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A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's fish supply and its utilization during a specified reference period. The total quantity of fish and fishery products produced in a country added to the total...
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Production: Production figures relate to the total national fish production in terms of live-weight (i.e. the actual ex-water weight at the time of capture or removal from aquatic environment). Production figures cover catch and culture of all fish, crustaceans, molluscs...
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Non-food uses: Includes reduction to meal and oil; utilization of aquatic products for feed and bait; ornamental purposes; withdrawals from markets and any other non-food use of fishery production (e.g. fertilizers, medical uses). Waste is not included.
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Imports: This covers all movements of commercial trade into the country of fish and fishery products. Data on imports include fish caught by foreign fishing vessels and landed in domestic ports.
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Exports: This covers all movements out of the country of fish and fishery products. Data on exports include fish caught by domestic fishing vessels and landed directly in foreign ports.
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Stock variations: This category refers to changes in stocks occurring at all levels between the production and the retail levels. It covers changes in government stocks, in stocks with manufacturers, importers, exporters, other wholesale and retail merchants, transport and storage...
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Total food supply: There are various ways of defining supply and, in fact, various concepts are in use. The elements involved are production, imports, exports and changes in stocks (increases or decreases). There is no doubt that production, imports and...
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Population: Refers to the present-in-area de facto population, i.e. includes all persons physically present within the geographical boundaries of countries. In general, the population data used are three-year averages of the mid-year estimates published for each country by the Population...
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