Country |
Total Fish Catch in MT |
Export Total Fish Catch in MT |
Country's share in total exports (%) |
Total Marine Fish in MT |
country's share in total marine fish (%) |
EEMZ* (square miles) |
% in EEMZ of the sub-region |
Algeria |
95 805 |
287 |
0.4 |
91 720 |
9.0 |
127 301.1 |
8.0 |
Egypt |
458 759 |
596 |
0.9 |
143 929 |
14.1 |
285 572.4 |
17.9 |
Libya |
32 943 |
5 335 |
8.2 |
32 780 |
3.2 |
353 935.4 |
22.2 |
Mauritania |
50 308 |
n.a. |
n.a |
29 026 |
2.8 |
164 308.8 |
10.3 |
Morocco |
750 213 |
56 538 |
86.6 |
651 302 |
63.8 |
561 298.9 |
35.2 |
Tunisia |
88 275 |
2 545 |
3.9 |
72 416 |
7.1 |
101 894.5 |
6.4 |
North Africa |
1 476 303 |
65 302 |
100.0 |
1 021 172 |
100.0 |
1 594 311.0 |
100.0 |
Djibouti |
350 |
13 |
0.8 |
350 |
0.4 |
7 287.05 |
0.3 |
Eritrea |
3 349 |
17 |
1.0 |
3 309 |
3.4 |
85 321.26 |
3.2 |
Kenya |
183 032 |
825 |
50.5 |
4 421 |
4.5 |
117 355.60 |
4.4 |
Seychelles |
16 506 |
419 |
25.6 |
15 823 |
16.2 |
1 340 907.00 |
49.9 |
Somalia |
24 130 |
250 |
15.3 |
22 620 |
23.2 |
823 147.40 |
30.6 |
Sudan |
48,000 |
47 |
2.9 |
4 891 |
5.0 |
72 113.00 |
2.7 |
Tanzania |
339 970 |
63 |
3.9 |
46 111 |
47.3 |
240 854.20 |
9.0 |
East Africa |
615 337 |
1 634 |
100.0 |
97 525 |
100.0 |
2 686 986.00 |
100.0 |
Cameroon |
93 329 |
3 |
0.1 |
61 768 |
25.4 |
16 827.62 |
2.3 |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
174 600 |
22 |
1.1 |
3 918 |
47.5 |
2 806.41 |
0.4 |
Republic of Congo |
43 631 |
658 |
32.8 |
18 246 |
11.9 |
27 644.53 |
3.8 |
Equatorial Guinea |
5 288 |
30 |
1.5 |
3 812 |
1.4 |
310 113.70 |
43.0 |
Gabon |
47 314 |
1 287 |
64.1 |
36 011 |
12.9 |
196 854.10 |
27.3 |
Saõ Tomé and Principé |
3 623 |
5 |
0.3 |
3 579 |
1.0 |
166 670.90 |
23.1 |
Central Africa |
367 787 |
2 005 |
100.0 |
127 335 |
100.0 |
720 917.30 |
100.0 |
Benin |
42 204 |
3 |
0.0 |
11 529 |
1.0 |
28 760.46 |
1.3 |
Cape Verde |
9 422 |
116 |
0.5 |
9 376 |
0.8 |
802 200.30 |
35.6 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
72 378 |
2 648 |
12.4 |
57 211 |
4.8 |
179 303.50 |
8.0 |
Gambia |
29 325 |
696 |
3.3 |
25 993 |
2.2 |
22 941.66 |
1.0 |
Ghana |
442 966 |
287 |
1.3 |
362 434 |
30.2 |
230 980.00 |
10.3 |
Guinea |
70 149 |
1 249 |
5.8 |
64 474 |
5.4 |
110 915.90 |
4.9 |
Guinea-Bissau |
6 316 |
20 |
0.1 |
4 931 |
0.4 |
106 250.90 |
4.7 |
Liberia |
10 224 |
2 |
0.0 |
5 912 |
0.5 |
240 814.20 |
10.7 |
Nigeria |
417 698 |
3 624 |
16.9 |
257 316 |
21.4 |
178 940.00 |
8.0 |
Senegal |
429 225 |
11 846 |
55.2 |
345 704 |
28.8 |
171 602.20 |
7.6 |
Sierra Leone |
65 484 |
933 |
4.4 |
45 211 |
3.8 |
166 582.50 |
7.4 |
Togo |
16 281 |
21 |
0.1 |
11 141 |
0.9 |
11 869.52 |
0.5 |
West Africa |
1 611 671 |
21 444 |
100.0 |
1 201 233 |
100.0 |
2 251 161.00 |
100.0 |
Angola |
143 992 |
7 |
0.0 |
135 504 |
12.7 |
512 997.50 |
8.8 |
Comoros |
12 580 |
n.a. |
n.a |
12 561 |
1.2 |
163 732.80 |
2.8 |
Madagascar |
126 693 |
214 |
0.3 |
74 984 |
7.0 |
1 216 271.00 |
20.8 |
Mauritius |
13 389 |
39 |
0.1 |
12 925 |
1.2 |
1 289 133.00 |
22.1 |
Mozambique |
35 550 |
708 |
1.0 |
14 264 |
1.3 |
578 135.50 |
9.9 |
Namibia |
295 661 |
58 382 |
80.9 |
292 492 |
27.4 |
568 039.60 |
9.7 |
South Africa |
539 441 |
12 797 |
17.7 |
524 758 |
49.2 |
1 509 708.00 |
25.9 |
Southern Africa |
1 167 306 |
72 147 |
100.0 |
1 067 489 |
100.0 |
5 838 017.00 |
100.0 |
Estimates based on production and exports data extracted from FAOSTAT (2002). Notes: n.a. not available; shaded cells stand for countries designated for marine fishery development. EEMZ * includes data as of 1998 supplied by Veridian Information Solutions, Inc., MRJ Engineering Group © 1998. This information is provided on a best-efforts basis and MRJ does not guarantee its accuracy or warrant its fitness for any particular purpose.