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PREPARED BY: «> RAZIUDDIN M. SIDDIQUI STATISTICS, INTELLIGENCE & INDUSTRY MONITORING 4» ECONOMIC PuLICY BRANCH DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS OTTAWA, ONTARIO TABLE OF CONTENTS r

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ï Introduction 1 !• Western Europe 1

Faeroe Islands 3. 4 Greece 4 Greenland 5 Iceland 5 Norway 5 Portugal 6

Spain 6 7 i Conclusion 8 b

APPENDIX

Nominal Catch, Selected Species, 1971-77 Table 1. Faeroe Islands

Table 2. Finland

Table 3. Greece

Table 4. Greenland

Table 5. Iceland

% Table 6. Norway-

Table 7. Portugal if Table 8. Spain

Table 9. Sweden INTRODUCTION

This review describes the pattern and level of landings during the period

1971 through 1977 in the nine Western European countries which occupy an important

place as producers and exporters of fish and fishery products. It is hoped that

an overview of catches during this period will provide some insight with re-

gard to their production and export potential during the eighties.

As there is a .wide range of species of fish and shellfish, it was felt

that in order to provide a more complete supply picture, given the possibility

of substitution, the species with landings of 1,000 metric tons or over in any given year during the period under review ( 1971 - 1977) must be included.

The tables in the appendix provide more detailed information on catches . for the selected species.

WESTERN EUROPE

In 1977, the nominal catch of fish and shellfish in the nine Western

Eroupean countries amounted to nearly 7.5 million metric tons. Some Western

European countries experienced declines in their landings while the catch in ochers showed a substantial improvement compared to the previous year. The level of landings in a few countries remained more or less the same as in 1976. - 2 -

Among the Western European countries, Norway is the most inportant

harvester of fish. It accounted for nearly 48 per cent of the combined total nominal catch of the nine countries. Spain was in second place with 20 per cent , of the total nominal catch. Iceland with its catch of nearly 1.4 million tons

occupied third position. Its share of the total nominal catch amounted to over

18 per cent. These three countries combined accounted for 86 per cent of the total landings in the selected Western European countries.

TABLE 1: NOMINAL CATCH, BY COUNTRY 1971 - 77 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 - 1977 (Metric Tons) Faeroe Islands 207.100 208,100 246,300 246,367 285,618 341 ,962 310,281 Finland 90,200 87,600 100,000 110,127 109,808 117,235 117,040 Greece 107.100 95,500 ? 96,000 92,019 94,766 105,620 105,620 Greenland 38,400 41,700 ~ 44,500 50,876 47,500 44,675 59,738 Iceland 684,900 726,500 901,800 944,849 994,791 986,137 1,374,432 Norway 3,074,900 3,185,600 2,987,400 2,644,930 2,550,438 3,435,256 3,562,213 Portugal ' 465,000 445,300 478,400 429,658 375,498 346,128 310,311 Spain 1,503,800 1,535,80u 1,578,100 1,510,131 1,515,224 1,475,498 1,454,800 Sweden 238.100 226,700 229,000 213,738 215,076 213,313 192,134

» TOTAL CATCH 6,409,500 6,552,800 6,661,500 6,242,695 6,188,719 7,065,824 7,486,569 3

During 1977, the catch of major selected species (landings of 1,000 metric

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