Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Fisheries and for a world without hunger Aquaculture Department Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profiles The Republic of Equatorial Guinea Part I Statistics and main indicators 1. Country brief 2. General geographic and economic indicators 3. FAO Fisheries statistics The Profile (2003) Additional information 2. FAO Thematic data bases 3. Publications Source of information 4. Meetings & News archive United Nations Geospatial Information Section http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm Imagery for continents and oceans reproduced from GEBCO, www.gebco.net Part I Statistics and main indicators Part I of the Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profile is compiled using the most up-to-date information available from the FAO Country briefs and Statistics programmes at the time of publication. The Country Brief and the FAO Fisheries Statistics provided in Part I may, however, have been prepared at different times, which would explain any inconsistencies. Country brief Updated 05-2015 Equatorial Guinea comprises a mainland area as well as five inhabited oceanic islands, the two most important of which are Annobon and Bioko. The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers an area of around 314 000 km2. In 2013, total capture production was about 8 600 tonnes, including 1 000 tonnes of inland water catches. More than half of marine catch was composed of sardinella and other small pelagics. In the last several years, significant quantities (1 500-3 100 tonnes per year) of tuna catches caught by the national industrial fleet were reported. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Fishing is both industrial (mainly licensed foreign trawlers) and artisanal, with canoes, using handlines and small seines. In 2013 a total of 400 fishing vessels with engines and 700 vessels without engines were reported. Aquaculture production is still negligible, at around 15 tonnes of tilapias and other freshwater fishes in the recent years. Some of the shrimp and high-value fish species are processed and frozen onboard for export. “The value of African fisheries” study estimated about 4 200 people had jobs directly in the fisheries and aquaculture sector, and additional 10 000 people in fish processing in 2011. In 2013, imports of fish and fishery products were estimated at USD 26 million and exports were USD 40 000. Annual per capita fish consumption recorded in 2011 was 25.9 kg, contributing around 40 percent of animal protein supply and 23 percent of total protein supply to the population. Information available in 2011 indicates that the fishing effort directed at demersal species was low. Tuna is seasonally present in the waters of Equatorial Guinea. The sector has had little support in terms of infrastructure, training and capacity building for appropriate management enforcement. Improved utilization of fisheries resources is even more critical considering that domestic agricultural production is deficient, covering only 30 percent of the internal demand, with the remaining demand met through imports. Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing is also a major regional concern. Since July 1997, Equatorial Guinea is a Party to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and to the 1993 FAO Compliance Agreement. Membership in Regional Fishery Bodies Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF) International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Ministerial Conference on Fisheries Cooperation Among African States Bordering the Atlantic (COMHAFAT-ATLAFCO) Regional Commission of Fisheries of Gulf of Guinea (COREP) General geographic and economic indicators Table 1 - General Geographic and Economic Data - The Republic of Equatorial Guinea Source Shelf area 12 111km2 Sea around us: http://www.seaaroundus.org/ World By Map: Length of continental coastline 296 km http://world.bymap.org/Coastlines.html Fisheries GVA Not Available Source FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Country area 28 050 km2 FAOSTAT. 2013 Land area 28 050 km2 FAOSTAT. 2013 Inland water area 0 km2 Computed. 2013 Population - Est. & Proj. 0.864 millions FAOSTAT. 2018 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) area 305 490 km2 VLIZ GDP (current US$) 13 432 millions World Bank. 2018 GDP per capita (current US$) 10 262 US$ World Bank. 2018 Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.39 % of GDP World Bank. 2018 FAO Fisheries statistics Table 2 in this section is based on statistics prepared by the Statistics and Information Branch of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department and disseminated in 2016. The charts are based on the same source but these are automatically updated every year with the most recent disseminated statistics. Table 2 – Employment and Fleet Statistics - The Republic of Equatorial Guinea 1980 1990 2000 2010 2012 2013 2014 EMPLOYMENT (thousands) 1.51 2.48 9.22 … 4.27 … … Aquaculture … … 0.90 … 0.03 … … Capture 1.51 2.48 8.32 … 4.24 … … Inland … … 4.33 … 1.95 … … Marine 1.51 2.48 4.00 … 2.30 … … FLEET(thousands vessels) … … … 0.47 0.47 1.10 … Source: FAO Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics 1) Due to roundings total may not sum up Please note: Fishery statistical data here presented exclude the production for marine mammals, crocodiles, corals, sponges, pearls, mother-of-pearl and aquatic plants. The Profile Updated 2003 This country profile provides statistics and indicators produced through FAO’s Statistics programmes, supplemented with information derived from national and other sources and valid at the time of compilation. