Iceland vs Russia: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Iceland
270,807 tonnes
in 2018
Russia
369,531 tonnes
in 2018
Iceland rank
18th
Russia rank
17th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Iceland
  • Russia
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How they compare

Russia currently reports 369,531 tonnes against 270,807 tonnes in Iceland, a difference of 98,724 tonnes.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.4 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Russia ahead.

Iceland ranks 18th and Russia ranks 17th 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.