldives	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mongolia	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myanmar	7	83	82	91	99	27.8
Nepal	9	12	13	13	15	4.2
Pakistan	10	15	17	23	12	4.3
Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
Philippines	380	330	312	328	388	-1.7
Republic of Korea	377	392	327	303	323	-1.5
Samoa	-	-	-	-	-	-
Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Sri Lanka	6	6	10	8	12	7.4
Thailand	292	540	595	692	707	8.5
Tonga	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vanuatu	-	-	-	-	-	-
Viet Nam	160	405	413	467	511	14.0
SUB-TOTAL	9,579	24,298	25,883	28,508	30,506	13.1
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Australia	12	27	28	34	40	11.4
Japan	804	807	767	759	763	-0.6
New Zealand	29	77	94	92	86	10.5
SUB-TOTAL	845	910	889	885	888	0.4
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	10,424	25,208	26,771	29,393	31,394	12.4
REST OF THE WORLD	2,655	3,424	3,736	4,054	4,191	5.6
WORLD	13,079	28,633	30,507	33,447	35,585	11.3
* 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
	IMPORT		EXPORT		NET (EXPORT-IMPORT)
	Annual ave.	Annual ave.	Annual ave.	Annual ave.	Annual ave.	Annual ave.
Country	Triennium	Triennium	Triennium	Triennium	Triennium	Triennium
	ending 1990	ending 2000	ending 1990	ending 2000	ending 1990	ending 2000
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Bangladesh	0.0	2.7	28.0	37.3	28.0	34.6
Bhutan	0.0				0.0	0.0
Cambodia		2.4	0.4	38.5	0.4	36.1
China	532.1	1,610.5	317.9	1,186.4	-214.2	-424.1
Cook Islands	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.1
DPR Korea	0.0	4.4	65.1	56.5	65.1	52.1
Fiji	22.4	13.9	8.4	15.9	-14.0	2.0
India	0.1	20.7	113.2	400.1	113.1	379.4
Indonesia	54.6	109.4	217.1	554.8	162.5	445.4
Iran	40.0	66.4	1.1	7.3	-38.9	-59.1
Laos	0.0	2.0		0.0	0.0	-2.0
Malaysia	243.8	289.3	149.1	93.4	-94.7	-195.9
Maldives			30.0	33.3	30.0	33.3
Mongolia	1.1	0.0		0.3	-1.1	0.3
Myanmar		0.8	9.5	86.5	9.5	85.7
Nepal	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0
Pakistan	0.3	0.2	46.3	82.5	46.0	82.3
Papua New Guinea	34.9	12.6	1.6	10.2	-33.3	-2.4
Philippines	186.2	222.4	98.8	154.5	-87.4	-67.9
Republic of Korea	325.5	606.7	459.1	501.7	133.6	-105.0
Samoa	2.8	4.9	0.0	3.2	-2.8	-1.7
Solomon Islands	0.4	0.1	29.1	34.1	28.7	34.0
Sri Lanka	38.7	84.0	3.3	13.0	-35.4	-71.0
Thailand	427.8	811.8	722.0	1,174.1	294.2	362.3
Tonga	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.2	-0.1
Vanuatu	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.3	-0.7	-0.5
Viet Nam		11.7	37.9	245.7	37.9	234.0
SUB-TOTAL	1,912.1	3,878.5	2,338.4	4,730.3	426.3	851.7
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Australia	109.7	158.2	40.4	77.2	-69.3	-81.0
Japan	2,175.6	3,201.8	825.6	226.5	-1350.0	-2975.3
New Zealand	11.9	23.5	217.6	309.3	205.7	285.8
SUB-TOTAL	2,297.2	3,383.4	1,083.6	613.0	-1213.6	-2770.4
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	4,209.3	7,262.0	3,422.0	5,343.3	-787.3	-1918.7
REST OF THE WORLD	-4,209.3	-7,262.0	-3,422.0	-5,343.3	787.3	1918.7
WORLD	16,609.4	23,095.5	16,525.4	23,232.2	-84.0	136.7

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

Unit: USD 1000
	IMPORT		EXPORT		NET (EXPORT-IMPORT)
	Annual ave.	Annual ave.	Annual ave.	Annual ave.	Annual ave.	Annual ave.
Country	Triennium	Triennium	Triennium	Triennium	Triennium	Triennium
	ending 1990	ending 2000	ending 1990	ending 2000	ending 1990	ending 2000
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Bangladesh	15	2,282	163,969	313,552	163,954	311,269
Bhutan					0	0
Cambodia		3,113	155	35,269	155	32,156
China	299,944	1,304,943	1,103,421	3,073,828	803,477	1,768,886
Cook Islands	308	458		93	-308	-365
DPR Korea		5,566	84,125	69,554	84,125	63,988
Fiji	22,458	16,787	32,328	27,128	9,870	10,341
India	156	20,901	425,319	1,211,514	425,163	1,190,612
Indonesia	31,001	67,795	803,518	1,580,013	772,517	1,512,218
Iran	19,517	56,149	50,536	48,069	31,019	-8,080
Laos	0	1,403		49	0	-1,355
Malaysia	151,662	260,668	210,328	188,080	58,667	-72,588
Maldives			33,958	45,507	33,958	45,507
Mongolia	2,303	31		166	-2,303	136
Myanmar	0	997	17,783	162,037	17,783	161,040
Nepal	183	287	70	164	-112	-123
Pakistan	362	443	104,664	141,852	104,301	141,409
Papua New Guinea	40,706	11,513	10,600	31,720	-30,107	20,207
Philippines	71,201	108,028	404,448	405,869	333,247	297,840
Republic of Korea	332,265	1,025,321	1,547,988	1,341,745	1,215,723	316,423
Samoa	2,863	6,130	53	10,199	-2,810	4,069
Solomon Islands	519	164	29,912	10,159	29,393	9,995
Sri Lanka	34,976	66,270	24,046	102,235	-10,930	35,965
Thailand	686,396	818,271	1,951,752	4,169,490	1,265,356	3,351,220
Tonga	283	714	1,291	2,588	1,008	1,874
Vanuatu	856	923	40	843	-816	-80
Viet Nam		12,131	162,491	1,080,390	162,491	1,068,260
SUB-TOTAL	1,697,974	3,791,288	7,162,795	14,052,114	5,464,821	10,260,826
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Australia	340,518	498,531	514,796	882,913	174,278	384,381
Japan	10,484,493	14,362,771	921,326	746,527	-9,563,167	-13,616,244
New Zealand	35,232	52,908	463,348	680,311	428,116	627,403
SUB-TOTAL	10,860,243	14,914,211	1,899,470	2,309,751	-8,960,773	-12,604,460
ASIA-PACIFIC TOTAL	12,558,217	18,705,498	8,280,400	15,820,797	-4,277,817	-2,884,702
REST OF THE WORLD	24,281,566	38,919,206	24,266,382	36,728,136	-15,184	-2,191,069
WORLD	36,839,783	57,624,704	32,546,782	52,548,933	-4,293,001	-5,075,771