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Annual captured Peruvian anchoveta mass

This quantity comes from a time series measurement and the most recent value (2018) is reported.


Value:		≈ 7.04 × 10⁹ kg / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... ≈ 7.04 Mt / yr
HuID:		61040
Relevant Year(s):		2018
Summary:		Peruvian Anchoveta is the most heavily exploited fish species in world history, although catches are highly variable due to the influence of El Niño events. Its habitat is the Eastern South Pacific, off the coasts of Peru and Chile. Entirely dependent on the rich plankton of the Peruvian Current, its northern distribution is limited during El Niño years, when a 'tongue' of warmer and less saline surface water extends southward over the northbound coastal Peru Current. After the drastic reduction in catches of the 80's, influenced by the strongest El Niño of the century (1982-83), in the 90's the catches recovered.
Method:		Information on capture production is collected annually from relevant national offices concerned with fishery statistics, by means of a system of standardized forms, which list for each country the relative species items and fishing areas breakdown. In the case of some "aquatic products", data are also obtained from trade associations or other specialized international organizations to which data are also submitted. In this way the statistics are reviewed by subject matter specialists. Data concerning the nominal catch of certain major groups are generally reviewed in collaboration with the regional agency concerned. For example, for ISSCAAP group 36 (Tunas, bonitos and billfishes) data provided by the national correspondents are often replaced by the "best scientific estimates" produced by regional bodies collecting tuna catch statistics (i.e. ICCAT, IOTC, SPC and IATTC).
Source:		FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Fisheries Commodities Production and Trade 1976-2018. (2020)
Dataset:		Total animal seafood mass by species (FAO_FishStatJ_total_mass_species.csv) global resolution
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Original Data License:		CC-BY-NC-SA IGO 3.0 (FAO Modified)
Added By:		ilopezgo