Table 3

Table 3 World chondrichthyan landings by fishing area in tonnes

AREA	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965
Indian Ocean, Western	21 300	21 300	29 900	17 800	19 700	23 100	22 500	28 500	24 900	24 800	36 300	34 500	47 800	52 600	58 300	52 600
Pacific, Western Central	4 200	7 500	8 500	9 100	9 600	9 700	9 700	10 300	9 600	9 700	13 100	14 700	16 000	17 100	24 100	31 300
Atlantic, Northeast	80 300	89 500	91 900	90 400	91 100	93 200	98 900	101 200	109 200	104 100	111 200	125 700	106 900	116 700	114 800	107 300
Indian Ocean, Eastern	18 600	18 900	20 000	11 200	11 800	11 900	12 500	14 100	14 400	14 000	19 800	18 900	22 300	24 300	21 800	27 400
Atlantic, Southwest	3 200	3 300	3 800	5 100	5 700	5 600	8 700	9 100	10 000	9 000	10 100	9 800	12 500	16 000	19 700	19 300
Atlantic, Northwest	599	702	490	690	882	778	828	1 111	1 224	1 550	1 049	3 220	3 962	7 513	10 669	6 790
Pacific, Northwest	121 700	107 700	113 800	118 000	125 200	121 700	123 300	123 200	111 300	111 300	111 800	105 800	111 000	104 200	69 900	70 800
Pacific, Eastern Central	70	420	201	393	4 011	4 138	4 676	4 912	5 915	4 982	5 082	4 064	3 825	2 100	11 794	12 764
Atlantic, Eastern Central	3 000	2 900	3 100	3 200	3 400	3 600	5 000	3 800	4 400	5 100	6 400	5 400	6 400	11 100	12 700	18 300
Atlantic, Western Central	3 926	3 912	2 619	2 906	3 106	3 410	3 710	3 006	3 007	4 114	4 114	3 923	6 321	6 020	7 916	8 318
Pacific, Southwest	1 000	1 100	1 800	1 900	2 300	1 900	1 900	2 100	2 200	2 200	2 300	2 300	2 700	2 700	9 000	10 600
Mediterranean/Black Sea	8 100	8 700	8 500	9 100	10 500	9 900	15 800	11 700	13 200	12 300	12 400	14 300	11 500	9 600	12 100	14 400
Pacific, Southeast	1 700	1 500	3 200	3 700	5 200	3 300	4 300	4 300	4 300	4 900	7 800	4 100	5 700	5 600	7 600	8 600
Pacific, Northeast	2 218	2 323	3 048	2 746	2 623	2 419	2 525	2 917	3 223	3 632	1 936	1 971	1 432	1 321	2 917	2 176
Atlantic, Southeast	1 900	1 500	1 300	1 500	1 600	1 500	2 100	2 600	3 000	3 000	2 600	3 200	3 100	2 700	1 300	3 700
Atlantic, Antarctic
Indian Ocean, Antarctic															0	0
Total	271 813	271 257	292 158	277 735	296 722	296 145	316 439	322 846	319 869	314 678	345 981	351 878	361 440	379 554	384 596	394 348

Table 3 World chondrichthyan landings by fishing area in tonnes (continued)

AREA	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981
Indian Ocean, Western	69 300	73 900	71 200	80 600	74 800	79 700	110 400	149 700	91 625	91 999	92 654	109 607	124 899	121 985	115 845	116 373
Pacific, Western Central	35 400	34 300	43 300	46 600	43 890	46 440	46 620	55 720	58 851	75 965	71 059	71 368	77 226	67 584	82 552	84 514
Atlantic, Northeast	106 100	104 700	106 400	127 700	111 600	100 700	109 100	100 600	91 893	98 510	89 966	83 213	91 878	88 544	82 693	83 150
Indian Ocean, Eastern	28 500	25 000	28 600	28 700	37 210	34 960	34 880	22 780	46 022	41 733	40 644	40 109	41 310	39 838	48 107	51 433
Atlantic, Southwest	20 000	24 600	27 700	24 200	23 800	25 400	20 400	41 100	36 296	37 083	29 835	27 328	29 584	34 254	37 159	35 621
Atlantic, Northwest	13 136	6 362	15 886	24 349	15 661	37 212	39 573	36 212	40 270	49 331	29 724	14 706	7 628	10 761	11 120	12 762
Pacific, Northwest	66 600	67 000	83 600	88 400	92 900	84 100	88 700	85 900	88 235	98 784	100 596	103 999	88 921	89 071	89 388	81 738
Pacific, Eastern Central	10 167	12 557	9 783	10 556	13 430	12 230	11 930	15 930	16 605	14 141	14 892	16 451	22 055	26 330	27 554	32 701
Atlantic, Eastern Central	19 100	14 000	16 200	21 600	21 400	26 300	27 900	27 300	35 575	38 834	32 146	34 638	40 474	42 887	37 914	27 491
Atlantic, Western Central	7 443	8 301	8 948	9 217	6 500	7 200	7 400	10 200	10 916	11 444	11 634	13 202	11 545	14 012	13 971	19 888
Pacific, Southwest	12 100	9 700	4 300	3 700	4 400	6 100	4 600	5 900	5 810	5 744	7 358	8 638	6 956	7 563	10 963	11 690
Mediterranean/Black Sea	15 500	23 600	19 000	16 900	12 300	16 000	12 090	8 443	10 809	9 976	12 429	12 619	13 209	24 787	16 890	18 133
Pacific, Southeast	11 600	21 500	26 000	15 900	20 200	12 900	13 400	24 300	18 612	16 227	12 517	17 052	19 556	17 122	19 433	24 008
Pacific, Northeast	2 074	1 648	1 538	1 326	1 000	500	400	5 500	2 355	1 935	3 862	5 315	6 628	9 899	10 126	5 014
Atlantic, Southeast	8 500	6 600	6 700	7 000	6 800	4 700	6 800	7 100	5 147	3 708	2 495	4 074	17 689	8 770	4 849	7 426
Atlantic, Antarctic					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	224	120
Indian Ocean, Antarctic	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	425 520	433 768	469 155	506 748	485 891	494 442	534 193	596 685	559 021	595 414	551 811	562 319	599 566	603 408	608 788	612 062

