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Brazil vs France: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Brazil
128,156 tonnes
in 2018
France
112,089 tonnes
in 2018
Brazil rank
30th
France rank
33rd

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Brazil
  • France
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 128,156 tonnes against 112,089 tonnes in France, a difference of 16,067 tonnes.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was France ahead.

Brazil ranks 30th and France ranks 33rd 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.