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Comparing Marine Fishing Industries
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Large scale |
Small scale |
| Number of fisherfolk employed |
Around 500,000 |
Around 12,000,000 |
| Annual catch of marine fish for human consumption |
Around 29 million tonnes |
Around 24 million tonnes |
| Capital cost of each job on fishing vessels |
$30,000-$300,000 |
$250-2500 |
| Annual cost of marine fish for industrial reduction to meal, oil etc. |
Around 22 million tonnes |
Almost none |
| Annual fuel oil consumption |
14-19 million tonnes |
1.4 - 1.9 million tonnes |
| Fish caught per tonne of fuel consumed |
2-5 tonnes |
10-20 tonnes |
| Fisherfolk employed for each $1 million invested in fishing vessels |
5 - 30 |
500 - 4000 |
| Fish destroyed at sea each year as by-catch in shrimp fisheries |
6 - 16 million tonnes |
none |
- Source:
- IUCN, UNEP, WWF (1991), Caring for the Earth: A Strategy for Sustainable Living.
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