FIRST RELEASE

CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS
10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA

ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 29 JUNE, 2009

NUMBER: 1.4.1.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

SEAWATER FISHING, 2008

 

Catches and production of sea fish and other sea organisms in 2008 amounted to 60 187 tonnes, which means that it increased by 16% as compared to the previous year. Catches, which amounted to 48 976 tonnes, increased by 22%, while the production, which amounted to 11 211 tonnes, decreased by 4%, as compared to the previous year.

 

 

1. CATCHES AND PRODUCTION OF SEA FISH, CRUSTACEANS, OYSTERS AND OTHER MOLLUSCS AND SHELLFISH, 2008

 

Catches and production, t

Indices, total

2008.
2007.
 

Total

Catches

Production
 

 

 

 

 
Total

60 187

48 976

11 211

116

 

 

 

 

 
Fish 

55 730

47 519

8 211

121

 

 

 

 

 
       Pelagic fish

46 399

42 688

3 711

125

       Pilchard

21 194

21 194

-

125

       Anchovy

13 054

13 054

-

99

       Bluefin tuna

4 545

834

3 711

91

       Other species

7 606

7 606

-

359

 

 

 

 

 
      Other fish

9 331

4 831

4 500

105

      Hake

702

702

-

72

      Red mullet

826

826

-

87

      Grey mullet

27

27

-

113

      Conger

26

26

-

84

      Seabass and gilthead seabream

4 528

28

4 500

113

      Picarels

136

136

-

118

      Bogue

131

131

-

94

      Pleuronectiformes

133

133

-

49

      Other species

2 822

2 822

-

119

 

 

 

 

 

Crustaceans1)

461

461

-

102

      Lobster

14

14

-

156

      Lobster and other crustaceans

447

447

-

101

 

 

 

 

 

Oysters and other molluscs and shellfish

3 996

996

3 000

76

      Oysters, mussels and other shellfish1)

3 080

80

3 000

85

      Squid

238

238

-

76

      Cuttlefish

38

38

-

42

      Octopus, cephalopods and other molluscs

640

640

-

53

 

 

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