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World
Fish Catch and Aquaculture Production, 1950-2001
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| Year |
Wild
Fish Catch
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Aquaculture
Production
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Million
Tons
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| 1950 |
19.2
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1.5
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| 1951 |
21.5
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1.7
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| 1952 |
22.9
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1.7
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| 1953 |
23.7
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1.8
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| 1954 |
25.2
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1.9
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| 1955 |
26.4
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2.1
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| 1956 |
27.8
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2.1
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| 1957 |
28.6
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2.3
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| 1958 |
30.2
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2.5
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| 1959 |
33.4
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2.8
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| 1960 |
36.4
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3.0
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| 1961 |
39.5
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3.2
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| 1962 |
42.9
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3.3
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| 1963 |
44.2
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3.4
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| 1964 |
48.5
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3.6
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| 1969 |
57.4
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3.7
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| 1970 |
58.2
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3.6
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| 1971 |
62.4
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3.8
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| 1972 |
58.4
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3.8
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| 1973 |
59.0
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3.9
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| 1974 |
62.6
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4.0
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| 1975 |
62.4
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4.1
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| 1976 |
64.6
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4.8
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| 1977 |
63.4
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4.8
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| 1978 |
65.3
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4.8
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| 1979 |
66.1
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5.0
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| 1980 |
67.0
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5.2
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| 1981 |
69.4
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5.4
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| 1982 |
71.1
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5.6
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| 1983 |
71.6
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5.9
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| 1984 |
77.6
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6.9
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| 1985 |
79.1
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7.7
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| 1986 |
84.6
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8.8
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| 1987 |
85.0
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10.1
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| 1988 |
88.6
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11.2
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| 1989 |
89.3
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11.7
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| 1990 |
85.9
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13.1
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| 1991 |
85.1
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13.7
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| 1992 |
86.2
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15.4
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| 1993 |
86.6
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17.8
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| 1994 |
91.6
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20.8
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| 1995 |
91.9
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24.5
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| 1996 |
93.5
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26.7
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| 1997 |
93.6
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28.7
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| 1998 |
86.9
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30.8
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| 1999 |
93.2
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33.3
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| 2000 |
95.4
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35.6
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| 2001 |
92.4
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37.9
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| Source:
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Yearbook of Fishery
Statistics: Capture Production and Aquaculture Production
(Rome: various years).
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