8. STATISTICAL ANNEX

Table I Exchange rates

Units to the U.S. dollar
Country	Monetary Unit	Year
		1972	1973	1974	1975 (June)	1976 (February)
Morocco	Dirham	4.66	4.29	4.15	3.82	4.12
Mauritania	Ouguiya	51.25	47.08	43.30	40.00	45.00
Senegal	CFA Franc	256.20	235.40	222.20	200.00	225.00
Gambia	Dalasi	2.13	1.72	1.70	1.78	1.96
Cape Verde	Escudo	27.00	25.96	24.71	24.00	27.00
Guinea Bissau1/	Escudo	27.00	25.96	24.71	24.00	27.00
Guinea	Syli	· · ·	· · ·	· · ·	20.00	20.50
Sierra Leone	Leone	0.85	0.86	0.93	0.88	0.98
Liberia	U.S.$	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Ivory Coast	CFA Franc	256.20	235.40	222.20	200.00	225.00
Ghana	New Cedi	1.28	1.15	1.15	1.15	1.15
Togo	CFA Franc	256.20	235.40	222.20	200.00	225.00
Benin	CFA Franc	256.20	235.40	222.20	200.00	225.00
Nigeria	Naira	0.66	0.66	0.60	0.61	0.61
Cameroon	CFA Franc	256.20	235.40	222.20	200.00	225.00
Equatorial Guinea	Peseta	63.40	56.80	56.10	56.00	59.00
Gabon	CFA Franc	256.20	235.40	222.20	200.00	225.00
Sao Tome and Principe	Escudo	27.00	25.96	24.71	24.00	27.00
Congo	CFA Franc	256.20	235.40	222.20	200.00	225.00
Zaïre2/	Zaïre	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50

^1/ Monetary unit recently changed to the Peso
^2/ Monetary unit recently devalued by 40 percent

Sources: IMF, and FAO Administrative Circulars

Table II Consumer price index in CECAF countries (1970-74)

Country	Year
	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Morocco	100	104	108	112	132
Senegal	100	103	106	114	135
Gambia	100	103	112	120	131
Sierra Leone	100	98	104	110	125
Liberia	100	99	104	124	· · ·
Ivory Coast	100	98	99	110	129
Ghana	100	103	116	128	159
Togo	100	107	115	119	134
Nigeria	100	116	119	126	142
Cameroon	100	104	110	117	137
Gabon	100	104	107	114	128
Congo	100	104	114	118	125
Zaire	100	106	122	141	183

Source: IMP

Table III Selected data on CECAF countries

Country	Date of independence	Official language	Population growth 1965-73 % p.a.	GNP per caput growth 1965-73	Principal exports
Morocco	1956	Arabic	2.4	2.5	Phosphates, vegetables, fish products
Mauritania	1960	French Arabic	2.5	1.2	Iron ore, fish products
Senegal	1960	French	2.2	-2.8	Groundnuts, phosphates, fish products
Gambia	1965	English	2.2	2.2	Groundnuts
Cape Verde	1975	Portuguese	2.9	6.0	Salt
Guinea Bissau	1973	Portuguese	-1.1	5.9	Groundnuts
Guinea	1958	French	2.8	0.1	Iron ore, bauxite
Sierra Leone	1961	English	2.2	1.5	Diamonds, iron ore
Liberia	1847	English	3.3	4.7	Iron ore, rubber
Ivory Coast	1960	French	4.0	3.0	Coffee, cocoa, wood
Ghana	1957	English	2.6	0.8	Cocoa, wood
Togo	1960	French	2.7	2.5	Phosphates, cocoa
Benin	1960	French	2.7	1.5	Palm oil
Nigeria	1960	English	2.5	8.3	Oil, cocoa, palm oil
Cameroon	1960	French English	2.0	4.9	Cocoa, coffee, wood
Equatorial Guinea	1968	Spanish	1.4	-3.1	Wood
Gabon	1960	French	1.5	6.1	Oil, wood
Sao Tome and Principe	1975	Portuguese	3.2	-0.3	Coffee
Congo	1960	French	2.8	1.9	Oil, wood
Zaïre	1960	French	2.7	2.9	Copper, coffee, diamonds

