Table 1.
Data on area and population of ASEAN countries
Country | Area (km2) | Population |
Brunei | 5 765 | 221 0001 |
Indonesia | 1 909 443 | 169 481 0002 |
Malaysia | 303 000 | 15 914 0002 |
Philippines | 297 000 | 55 773 0002 |
Singapore | 616 | 2 5870002 |
Thailand | 542 000 | 52 297 0002 |
1 Information Please Almanac, 1986 (Population estimate for 1985)
Table 2.
Fisheries production in ASEAN, by sector
Capture Fisheries | Aquaculture | ||||
Country | Total production (mt) | Production (mt) | % of total | Production (mt) | % of total |
Brunei1 | 3 140 | 3 140 | 100 | Negligible | - |
Indonesiai1 | 2 260 989 | 1 982 125 | 88 | 278 864 | 12 |
Malaysiai2 | 740 443 | 725 483 | 98 | 14 960 | 02 |
Philippines3 | 2 134 846 | 1 623 665 | 76 | 511 181 | 24 |
Singapore3 | 23 985 | 22 702 | 95 | 1 283 | 05 |
Thailand1 | 2 134 838 | 2 037 1504 | 95 | 97 6884 | 05 |
1 Based on 1984 statistics
2 Based on 1983 statistics
3 Based on 1985 statistics
4 Segregation into capture and aquaculture production is based on author's estimate
Table 3.
Aquaculture production in ASEAN countries in mt (1983/1984/1985)
Brunei | Indonesia | Malaysia | Philippines | Singapore | Thailand | |||
I. | FRESHWATER | |||||||
1. | Ponds | * | 76 528 | 11 940.33 | 12 585 | * | 52 6274 | |
2. | Cages/Pens | - | 1 052 | 10.11 | 104 941 | - | - | |
3. | Running water | - | * | - | - | - | - | |
4. | Ricefield | - | 58 880 | - | - | - | - | |
II. | BRACKISHWATER | |||||||
1. | Ponds | - | 142 404 | 413.91 | 191 250 | 73 | 14 920 | |
III. | MARINE | |||||||
1. | Cages for finfish | * | * | 545.87 | - | 5923 | 300 | |
2. | Open water culture of molluscs | 1501 | * | 38 5302 | 35 013 | 618 | 29 841 | |
3. | Open water culture for seaweed | - | * | * | 167 392 | - | - | |
Estimated total | 150 | 278 864 | 51 439.92 | 511 181 | 1 283 | 97 688 |
* These types of aquaculture have been initiated but production data not available
- Not practiced
1 Author's estimate of mussel production, based on recent survey
2 Mainly the blood cockle, Anadara granosa
3 Includes groupers, seabass and golden snapper (finfish), and mud crabs and shrimps, held in cages
4 Estimated from data of total freshwater species production
Table 4.
Status of seafarming in ASEAN
Country | Cage/pen culture of finfish (mt) | Open water culture of molluscs (mt) | Open water culture of seaweed (mt) | Total, by country (mt) | Source of data |
Brunei | * | 150 | - | 150 | Production estimate by author for a private mussel farm for 1985–86 crop year |
Indonesia | * | * | * | * | SEAFDEC, 1985 (for 1983 data) |
Malaysia | 546 | 38 530 | * | 39 076 | Fisheries Department, Malaysia. 1983 for finfish and SEAFDEC, 1985 (for 1983 data for molluscs) |
Philippines | - | 35 013 | 167 392 | 202 405 | BFAR, 1985 |
Singapore | 592 | 618 | - | 1 210 | Aquaculture Unit Changi Point Fisheries Complex, 1986 (for 1985 data) |
Thailand | 300 | 29 841 | * | 30 141 | Finfish from Sirikul, 1982; Molluscs from SEAFDEC 1985 (for 1983 data) |
Table 5.
Data on number of fishermen in ASEAN (1983/1984/1985)
Countries | Full time | Part time | Total |
Brunei | 550 | 1 5ll | 2 069 |
Indonesia | 792 722 | 920 703 | 1 713 425 |
Malaysia: | |||
a. Peninsular Malaysia | * | * | 75 590 |
b. Sabah | 16 900 | 3 000 | 19 900 |
c. Sarawak | 7 927 | 3 850 | 11 783 |
107 273 | |||
Philippines | * | * | 817 660 |
Singapore | * | * | I 321 |
Thailand | 60 376 | 22 22I | 8.2 597 |
Grand total | 2 724 345 |
Table 6.
