FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLV.	ZAGREB, 30 JUNE, 2008		NUMBER: 1.4.1.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

SEAWATER FISHING, 2007

Catches and production of sea fish and other sea organisms in 2007 amounted to 51 819 tonnes, which means that it remained at the same level as in the previous year. Catches, which amounted to 40 139 tonnes, increased by 6% and the production, which amounted to 11 680 tonnes, decreased by 18%, as compared to the previous year.

1.   CATCHES AND PRODUCTION OF SEA FISH, CRUSTACEANS, OYSTERS AND OTHER MOLLUSCS AND SHELLFISH, 2007

	Catches and production, t			Indices, total 2007. 2006.
	Total	Catches	Production
Total	51 819	40 139	11 680	100
Fish	46 114	37 934	8 180	99
Pelagic fish	37 221	33 041	4 180	97
Pilchard	16 900	16 900	-	100
Anchovy	13 200	13 200	-	111
Bluefin tuna	5 005	825	4 180	65
Other species	2 116	2 116		116
Other fish	8 893	4 893	4 000	106
Hake	980	980	-	107
Red mullet	950	950	-	118
Grey mullet	24	24	-	114
Conger	31	31	-	141
Seabass and gilthead seabream	4 015	65	3 950	115
Picarels	115	115	-	72
Bogue	140	140	-	107
Pleuronectiformes	274	274	-	143
Other species	2 364	2 314	50	90
Crustaceans^1)	451	451	-	151
Lobster	9	9	-	150
Lobster and other crustaceans	442	442	-	151
Oysters and other molluscs and shellfish	5 254	1 754	3 500	104
Oysters, mussels and other shellfish^1)	3 633	133	3 500	88
Squid	315	315	-	149
Cuttlefish	91	91	-	128
Octopus, cephalopods and other molluscs	1 215	1 215	-	196

1)    Data refer to edible and non-edible fish.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source and methods of data collection

Data on catches and production of sea fish and other sea organisms were collected separately for legal entities and for individual fishermen. The survey collects data on catches and production of sea fish, crustaceans, oysters and other molluscs and shellfish.

Coverage and comparability

Reporting units, for which the annual report on sea fishing is being submitted, are legal entities and their parts, (from the Register of Business Entities and the Institute for Payment Transactions), classified into the section B – Fishing (subclasses: 05.01.1 and 05.02.1) according to the National Classification of Economic Activities (sea fishing and sea hatcheries and fishponds), or into another activity that are engaged with commercial sea fishing or production of sea fish and other sea organisms.

Reporting units are individual fishermen as well, who are engaged in commercial fishing or production of sea fish and other sea organisms, and are selected by realised income (the Tax Administration Office records).

Along with the above mentioned data in getting the final data on  catches and production of sea fish and other sea organisms, data of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development – Directorate of Fisheries were used.

Definitions

Commercial fishing is an activity of catches and production of sea fish and other sea organisms for making profit.

Caught quantities are quantities of unloaded fresh fish, crustaceans, oysters and other molluscs and shellfish, i.e. actual catch minus quantities thrown away for no matter what reason from the moment of pulling out from the sea until loading.

Abbreviations

t  tonne

Symbols

-  no occurrence