Japan vs Mexico: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Japan
418,239 tonnes
in 2018
Mexico
406,777 tonnes
in 2018
Japan rank
15th
Mexico rank
16th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Japan
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 418,239 tonnes against 406,777 tonnes in Mexico, a difference of 11,462 tonnes.

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

Japan ranks 15th and Mexico ranks 16th 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.