France vs Portugal: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

France
112,089 tonnes
in 2018
Portugal
104,344 tonnes
in 2018
France rank
33rd
Portugal rank
34th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

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  • Portugal
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How they compare

France currently reports 112,089 tonnes against 104,344 tonnes in Portugal, a difference of 7,745 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Portugal ahead.

France ranks 33rd and Portugal ranks 34th 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
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Bottom trawling is a fishing method in which a large, heavy net is dragged along the seafloor to catch fish and other marine life.