Table 3 World chondrichthyan landings by fishing area in tonnes (continued)

AREA	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Indian Ocean, Western	121 127	73 017	69 670	85 738	88 680	92 317	95 335	96 474	96 056	107 521	120 669	135 148	146 021	145 590	204 292	196 638
Pacific, Western Central	86 642	83 011	94 861	105 646	110 242	119 879	122 762	147 155	164 936	162 157	150 204	149 083	146 811	156 441	144 895	139 807
Atlantic, Northeast	77 018	87 198	87 687	90 731	90 117	100 022	93 225	81 186	80 154	79 872	84 456	78 137	78 805	80 204	77 677	78 102
Indian Ocean, Eastern	48 227	52 423	54 104	49 245	55 475	60 033	78 631	58 598	49 758	58 935	63 616	82 013	87 114	81 420	80 377	77 655
Atlantic, Southwest	45 779	40 283	38 479	47 297	44 770	45 691	49 138	46 215	45 826	53 273	46 678	44 386	47 283	50 006	56 595	54 937
Atlantic, Northwest	10 080	11 896	9 325	22 649	29 554	37 647	34 978	31 460	51 245	61 408	42 915	44 192	45 879	46 663	56 130	48 140
Pacific, Northwest	78 310	76 878	72 425	69 323	66 430	59 822	41 614	48 330	46 494	47 303	45 542	52 469	38 302	33 508	31 201	38 056
Pacific, Eastern Central	32 204	24 646	25 878	26 379	24 046	23 170	29 420	26 238	33 385	31 129	33 682	34 153	35 553	37 447	37 156	32 675
Atlantic, Eastern Central	29 898	25 601	29 142	32 106	22 549	26 545	27 441	23 531	26 015	22 593	27 287	26 290	31 207	29 558	31 878	31 658
Atlantic, Western Central	20 258	24 710	27 950	25 463	24 836	25 018	30 786	32 513	33 678	30 711	33 725	30 467	36 946	32 493	30 859	31 250
Pacific, Southwest	12 359	13 113	15 037	15 251	13 336	14 772	19 090	13 592	14 711	14 098	12 752	17 808	16 876	18 086	14 909	23 508
Mediterranean/Black Sea	22 351	25 183	26 440	25 589	23 886	21 699	22 932	20 228	17 356	18 720	20 680	16 904	23 612	19 279	14 420	15 177
Pacific, Southeast	21 803	18 262	40 058	20 505	27 943	28 932	34 165	34 852	20 397	13 425	22 388	21 591	13 236	12 152	12 975	12 457
Pacific, Northeast	5 314	5 602	5 254	4 791	6 757	8 683	7 808	4 724	5 883	8 797	20 415	3 238	4 728	5 330	7 285	6 026
Atlantic, Southeast	7 568	6 441	5 610	5 470	5 593	5 426	5 411	10 424	7 033	3 437	4 031	5 442	4 506	4 499	3 312	3 743
Atlantic, Antarctic	1	0	7	44	17	0	0	0			2	0	11	90	40	30
Indian Ocean, Antarctic		1	17	4	3	0	0	0			1	0	2	0	1	3
Total	618 939	568 265	601 944	626 231	634 234	669 656	692 736	675 520	692 927	713 379	729 043	741 321	756 892	752 766	804 002	789 862

Source: FAO - FIDI.