| COLLAPSE OF THE WORLD'S FISHERIES Fishery Declines of more than 100,000 tons from peak year to 1992 |
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| Species | Peak Year |
Peak Catch |
1992 Catch |
Decline in |
|
| Pacific herring | 1964 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
-71% |
| Atlantic herring | 1966 |
4.1 |
1.5 |
2.6 |
-63% |
| Atlantic cod | 1968 |
3.9 |
1.2 |
2.7 |
-69% |
| Southern African pilchard | 1968 |
1.7 |
0.1 |
1.6 |
-94% |
| Haddock | 1969 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
-80% |
| Peruvian anchovy* |
1970 |
13.1 |
5.5 |
7.6 |
-58% |
| Polar cod | 1971 |
0.35 |
0.02 |
0.33 |
-94% |
| Cape hake | 1972 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
-82% |
| Silver hoke | 1973 |
0.43 |
0.05 |
0.38 |
-88% |
| Greater yellow croaker | 1974 |
0.20 |
0.04 |
0.16 |
-80% |
| Atlantic redfish | 1976 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
-57% |
| Cape horse mackerel | 1977 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
-43% |
| Chub mackerel | 1978 |
3.4 |
0.9 |
2.5 |
-74% |
| Blue whiting | 1980 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
-55% |
| South American pilchard | 1985 |
6.5 |
3.1 |
3.4 |
-52% |
| Alaska pollock | 1986 |
6.8 |
.50 |
1.8 |
-26% |
| North Pacific hake | 1987 |
0.30 |
0.06 |
0.24 |
-80% |
| Japanese pilchard | 1988 |
5.4 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
-54% |
|
TOTALS |
51.48 |
21.77 |
29.71 |
-58% |