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GUIDE TO THE READER

prepared by

Alessandro Lovatelli*

The seafarming production statistics tabulated in this working paper has been provided to the Regional Seafarming Project by the National Coordinators of the participating government.

Production data is available for the following countries: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Korea (Rep.), Singapore, and Thailand (see figure below).

Most of the data herein indicate the output from seafarming activities, however in some instances this information is not available and therefore the figures are replaced, where possible, with total capture fisheries values or capture and culture as a whole. Such instances are mentioned as a footnote at the bottom of each table.

All the production data is in Metric Tonnes (MT) while the unit for culture area is Hectares (Ha).

Readers are invited to send updated or more precise data.

* Mollusc Expert, FAO/UNDP Regional Seafarming Demonstration and Development Project (RAS/90/002), Kasetsart University Campus, Bangkhen, Bangkok, Thailand.


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