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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:39:01 -0400


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From: VanAnrooy, Raymon (FAOSLC)


Dear Caribbean colleagues,

Via this message we would like to inform you that the FAO capture database has been updated to 2011 data. A short summary of the information can be found in the table below, some bullet points and the attached Excel files including 2010 and 2011 totals for the 25 top countries, 25 top species and by fishing area and for the Western Central Atlantic in particular.

        2010            2011            Variation
        million tonnes          million tonnes

Inland capture  11.2            11.1            -1.6%

Marine capture (excluding anchoveta)    73.5            74.1            0.8%
Anchoveta       4.2             8.3             97.8%
Marine capture  77.7            82.4            6.1%

World total     89.0            93.5            5.1%


*       Total global capture production in 2011 was the third ever, slightly after 1996 (93.8 million tonnes) and 2000 (93.5).

*       This result was mostly due to good catches of Peruvian anchoveta (which, however, in 2012 already decreased by about 3.5 million tonnes) but also to marine catches excluding anchoveta which grew for the third consecutive year and in 2011 exceeded 74 million tonnes, a level that had not been reached since 2001.

*       Previous preliminary estimates of 2011 global total were lower as Japan's total catch was expected to reduce of about one third following March 2011 tsunami but fortunately actual decrease in comparison to 2010 was only around 7 percent.

*       As usual, recent and historical catches have been revised as new data became available from national sources and Regional Fishery Organizations. In particular in the Eastern Central Atlantic, data from coastal countries (e.g. Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, etc.) on catches in their EEZ previously not reported by Distant Water Fishing Nations increased the annual total in area 34 by about 300,000 tonnes in recent years.

*       Inland waters capture production slightly decreased in 2011 after the maximum ever reached in 2010, a year for which India reported an abnormally high production in inland waters. Inland catches of African countries as a whole increased by 0.1 million tonnes whereas in the other continents remained stable.

*       The total number of species items in the database reached 1,938. Out of 64 new species, 26 were from inland waters.


Western Central Atlantic (Area 31)

*       The reported capture fisheries production in 2011 in Area 31 was 1.497 thousand tonnes.
*       An increase of 17.9 percent in production was recorded between 2010 and 2011.
*       The increase is largely due to an increase in catch of Gulf Menhaden with 41 percent (from 439 thousand tonnes to 623 thousand tonnes). Particularly the US fisheries fleet is targeting this species, which is the main reason for the increase of 35 percent in US reported total catch.
*       In terms of country specific trends there were major rises in capture fisheries production in Area 31 from the USA, Spain, Belize and Haiti. On the other side the production decreased significantly in Mexico, Panama, Guyana, Colombia, Turks& Caicos, Barbados, Bahamas, Japan, Martinique and the Dominican republic.

We hope the above is useful information for you.

We would like to take this opportunity also to thank those of you who have been involved in collection, analysis and submission of fisheries and aquaculture data and information to FAO in recent years. Without your assistance overviews like these are not possible. Thank you therefore very much.

Please keep also in mind that the FAO capture database can be accessed at the addresses below:

- http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/software/fishstat/en together with the FISHSTAT+ software to consult it;
- http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/software/fishstatj/en embedded in the new FISHSTATJ software;
- http://www.fao.org/fishery/topic/16140/en through the online query panel

If you notice any inconsistencies or incorrectness in the data presented, please let us know. We would be happy to further improve the fisheries statistics in the region together with you.

We appreciate your continuous support to the collection and analysis of global fisheries statistics and hope we can count on your assistance also in the coming years.

With best regards

Luca Garibaldi

Fishery Statistician (Capture Fisheries)
Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics and Information Service (FIPS)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

&
Raymon van Anrooy

Fishery and Aquaculture officer
WECAFC Secretary
FAO Sub regional office for the Caribbean (SLC)




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