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Background
Annual nominal catches of more than 200 species of fish and shellfish in the Northeast Atlantic region are officially submitted by 20 ICES member countries. ICES has been gathering and publishing fisheries statistics since 1904. Landings data covering the period 1973-present was the first data to be made available in electronic form from the EuroStat/ICES database. The online catch data have first been extended with data for 1950-1972, and subsequently expanded with a dataset that includes all landing data available from the Bulletin Statistique des Pêches Maritimes publications covering the period 1903-1949.
Catch statistics cooperation
The Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP) coordinates collection of catch statistics under the STATLANT programme. The organizations involved are the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Commission for the Conservation of the Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Statistical Office of the European Communities (EUROSTAT), and ICES.
The data sources are the national statistical offices, in some countries the collection and compilation of fisheries statistics are handled by specialised organisations.
Official catch data
The Northeast Atlantic catch statistics for 1903-49 are available here as individual Excel country files. The data for 1950-2010 are available on the Eurostat web site and from this page. The dataset is formatted in the FishStat Plus system, and is additionally available in .xls and .csv formats. All datasets are packaged as zip-files.
The geographical breakdown is according to the ICES system of subareas, divisions and subdivisions. The area-coding for the older data is converted to the one used today, where the principle of only subdividing areas but not creating cross-cutting new areas was followed.
Data presented in the datasets are not corrected for non-reported landings where such may have occurred.
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ICES Catch Statistics 1950-2010
Source: Eurostat/ICES database on catch statistics - ICES 2011, Copenhagen
Format: FishStat Plus supported by FAO
Notes: Catches in FAO area 27 by country, year, area and species. Version from 30-11-2011 includes data revised for Spain, Iceland and the Netherlands.
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ICES Catch Statistics 1950-2010
Source: Eurostat/ICES database on catch statistics - ICES 2011, Copenhagen
Format: Archived dataset in .xls and .csv format
Notes: Catches in FAO area 27 by country, year, area and species. Version from 30-11-2011 includes data revised for Spain, Iceland and the Netherlands.
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ICES Catch Statistics 1903-1949
Source: Bulletin Statistique (Excel sheets by country, zipped file)
Format: Archived .xls files by country
Notes: Catches in FAO area 27 by country, year, area and species.
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Preliminary catch data
ICES Working Group members can now view the last year’s preliminary catch data (2010).
Other users can get the data per request (info@ices.dk).
Related links
FishStat Plus Program for downloading
FAO Handbook of Fisheries Statistics Standards
Names and addresses of national offices
ICES Areas Maps |
