North America - Total fisheries production (metric tons)

The value for Total fisheries production (metric tons) in North America was 6,911,946 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,938,320 in 1988 and a minimum value of 3,942,268 in 1960.

Definition: Total fisheries production measures the volume of aquatic species caught by a country for all commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes. The harvest from mariculture, aquaculture and other kinds of fish farming is also included.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Year Value
1960 3,942,268
1961 4,192,401
1962 4,396,738
1963 4,266,229
1964 4,106,397
1965 4,254,578
1966 4,150,233
1967 3,955,836
1968 4,207,618
1969 4,173,624
1970 4,548,836
1971 4,536,646
1972 4,239,014
1973 4,246,349
1974 4,229,230
1975 4,255,040
1976 4,565,491
1977 4,649,419
1978 5,231,724
1979 5,356,637
1980 5,444,630
1981 5,599,626
1982 5,827,130
1983 5,896,755
1984 6,437,235
1985 6,574,130
1986 6,857,688
1987 7,811,588
1988 7,938,320
1989 7,701,598
1990 7,886,532
1991 7,346,060
1992 7,333,710
1993 7,476,330
1994 7,414,285
1995 6,841,746
1996 6,930,102
1997 7,180,615
1998 6,887,571
1999 7,074,814
2000 6,747,953
2001 7,182,597
2002 7,392,106
2003 7,476,242
2004 7,655,946
2005 7,425,638
2006 7,422,540
2007 7,137,487
2008 6,447,120
2009 6,211,376
2010 6,389,834
2011 7,036,415
2012 6,843,258
2013 7,163,306
2014 6,977,803
2015 6,985,363
2016 7,055,171
2017 7,066,480
2018 6,911,946

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production