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This page lists the world fisheries' production. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country.
Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest for 2018. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Capture includes fish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc. [1] [2] [3]
Country | Capture | Aquaculture | Total |
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China | 10,674,700 | 55,654,600 | 66,329,300 |
Indonesia | 6,584,419 | 16,600,000 | 23,200,000 |
India | 5,082,332 | 5,703,002 | 10,800,000 |
Vietnam | 2,785,940 | 3,634,531 | 6,420,471 |
United States | 4,931,017 | 444,369 | 5,375,386 |
Russia | 4,773,413 | 173,840 | 4,947,253 |
Japan | 3,275,263 | 1,067,994 | 4,343,257 |
Philippines | 2,027,992 | 2,200,914 | 4,228,906 |
Peru | 3,811,802 | 100,187 | 3,911,989 |
Bangladesh | 1,674,770 | 2,203,554 | 3,878,324 |
Norway | 2,203,360 | 1,326,216 | 3,529,576 |
South Korea | 1,395,951 | 1,859,220 | 3,255,171 |
Myanmar | 2,072,390 | 1,017,644 | 3,090,034 |
Chile | 1,829,238 | 1,050,117 | 2,879,355 |
Thailand | 1,530,583 | 962,571 | 2,493,154 |
Malaysia | 1,584,371 | 407,887 | 1,992,258 |
Mexico | 1,524,467 | 221,328 | 1,745,795 |
Egypt | 335,614 | 1,370,660 | 1,706,274 |
Morocco | 1,454,105 | 1,142 | 1,455,247 |
Brazil | 705,000 | 581,230 | 1,286,230 |
Spain | 915,137 | 283,831 | 1,198,968 |
Ecuador | 715,495 | 451,090 | 1,166,585 |
Iceland | 1,085,176 | 15,129 | 1,100,305 |
Iran | 695,407 | 398,129 | 1,093,536 |
Canada | 874,727 | 200,765 | 1,075,492 |
Nigeria | 734,731 | 306,727 | 1,041,458 |
United Kingdom | 702,405 | 194,492 | 896,897 |
Cambodia | 629,950 | 172,500 | 802,450 |
North Korea | 209,000 | 554,100 | 763,100 |
Argentina | 755,226 | 3,673 | 758,900 |
France | 561,173 | 166,640 | 727,813 |
Denmark | 670,344 | 36,337 | 706,681 |
Pakistan | 513,156 | 156,430 | 669,586 |
Faroe Islands | 568,435 | 83,300 | 651,735 |
South Africa | 622,070 | 7,994 | 630,064 |
Mauritania | 609,754 | 0 | 609,754 |
Turkey | 335,326 | 250,331 | 585,657 |
Sri Lanka | 521,637 | 30,974 | 552,611 |
New Zealand | 424,791 | 109,016 | 533,807 |
Uganda | 389,244 | 118,051 | 507,295 |
Namibia | 503,878 | 591 | 504,469 |
Angola | 486,490 | 655 | 487,145 |
Senegal | 474,162 | 2,079 | 476,241 |
Netherlands | 370,274 | 62,940 | 433,214 |
Tanzania | 370,966 | 12,547 | 383,514 |
Ghana | 327,457 | 52,480 | 379,937 |
Italy | 198,130 | 157,109 | 355,239 |
Papua New Guinea | 309,245 | 6,200 | 315,445 |
Germany | 271,185 | 41,721 | 312,906 |
Venezuela | 284,175 | 25,998 | 310,173 |
Mozambique | 299,591 | 1,180 | 300,771 |
Ireland | 259,845 | 40,244 | 300,089 |
Oman | 279,606 | 103 | 279,709 |
Greenland | 273,175 | 0 | 273,175 |
Australia | 174,629 | 96,847 | 271,477 |
Poland | 218,115 | 38,300 | 256,415 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 237,372 | 3,161 | 240,533 |
Cameroon | 233,190 | 2,315 | 235,505 |
Sweden | 208,783 | 15,747 | 224,530 |
Finland | 192,065 | 14,412 | 206,477 |
Sierra Leone | 202,100 | 75 | 202,175 |
Greece | 76,362 | 123,410 | 199,772 |
Portugal | 186,950 | 9,787 | 196,737 |
Kenya | 171,391 | 15,360 | 186,751 |
