The Gambia - Fisheries production

Aquaculture production (metric tons)

The value for Aquaculture production (metric tons) in The Gambia was 35.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 75.00 in 2006 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1984.

Definition: Aquaculture is understood to mean the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Aquaculture production specifically refers to output from aquaculture activities, which are designated for final harvest for consumption.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Year Value
1984 0.00
1985 0.00
1986 0.00
1987 0.00
1988 0.00
1989 53.00
1990 60.00
1991 0.00
1992 0.00
1993 0.00
1994 0.00
1995 0.00
1996 4.00
1997 4.00
1998 4.00
1999 4.00
2000 5.00
2001 5.00
2002 5.00
2003 5.00
2004 5.00
2005 5.00
2006 75.00
2007 25.00
2008 25.00
2009 25.00
2010 25.00
2011 33.00
2012 33.00
2013 33.00
2014 35.00
2015 35.00
2016 35.00
2017 35.00
2018 35.00

Capture fisheries production (metric tons)

The value for Capture fisheries production (metric tons) in The Gambia was 49,526 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 60,461 in 2017 and a minimum value of 4,500 in 1960.

Definition: Capture fisheries production measures the volume of fish catches landed by a country for all commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Year Value
1960 4,500
1961 4,800
1962 5,300
1963 5,300
1964 5,300
1965 6,200
1966 6,200
1967 6,200
1968 6,700
1969 6,700
1970 7,447
1971 7,739
1972 7,884
1973 12,294
1974 12,695
1975 12,695
1976 12,695
1977 18,092
1978 14,972
1979 11,143
1980 13,265
1981 14,739
1982 9,212
1983 11,653
1984 11,882
1985 10,712
1986 13,262
1987 14,642
1988 13,852
1989 19,789
1990 21,602
1991 24,985
1992 18,045
1993 21,308
1994 22,781
1995 23,699
1996 31,601
1997 32,743
1998 29,033
1999 32,639
2000 29,016
2001 34,527
2002 37,405
2003 37,366
2004 32,817
2005 34,955
2006 37,477
2007 43,574
2008 42,881
2009 45,884
2010 46,624
2011 41,500
2012 36,062
2013 43,726
2014 51,500
2015 55,968
2016 58,261
2017 60,461
2018 49,526

Total fisheries production (metric tons)

The value for Total fisheries production (metric tons) in The Gambia was 49,561 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 60,496 in 2017 and a minimum value of 4,500 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 4,500
1961 4,800
1962 5,300
1963 5,300
1964 5,300
1965 6,200
1966 6,200
1967 6,200
1968 6,700
1969 6,700
1970 7,447
1971 7,739
1972 7,884
1973 12,294
1974 12,695
1975 12,695
1976 12,695
1977 18,092
1978 14,972
1979 11,143
1980 13,265
1981 14,739
1982 9,212
1983 11,653
1984 11,882
1985 10,712
1986 13,262
1987 14,642
1988 13,852
1989 19,842
1990 21,662
1991 24,985
1992 18,045
1993 21,308
1994 22,781
1995 23,699
1996 31,605
1997 32,747
1998 29,037
1999 32,643
2000 29,021
2001 34,532
2002 37,410
2003 37,371
2004 32,822
2005 34,960
2006 37,552
2007 43,599
2008 42,906
2009 45,909
2010 46,649
2011 41,533
2012 36,095
2013 43,759
2014 51,535
2015 56,003
2016 58,296
2017 60,496
2018 49,561

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production