OECD Review of Fisheries: Policies and Summary Statistics 2015
The OECD Review of Fisheries provides information on developments in policies and activities in the fishing and aquaculture sectors of OECD countries and participating economies, mainly for the period 2012-13. This year’s edition includes Argentina, the People's Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and Latvia.
Part I overviews the activities in the sector and includes a chapter containing two-page snapshots outlining country summary statistics and key developments in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors. Additional country-level data and detail on institutional and policy backgrounds, based on contributions by participating countries and economies, are provided in the electronic version of this report.
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China
Fisheries output showed a slight increase both in capture fisheries and aquaculture in 2012, with aquaculture representing around 73% of the total volume. The growth rate of aquaculture in The People’s Republic of China (hereafter “China”) in 2012 was 6.4%, an impressive amount but still below world average of 7.5%. China remains the largest aquaculture producer in the world. The growth rate of capture fisheries by comparison was 2.5%.
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