Fisheries production1 in Brunei, 1973–1985
Year | Local production (mt) | Imports (mt) | Total fish available (mt) |
1973 | 3 444.24 | 1 142.00 | 4 586.24 |
1974 | 2006.10 | 1 671.66 | 3 677.76 |
1975 | 2 129.36 | 1 324.69 | 3 454.05 |
1976 | 1 468.86 | 1 276.71 | 2 745.57 |
1977 | 2 087.02 | 994.32 | 3 081.34 |
1978 | 2 667.80 | 1 493.10 | 4 161.20 |
1979 | 2 773.31 | 1 53.81 | 4 307.12 |
1980 | 1 690.93 | 1 893.15 | 3 584.08 |
1980 | 1 690.93 | I 893.15 | 3 584.08 |
1981 | 1 789.46 | 1 748.55 | 3 538.06 |
1982 | 1 750.98 | 1 711.04 | 3 462.02 |
1983 | 2 450.82 | 2 512.72 | 4 963.54 |
1984 | 2 128.14 | 3 037.05 | 5 165.19 |
1985 | 2 544.96 | 3 105.25 | 5 650.21 |
Source: Fisheries Department Ministry of Development, Brunei
Table 7.
Production of cultured cockle in Malaysia, 1976–1983
Year | Production (mt) | Information source |
1976 | * | Fisheries Department, 1978 |
1977 | 46 423 | SEAFDEC, 1978 |
1978 | 55 598 | SEAFDEC, 1980 |
1979 | 63 412 | SEAFDEC, 1981 and K. S.Ong, 1983 |
1980 | 121 271 | SEAFDEC, 1982 |
1981 | 69 912 | SEAFDEC, 1983 |
1982 | 49 462 | SEAFDEC, 1984 |
1983 | 38 530 | SEAFDEC, 1985 |
Table 8.
Production from netcage culture of marine finfish in Malaysia, 1976–1983
Year | Production (mt) | Information source |
1976 | * | SEAFDEC, 1978 |
1977 | * | SEAFDEC, 1978 |
1978 | * | SEAFDEC, 1980 |
1979 | * | SEAFDEC, 1981 |
1980 | * | SEAFDEC, 1982 |
1981 | * | Fisheries Department, 1982. |
SEAFDEC, 1983 | ||
1982 | 412 | Fisheries Department, 1983 |
SEAFDEC, 1984 | ||
1983 | 546 | Fisheries Department, 1984 |
* | SEAFDEC, 1985 |
Table 9.
Length of coastline of Thailand, by region and province
Province/Region | Length (Km) | |||
1. | Trat | 165.6 | ||
2. | Chanthaburi | 80.2 | ||
3. | Rayong | 100.0 | ||
4. | Chonburi | 12. | ||
5. | Chachoengsao | 12.2 | ||
6. | Samut Prakan | 47.2 | ||
7. | Thonburi | 4.4 | ||
8. | Samut Sakhon | 38.8 | ||
9. | Samut Songkhram | 21.2 | ||
10. | Phetchaburi | 90.6 | ||
11. | Prachuab Kririkhan | 224.8 | ||
12. | Chumphon | 222.0 | ||
13. | Surat Thani | 156.0 | ||
14. | Nakhon Si Thammarat | 225.0 | ||
15. | Songkhla | 154.6 | ||
16. | Pattani | 116.4 | ||
17. | Nara Thiwat | 59.0 | ||
A. | Total for provinces along Gulf | 2 614.4 | ||
18. | Ranong | 93.2 | ||
19. | Phangnga | 216.2 | ||
20. | Krabi | 166.2 | ||
21. | Trang | 119.2 | ||
22. | Satun | 144.8 | ||
B. | Total for provinces in west coast | 739.6 | ||
GRAND TOTAL FOR THAILAND | 2 614.4 |
Source: Statistical Yearbook of Thailand