States and areas
This review covers the States and entities of the Asia-Pacific region that report fisheries and aquaculture statistics to FAO, and which are within the area of competence of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission. They are sub-divided into the following sub-regions;
Oceania: American Samoa, Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Is., Palau, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Is.
South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR (People's Democratic Republic), Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam
China: China PR (People's Republic of), Hong Kong SAR (Semi-autonomous Region) and Taiwan POC (Province of China)
Other Asia: Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea DPR (Democratic People's Republic of), Mongolia, Korea, RO (Republic of), Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Production areas
In cases where the fishing occurs on the high sea or in Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) under access agreements, although the production is assigned to the flag vessel, the catches made outside the regional area mentioned above are excluded from this review. The regional area covers the FAO Major Fishing Areas (MFA) as follows:
Inland waters: |
Asia -
Inland waters |
(MFA 04) |
Marine waters: |
Western/Eastern Indian Ocean |
(MFA 51 and 57) |
Species
Data on aquatic mammals, aquatic plants, corals, pearls, sponges and crocodiles from capture fisheries are excluded.