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Table A1.4 Mexico’s seafood production, 1990-1999 (quantity; tonnes)


Species group

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

Difference 1990 - 1999

% change 1990 to 1999

Abalone, winkle, conch

9 448

6 586

11 216

9 810

9 126

10 353

6 733

8 563

4 979

9 167

-281

-3

Brown seaweed

48 922

40 092

53 132

52 343

32 456

44 230

27 663

34 516

6 119

26 470

-22 452

-46

Carp, barbel and other cyprinid

30 454

31 581

31 279

28 257

26 981

27 621

33 269

29 686

25 028

24 752

-5 702

-19

Clam, cockle, arkshell

9 515

10 653

7 251

6 356

7 254

8 272

6 686

6 025

5 691

6 210

-3 305

-35

Cod, hake, haddock

150

207

423

521

67

88

137

1 272

387

143

-7

-5

Coral

4.9

2.9

2.6

1.6

0.8

0.1

0.6

0.8

0.7

0.6

-4.3

-88

Flounder, halibut, sole

2 963

3 408

2 305

2 056

1 292

2 146

2 524

2 741

1 390

2 268

-695

-23

Freshwater crustaceans

1 932

2 167

2 411

4 631

3 507

4 464

4 549

3 793

3 386

4 370

2 438

126

Freshwater molluscs

264

72

115

120

95

198

240

120

177

239

-25

-9

Frogs and other amphibians

868

309

350

352

350

547

414

2 063

1 229

382

-486

-56

Herring, sardine, anchovy

316 063

339 405

284 735

274 902

292 136

348 583

352 654

331 548

330 595

323 556

7 493

2

Jack, mullet, saury

25 644

23 693

24 177

24 292

23 989

30 239

30 362

36 049

34 404

31 301

5 657

22

Lobster, spiny rock lobster

2 358

2 325

2 029

2 017

2 239

2 317

2 555

2 552

2 212

1 973

-385

-16

Mackerel, snoek, cutlassfish

40 031

38 943

19 846

20 617

12 208

22 834

12 961

24 246

22 990

69 375

29 344

73

Miscellaneous aquatic invertebrates

1 128

1 035

696

236

219

183

337

297

483

617

-511

-45

Miscellaneous aquatic plants

4 001

4 250

3 861

3 669

71

127

102

92

13


-4 001

-100

Miscellaneous freshwater fish

10 875

15 660

10 888

10 115

13 615

16 707

16 503

11 771

12 753

9 799

-1 076

-10

Miscellaneous marine crustaceans

21

45

20

21

10



2

3

1

-20

-95

Miscellaneous marine fish

382 815

417 070

294 805

256 807

317 310

317 040

340 750

370 205

224 231

173 848

-208 967

-55

Miscellaneous marine molluscs

4 271

2 618

2 406

3 744

6 726

4 103

3 795

2 283

1 349

2 206

-2 065

-48

Mussels

1 695

409

675

414

309

153

518

2 233

2 109

805

-890

-53

Oysters

52 582

38 721

32 151

25 847

35 282

31 917

38 956

43 249

34 046

43 332

-9 250

-18

Pearl, mother-of-pearl, shell






848

542

1 403

970

965

965


Red seaweed

10 737

10 792

5 283

4 588

4 250

4 977

6 833

7 459

6 324

5 620

-5 117

-48

Redfish, bass, conger

75 782

73 308

74 451

72 841

69 366

73 335

79 034

83 010

82 248

79 294

3 512

5

River eel






43

35

19

9

2

2


Salmon, trout, smelt

1 113

1 559

1 601

1 597

2 412

2 659

2 706

1 512

1 612

2 363

1 250

112

Scallop, pecten

29 501

19 438

5 350

5 943

8 611

1 270

17 300

2 330

2 729

1 864

-27 637

-94

Sea-spider, crab

11 610

11 247

11 562

13 842

16 039

21 172

27 691

25 095

20 104

19 739

8 129

70

Sea urchin and other echinoderms

26

48

40

51

28

45

68

102

72

70

44

169

Shark, ray, chimaera

44 880

41 169

43 267

43 603

42 922

43 470

45 205

35 665

36 532

35 239

-9 641

-21

Shrimp, prawn

62 299

70 580

66 215

79 838

77 297

85 901

78 879

88 489

90 335

95 611

33 312

53

Sperm whale, pilot whale




14




1



0


Squid, cuttlefish, octopus

22 635

23 300

26 025

20 601

19 694

59 561

137 908

139 737

43 915

78 251

55 616

246

Tilapia and other cichlids

83 815

75 174

76 964

80 635

80 463

76 128

79 154

83 132

70 576

66 366

-17 449

-21

Tuna, bonito, billfish

158 744

147 412

150 896

140 934

153 695

163 700

173 500

190 730

160 157

167 449

8 705

5

Source: FAO


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