Colombia | 86,344 | 96,970 | 183,314 |
Laos | 70,915 | 109,835 | 180,750 |
Kiribati | 172,822 | 3,652 | 176,474 |
Madagascar | 142,333 | 25,998 | 168,331 |
Malawi | 152,852 | 7,646 | 160,498 |
Yemen | 154,450 | 0 | 154,450 |
Panama | 144,450 | 8,808 | 153,258 |
Hong Kong | 142,775 | 4,258 | 147,033 |
Tunisia | 115,064 | 16,165 | 131,229 |
Maldives | 129,191 | 0 | 129,191 |
Guinea | 128,000 | 250 | 128,250 |
Seychelles | 127,128 | 0 | 127,128 |
Latvia | 114,806 | 788 | 115,594 |
Zambia | 83,918 | 30,285 | 114,203 |
Lithuania | 106,945 | 4,393 | 111,338 |
Chad | 110,000 | 94 | 110,094 |
Saudi Arabia | 68,082 | 39,920 | 108,002 |
Mali | 102,486 | 4,194 | 106,680 |
Ukraine | 75,743 | 21,425 | 97,168 |
Algeria | 95,000 | 1,361 | 96,361 |
Belize | 91,432 | 953 | 92,385 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 88,397 | 0 | 88,397 |
Croatia | 72,312 | 15,805 | 88,116 |
Republic of the Congo | 86,748 | 177 | 86,925 |
Solomon Islands | 66,445 | 10,582 | 77,027 |
Estonia | 75,931 | 868 | 76,799 |
United Arab Emirates | 73,000 | 1,241 | 74,241 |
Ivory Coast | 67,500 | 4,701 | 72,201 |
Nepal | 21,500 | 49,043 | 70,543 |
Nicaragua | 45,500 | 22,530 | 68,030 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 65,734 | 1 | 65,735 |
Uzbekistan | 27,267 | 38,055 | 65,322 |
Marshall Islands | 64,795 | 5 | 64,800 |
Honduras | 10,600 | 53,100 | 63,700 |
El Salvador | 54,084 | 7,956 | 62,040 |
Gambia | 58,261 | 5 | 58,296 |
Iraq | 28,000 | 28,835 | 56,835 |
Benin | 49,806 | 3,080 | 52,886 |
Cuba | 23,574 | 29,185 | 52,759 |
Uruguay | 51,500 | 70 | 51,570 |
Suriname | 47,013 | 102 | 47,115 |
Ethiopia | 45,500 | 95 | 45,595 |
Fiji | 44,663 | 754 | 45,417 |
Guatemala | 19,011 | 26,268 | 45,279 |
Vanuatu | 44,002 | 16 | 44,018 |
Kazakhstan | 41,335 | 1,878 | 43,213 |
Guyana | 42,142 | 337 | 42,478 |
Sudan | 33,002 | 4,500 | 37,502 |
Costa Rica | 14,750 | 22,421 | 37,171 |
Curaçao | 35,534 | 0 | 35,534 |
South Sudan | 35,000 | 20 | 35,020 |
Niger | 34,592 | 300 | 34,892 |
Togo | 31,891 | 98 | 31,989 |
Gabon | 31,000 | 45 | 31,045 |
Georgia | 30,078 | 670 | 30,748 |
Libya | 30,002 | 10 | 30,012 |
Somalia | 30,000 | 0 | 30,000 |
Central African Republic | 29,000 | 190 | 29,190 |
Belgium | 26,970 | 44 | 27,014 |
Rwanda | 25,013 | 580 | 26,593 |
Zimbabwe | 15,711 | 10,085 | 25,796 |
Paraguay | 17,000 | 8,500 | 25,500 |
Romania | 12,728 | 12,574 | 25,302 |
Czech Republic | 3,507 | 20,952 | 24,459 |
Bulgaria | 8,614 | 15,762 | 24,376 |
Burundi | 21,805 | 1,330 | 23,135 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23,077 | 0 | 23,077 |
Burkina Faso | 22,070 | 470 | 22,540 |
Hungary | 5,048 | 16,248 | 21,296 |
Israel | 1,758 | 18,914 | 20,672 |
Armenia | 3,758 | 16,381 | 20,139 |
Cape Verde | 19,900 | 0 | 19,900 |
Mauritius | 18,062 | 1,021 | 19,083 |
Haiti | 16,510 | 1,220 | 17,730 |
Jamaica | 16,800 | 620 | 17,420 |
Dominican Republic | 14,640 | 2,285 | 16,925 |
Comoros | 16,407 | 0 | 16,407 |
French Polynesia | 13,754 | 1,343 | 15,097 |
Turkmenistan | 15,000 | 30 | 15,030 |
Bahrain | 15,000 | 6 | 15,006 |
Liberia | 14,700 | 40 | 14,740 |
Qatar | 14,516 | 10 | 14,526 |
Brunei | 13,292 | 948 | 14,240 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 13,027 | 11 | 13,038 |
