Gabon vs Ireland: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Gabon
16,528 tonnes
in 2018
Ireland
15,261 tonnes
in 2018
Gabon rank
62nd
Ireland rank
64th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Gabon
  • Ireland
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How they compare

Gabon currently reports 16,528 tonnes against 15,261 tonnes in Ireland, a difference of 1,267 tonnes.

That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.

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

Gabon ranks 62nd and Ireland ranks 64th 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.