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Texto completo del Perfíl sobre la Pesca y la Acuicultura disponible en /fishery/docs/DOCUMENT/fcp/es/FI_CP_GQ.pdf Additional information FAO Thematic data bases FAO Country Profile Marine Resources reports (FIRMS) All resources - Southern Areas of the Eastern Central Atlantic (FAO Statistical Area 34) Angolan dentex, Congo dentex - Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Bigeye grunt, Sompat grunt, Bastard grunt - Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Bigeye grunt - Congo and Angola Bigeye grunt - Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Blue shark - North Atlantic Blue shark - South Atlantic Bonga shad - Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Bonga shad - Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola Bonga shad - Nigeria and Cameroon Bonga shad - Southern Area of Eastern Central Atlantic Coastal shrimps - Democratic Republic of the Congo Coastal shrimps - Nigeria and Cameroon Common cuttlefish - Côte d'Ivoire Croakers - Cameroon Cunene horse mackerel - Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Cunene horse mackerel - Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola Cuttlefishes - Ghana Cuttlefish - Ghana and Benin Deep-water rose shrimp - Congo Dentex - Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Dentex - Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola Dentex - São Tomé e Príncipe European anchovy - Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin European anchovy - Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola European anchovy - Southern Area of Eastern Central Atlantic Grunts (Pomadasys spp) - Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola Horse mackerel and other carangids - Southern Area of Eastern Central Atlantic Lesser African threadfin - Cameroon Lesser African threadfin - Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Lesser African threadfin - Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola Lesser African threadfin - Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé e Príncipe Madeiran sardinella and Round sardinella - Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo Madeiran sardinella and Round sardinella - Cameroon and Nigeria Madeiran sardinella and Round sardinella - Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola Madeiran sardinella - Angola, Congo and Gabon (South) FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Madeiran sardinella - Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Madeiran sardinella - Nigeria and Cameroon Pandoras - Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé e Príncipe Penaeid shrimps - Gulf of Guinea Penaeus shrimp - Equatorial Guinea Penaeus shrimps - Cameroon Penaeus shrimps - Nigeria Penaeus shrimps - Nigeria and Cameroon Red Pandora - Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Round sardinella - Angola, Congo and Gabon (South) Round sardinella - Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Round sardinella - Nigeria and Cameroon Sardinellas - Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Sardinellas - Equatorial Guinea Sardinellas - Nigeria and Cameroon Seabreams, Groupers - Equatorial Guinea Sea catfishes (Arius spp) - Gabon and Congo Shortfin mako - North Atlantic Shortfin mako - South Atlantic Southern pink shrimp - Congo Southern pink shrimp - Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin Southern pink shrimp - Ghana Tonguesole - Gabon, Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo Tonguesole - Nigeria and Cameroon West African croakers - Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin West African croakers - Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola West African croakers - Nigeria and Cameroon Fishery reports (FIRMS) Côte d'ivoire : Artisanal beach seine fishery - west of Abidjan : 2011 Côte d'ivoire : Artisanal driftnets fishery : 2011 Côte d'ivoire : Artisanal gillnet fishery : 2011 Côte d'ivoire : Artisanal purse seine fishery - Abidjan, west of Abidjan : 2011 Côte d'ivoire : Bottom trawl fishery - Eastern littoral shelf area : 2011 Côte d'ivoire : Bottom trawl southern pink shrimp fishery : 2011 Côte d'ivoire : Foreign pole and line tuna fishery : 2011 Côte d'ivoire : Foreign purse seine tuna fishery : 2011