Table 1 Origin of distant water fishing (DWF) fleets harvesting tuna species in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Brazilian coastal waters), as recorded in the dataset in Sea Around Us (SAU) dataset from 2001 to 2016
Country | Total catch (ton) | Total of fishing operations | No. of years operating |
|---|---|---|---|
Brazil | 634976.17 | 161,358 | 16 |
Taiwan | 71605.85 | 77,068 | 16 |
Japan | 10634.10 | 54,078 | 11 |
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines | 4350.13 | 22,844 | 11 |
Belize | 5367.38 | 17,955 | 12 |
Spain | 1337.29 | 16,974 | 13 |
Colombia | 89.592 | 10,102 | 5 |
Vanuatu | 2004.83 | 9627 | 9 |
Portugal | 244.91 | 9281 | 12 |
Uruguay | 1006.54 | 5231 | 13 |
China | 2,697.56 | 3909 | 14 |
Korea (South) | 1234.07 | 3823 | 10 |
Unknown Fishing Country | 1913.60 | 2374 | 16 |
Suriname | 46.63 | 1844 | 2 |
Philippines | 621.68 | 1756 | 9 |
British Virgin Isl. (UK) | 0.141 | 615 | 1 |
Liberia | 0.723 | 598 | 3 |
Ghana | 1,510.41 | 550 | 7 |
Panama | 841.04 | 514 | 10 |
Senegal | 4,374 | 468 | 1 |
Sao Tome & Principe | 12.70 | 459 | 7 |
Curacao | 124.46 | 307 | 10 |
Argentina | 308.18 | 228 | 5 |
France | 274.59 | 214 | 6 |
Guatemala | 84.36 | 136 | 7 |
Cape Verde | 2.56 | 53 | 4 |
