Argentina vs Russia: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Argentina
430,062 tonnes
in 2018
Russia
369,531 tonnes
in 2018
Argentina rank
14th
Russia rank
17th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Argentina
  • Russia
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How they compare

Argentina currently reports 430,062 tonnes against 369,531 tonnes in Russia, a difference of 60,531 tonnes.

That makes Argentina's figure about 1.2 times Russia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Russia ahead.

Argentina ranks 14th and Russia ranks 17th of 111 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Wild fish catch from bottom trawling
Unit
tonnes
Source
Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
111 places, 6,156 data points, 1950–2018
Last refreshed

Bottom trawling is a fishing method in which a large, heavy net is dragged along the seafloor to catch fish and other marine life.