Sources: IMF, IBRD, CECAF Project information

Table IV Recent estimates of catch, potential and, exploitation

Zones	Stocks	Principal countries	Catches ('000 tons)						State of exploitation	Management measures
			Estimated potential	1965	1970	1971	1973	1974
Oceanic	Tunas
	Yellowfin	Spain, France, Japan, Rep. of Korea U.S.A., China, etc.	90(a)	70(a)	76(a)	96(a)	94(a)	108(a)	Fully exploited	Minimum size (3.2 kg)
	Bigeye		Unknown	29(a)	28(a)	35(a)	42(a)	53(a)	Intensively but not fully exploited	adopted by ICCAT
	Skipjack		125-250(a)	32(a)	65(a)	77(a)	79(a)	115(a)	Moderately exploited
Northern subtropical	Hake (European/ Mauritanian/ Senegalese)	U.S.S.R., Portugal, Morocco, etc.	Some 10s	28(b)	31(b)	39(b)	104(b) (c)	94(b) (c)	Probably fully exploited	70 mm mesh size recommended by CECAF
	Sea breams	U.S.S.R., Spain, Senegal, Greece, Portugal, Japan, etc.	160(+)	88(d)	100(d)	144(d)	170(d)	154(d)	Fully exploited	70 mm mesh size recommended by CECAF
	Cephalopods
	Octopus	Spain, Japan, Rep. of Korea, U.S.S.R., Greece, etc.	100	73(b)	88(b)	110(b)	31(b)	100(b)	Over-exploited	60 mm mesh size recommended by CECAF for protecting undersized sea breams
	Cuttlefish		45	44(b)	27(b)	44(b)	53(b)	49(b)
	Squid		37	16(b)	22(b)	25(b)	29(b)	37(b)
	European sardine	Morocco, Poland, Spain, U.S.S.R., etc.	Some 100s	190(4)	236(d)	264(d)	462(d)	408(d)	Intensively exploited
	Sardinellas	U.S.S.R., Bermuda, Norway, Senegal, Poland, etc.	1,500(?)	10(4)	540(d)	510(d)	505(d)	616(d)	Intensively exploited
	Horse mackerels	U.S.S.R., Bermuda, Norway, Senegal, Poland, etc.		51(4)	330(d)	430(d)	490(d)	415(d)	Probably intensively exploited
	Mackerel	U.S.S.R., Bermuda, Norway, Senegal, Poland, etc.		69(b)	261(b)	220(b)	144(b)	181(b)	Probably fully exploited
	Anchovy	Morocco	Unknown	1(b)	500	2(b)	2(b)	1(b)	Lightly exploited
	Trumpet fish	Morocco	Unknown	0	0	0	2(b)	5(b)	Unexploited
Southern tropical	Inshore demersal	Coastal countries	300(?)	(e)	(e)	(e)	(e)	(e)	Intensively or fully exploited
	Offshore demersal	Coastal countries	300(?)	(e)	(e)	(e)	(e)	(e)	Moderately exploited	Mesh size and/or fleet size control in a few countries
	Pink shrimp		15(?)	1(b)	7(b)	11(b)	10(b)	12(b)	Becoming fully exploited
	Sardinellas Sierra Leone Ivory Coast/Ghana Gabon, Congo (Angola)	Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone	Unknown	6(d)	29(4)	38(4)	43(4)	38(4)	Lightly exploited
		Ivory Coast, Ghana	50	7(4)	40(4)	125(4)	28(4)	32(4)	Possibly over-exploited
		Angola, Congo	some 100s(?)	5(4)	6(4)	15(4)	17(4)	17(4)	Lightly exploited except off Angola
	Mackerel	Ghana, Ivory Coast	Unknown	1(b)	7(b)	21(b)	11(b)	1(b)	Lightly, exploited
	Bonga	Coastal countries	Unknown	(e)	(e)	(e)	(e)	(e)	Locally intensively exploited
				1,220(f)	2,984(f)	3,259(f)	3,435(f)	3,656(f)

(a) ICCAT sources referring to the whole Atlantic, but majority of fishing located in CECAF Region

(b) Source: CECAF Statistical Bulletin

(c) Apparently abnormally high catches reported by U.S.S.R. for 1973 and 1974

(d) Source: Report of the 3rd Session or the CECAF Working Party on Resources Evaluation

(e) Detailed catches unavailable

(f) Source: FAO Yearbook of Fishery Statistics

Source: Data compiled by the Aquatic Resources Survey and Evaluation Service, FAO

Table V Composition of principal Moroccan fish exports (1974)

