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ANNEX 17. FISH CATCH AND EXPORTS IN METRIC TONNES (AVERAGE 1995-1999) BY COUNTRY AND EEMZ SIZE AND SHARE IN THE SUB-REGIONAL TOTAL


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.


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