Iceland vs New Zealand: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Iceland
270,807 tonnes
in 2018
New Zealand
211,548 tonnes
in 2018
Iceland rank
18th
New Zealand rank
19th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Iceland
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 270,807 tonnes against 211,548 tonnes in New Zealand, a difference of 59,259 tonnes.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.3 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 68 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 18th and New Zealand ranks 19th 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.