Commodity	Tons	'000 Dirham
Frozen tuna	29	124
Frozen sardines (whole)	4,252	4,673
Frozen sardines (no heads)	3,390	5,499
Various fresh fish	992	8,941
Various frozen fish	599	588
Salted anchovy	274	93
Snails	94	144
Squids	1,259	7,505
Various shellfish	2,380	11,529
Tinned sardines	53,898	218,273
Tinned tuna	895	6,829
Tinned mackerel	39,974	14,600
Tinned anchovy	337	3,595
Various tinned marine products	79	233

Source: Office des Changes, Rabat

Table VI Composition and destination of Mauritanian fish exports (1974)

Commodity	Principal destination	Tons	'000 UM
Frozen	Japan	10,502	228.4
	Spain	2,571	77.3
	Italy	2,494	67.7
	Morocco	51	1.2
Dried/cured/salted	Zaïre	998	50.7
	Congo	635	17.6
	Spain	76	1.2
	Gabon	4	0.1
Fishmeal	West Germany	5,355	74.2
	Spain	2,479	41.5
Fish oil	United Kingdom	694	13.9
Tinned fish	Italy	1,917	141.4
	West Germany	173	9.1
	Spain	13	1.0
Other		55	8.7

Source: Laboratoire des Pêches de Nouadhibou

Table VII Composition and destination of Senegal fish exports (1974)

Composition	Tonnage
Crustacea	3,640.7
Sole	1,509.0
Other frozen fish	19,335.8
Cuttlefish	814.1
Other products	160.6
Destination	Tonnage
Ivory Coast	11,709.1
France	6,010.5
Italy	1,294.4
Spain	1,063.1
Japan	908.9
Other countries	4,393.2

Source: Direction de l'Océanographie et des Pêches Maritimes

Table VIII Composition and origin of Nigerian fish imports (1974)

Commodity	Principal origin	Tons	'000 Naira
Fresh/frozen		4,896.2	1,073.6
	Bulgaria	3,505.9	757.6
Dried/cured/salted		1,922.9	2,212.6
	Norway	1,476.9	1,811.7
Crustacea/molluscs		520.8	347.2
Tinned sardines		3,749.4	1,915.9
	Spain	1,831.6	1,025.5
	Morocco	1,093.7	493.6
Tinned fish (various)		3,607.6	1,793.8
	Japan	2,967.2	1,513.8

Source: Federal Office of Statistics, Lagos

Table IX Composition and origin of Zaïre fish imports (1974)

Commodity	Principal origin	Tons	‘000 Zaïre
Fresh/frozen		5,701.2	1,127.2
	U.S.S.R.	2,950.0
	Angola	2,090.0
Dried/cured/salted		15,046.4	8,960.4
	France	1,503.0
	Norway	5,269.0
	Angola	4,242.0
Crustacea/molluscs	Various	94.3	51.0
Tinned sardines		4,223.3	1,808.1
	Morocco	3,442.0
Tinned pilchards		19,919.6	6,778.8
	South Africa	15,485.2
Salmon/other		523.2	299.2

Source: Bureau du Commerce Extérieur, Kinshasa

Table X The place of fish in food consumption in CECAF countries, 1964/66 (average)

Country	Per Caput Consumption		Calories per day			Proteins grams/day			Fats grams/day
	kg/year		Total	Animal	Fish	Total	Animal	Fish	Total	Animal	Fish
Morocco		2.4	2,091	171	6	58.2	10.4	0.9	40.3	12.1	0.3
	F	2.3
	S	0.2
Mauritania		13.3	1,981	568	26	73.1	37.5	4.8	50.0	36.1	0.6
	F	13.1
	S	0.0
Senegal		29.8	2,348	224	54	64.6	20.4	9.3	51.1	11.8	1.4
	F	29.5
	S	0.3
Gambia		24.2	2,335	152	45	62.6	14.5	8.1	42.2	9.2	1.1
	F	24.2
	S	0.0
Guinea		5.1	2,075	59	10	44.9	5.5	1.9	31.6	3.5	0.2
	F	5.1
	S	0.0
Sierra Leone		17.3	2,185	80	37	19.2	9.1	6.0	52.8	3.5	1.2
	F	17.3
	S	0.0
Liberia		12.1	2,287	94	27	41.4	8.5	3.7	25.0	5.4	1.1
	F	12.1
	S	0.0
Ivory Coast		16.7	2,433	113	35	59.0	12.8	5.6	34.9	6.1	0.9
	F	16.4
	S	0.2
Ghana		15.1	2,136	92	32	47.1	9.6	4.5	36.2	4.3	1.3
	F	14.6
	S	0.5
Togo		9.2	2,222	71	17	51.4	7.3	3.2	36.1	4.6	0.5
	F	9.2
	S	0.0
Benin		11.7	2,230	81	21	52.2	8.0	3.9	43.7	4.9	0.5
	F	11.4
	S	0.3
Nigeria		6.3	2,168	57	7	58.7	5.1	1.4	39.6	3.6	0.2
	F	6.2
	S	0.1
Cameroon		12.8	2,264	107	25	58.2	9.9	4.4	52.1	6.5	0.7
	F	12.6
	S	0.2
Gabon		28.1	2,164	196	55	52.0	26.3	7.9	31.2	8.5	2.2
	F	28.1
	S	0.0
Congo		33.3	2,151	125	67	39.2	15.4	11.1	37.0	6.1	2.1
	F	33.3
	S	0.0
Zaïre		10.0	2,036	73	21	32.7	8.9	3.5	31.5	2.4	0.6
	F	10.0
	S	0.0