Moldova | 50 | 16,011 | 12,061 |
Belarus | 686 | 11,199 | 11,885 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 11,750 | 0 | 11,750 |
Bahamas | 11,625 | 8 | 11,633 |
Bolivia | 7,000 | 3,000 | 10,000 |
Serbia | 2,067 | 6,878 | 8,945 |
Albania | 7,886 | 950 | 8,836 |
Samoa | 8,801 | 10 | 8,811 |
Malta | 2,420 | 6,073 | 8,493 |
Cyprus | 1,507 | 6,625 | 8,132 |
Equatorial Guinea | 8,000 | 15 | 8,015 |
Tuvalu | 7,684 | 3 | 7,687 |
Singapore | 1,234 | 6,112 | 7,346 |
Isle of Man | 7,040 | 0 | 7,040 |
Syria | 4,500 | 3,500 | 7,000 |
Guinea-Bissau | 6,700 | 0 | 6,700 |
Kuwait | 5,493 | 196 | 5,689 |
New Caledonia | 3,815 | 1,587 | 5,402 |
Lebanon | 4,291 | 1,015 | 5,306 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 305 | 4,564 | 4,869 |
Timor-Leste | 3,200 | 1,560 | 4,760 |
Jersey and Guernsey | 2,985 | 1,499 | 4,483 |
Eritrea | 4,300 | 0 | 4,300 |
Slovakia | 1,866 | 2,169 | 4,035 |
Austria | 350 | 3,483 | 3,833 |
Palestine | 3,306 | 280 | 3,586 |
Switzerland | 1,851 | 1,733 | 3,584 |
American Samoa | 3,047 | 20 | 3,067 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 3,000 | 10 | 3,010 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,780 | 0 | 2,780 |
Grenada | 2,550 | 0 | 2,550 |
Montenegro | 1,595 | 929 | 2,524 |
Azerbaijan | 1,707 | 640 | 2,347 |
Djibouti | 2,220 | 0 | 2,220 |
Afghanistan | 1,000 | 1,200 | 2,200 |
Slovenia | 311 | 1,844 | 2,154 |
Saint Lucia | 2,097 | 32 | 2,129 |
Kyrgyzstan | 89 | 1,931 | 2,020 |
Puerto Rico | 1,901 | 20 | 1,921 |
Barbados | 1,735 | 26 | 1,761 |
Jordan | 873 | 885 | 1,758 |
Tonga | 1,697 | 3 | 1,700 |
Tajikistan | 1,100 | 450 | 1,550 |
Guam | 1,391 | 110 | 1,501 |
Macao | 1,500 | 0 | 1,500 |
North Macedonia | 306 | 986 | 1,292 |
British Virgin Islands | 1,200 | 0 | 1,200 |
Lesotho | 52 | 1,050 | 1,102 |
Northern Mariana Islands | 950 | 42 | 992 |
Palau | 818 | 23 | 841 |
Dominica | 770 | 6 | 776 |
US Virgin Islands | 551 | 8 | 559 |
Nauru | 530 | 0 | 530 |
Bermuda | 410 | 0 | 410 |
Sint Maarten | 253 | 0 | 253 |
Eswatini | 65 | 100 | 165 |
Bhutan | 7 | 150 | 157 |
Aruba | 142 | 0 | 142 |
Cayman Islands | 125 | 0 | 125 |
Saint-Martin | 90 | 0 | 90 |
Botswana | 38 | 15 | 53 |
Mongolia | 15 | 0 | 15 |
Monaco | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Gibraltar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 |
San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0 |
World total (2018) | 93,736,944 | 101,084,799 | 199,741,129 |
Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest of aquatic plants for 2005. The tonnage from capture and aquaculture is listed by country. Countries whose total harvest was less than 100,000 tons are not included.
Count | Capture | Aquaculture | Total |
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China | 308,380 | 10,855,295 | 11,163,675 |
Philippines | 298 | 1,338,597 | 1,338,895 |
Indonesia | 7,730 | 910,636 | 918,366 |
South Korea | 15,212 | 621,154 | 636,366 |
Japan | 104,893 | 507,742 | 612,635 |
North Korea | 444,295 | 444,295 | |
Chile | 409,851 | 15,492 | 425,343 |
Other | 459,439 | 96,761 | 556,200 |
Total | 1,305,803 | 14,789,972 | 16,095,775 |
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