Table 2 Top high-seas fishing nations* by average annual landed value (2000–2010)**

From: Winners and losers in a world where the high seas is closed to fishing

Fishing country

Average high-seas landed value (million US$)

% of global landed value

Average high-seas catch (thousand t)

% of global catch

Japan

2,542

24

807

19

South Korea

1,262

40

632

38

Taiwan

932

62

587

66

Spain

742

31

300

33

USA

709

7

218

4

Chile

635

24

988

25

China Main

629

5

646

7

Philippines

385

16

328

15

France

349

20

99

17

Indonesia***

309

9

307

9

Total for top ten

8,495

 

4,911

 

Total for all countries

12,047

 

7,896

 
  1. *Note that small pelagic fishes, which are mainly coastal species, were not included in ranking countries.
  2. **Average annual landed values and catches (2000–2010) were taken from the Sea Around Us catch and price database14.
  3. ***Indonesia makes this list most probably because it provides Flags of Convenience.
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