Iceland vs Japan: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Iceland
270,807 tonnes
in 2018
Japan
418,239 tonnes
in 2018
Iceland rank
18th
Japan rank
15th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Iceland
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 418,239 tonnes against 270,807 tonnes in Iceland, a difference of 147,432 tonnes.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.5 times Iceland's.

Across all 69 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Iceland ranks 18th and Japan ranks 15th 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.