F = finfish
S = shellfish
Source: Robinson and Crispoldi (1971)

Table XI Fish proteins as a percentage of all animal proteins in the diet

Group of countries	Per caput fish consumption in 1970 (kg/year)	Daily consumption of all animal proteins per caput (grams)	Percent of animal protein intake provided by fish
Economic Class I (developed countries)	11.8	48.9	11.2
Economic Class III (centrally planned countries)	11.3	16.8	27.0
Economic Class II (developing countries)	7.4	10.9	19.3
East and Southeast Asia	18.2	9.5	55.8
Central Africa	12.5	9.9	40.4
West Africa	8.5	7.6	31.5
South Asia	4.1	6.7	16.4
East Africa	5.0	10.8	14.3
Northwest Africa	2.9	9.0	8.8
Latin America	6.5	23.5	8.1
Near East	2.4	12.3	7.0

Source: Robinson and Crispoldi (1971)

Table XII Prices of articles for artisanal fisheries, Togo

thousand FCFA
Ring net, 210/9-12 thread, 650 metres long, 400 meshes deep, 18 mm stretch mesh
1973	38.1
1974	40.5
1975	41.9
Manilla rope, 12.0 mm diameter, 220 m length
1973	4.0
1974	4.8
1975	5.2
Nylon, 12.0 mm diameter, 220 m length
1973	15.0
1974	15.7
1975	18.4
Evinrude, 18 horsepower, outboard
1973	110.0
1974	150.0
1975	196.0

Source: Coopérative de Vente des Articles de Pêche (COVAP), Lomé

Table XIII Location and capacity of processing and ice plants

Country	Number of plants (and raw material daily capacity)
	Fishmeal and oil plant	Cannery	Freezing plants (f) and cold stores (cs)	Ice plants
Morocco	20	75	7 f (250 t/d) 7 cs (4,000 t)	3 (45 t/d)
Mauritania	2 (750 t/d)	1	4 f (155 t/d) 4 cs (7,700 t)	4 (190 t/d)
Senegal	3 (100 t/d)	3	14 f (430 t/d) 14 cs (10,400 t)	1 (120 t/d)
Gambia	·		2 f 2 cs (1,400 t)	2 (35 t/d)
Cape Verde	·	5	2 f 2 cs (3,200 t)	· · ·
Guinea Bissau	· · ·	·	· · ·	· · ·
Guinea	·	·	2 cs (3,400 t)	1 (24 t/d)
Sierra Leone	·		3 f (7 t/d) 3 cs (2,700 t)	2 (100 t/d)
Liberia	·	·	1 f (18 t/d) · · · (2,000 t)	1 (34 t/d)
Ivory Coast	1 (20 t/d)	1 (50 t/d)	8 f · · · (18,000 t)	2 (200 t/d)
Ghana	1	1	3 f · · · (13,400 t)	1 (120 t/d)
Togo	·	·	· · · (3,800 t)	1 (37 t/d)
Benin	·	·	· · ·	1
Nigeria	.	·	· · · (20,700 t)	· · ·
Cameroon	·	·	· · · (4,000 t)	2 (45 t/d)
Equatorial Guinea	·	·	· · ·	· · ·
Gabon	·	·	1 cs (50 t)	· · ·
Sao Tome and Principe	·	·	· · ·	· · ·
Congo	·	·	2 cs (1,500 t)	· · ·
Zaïre	·	·	· · · (2,000 t)	· · ·

Source: CECAF Project estimates