Mauritania vs Philippines: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Mauritania
70,716 tonnes
in 2018
Philippines
67,637 tonnes
in 2018
Mauritania rank
42nd
Philippines rank
44th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Mauritania
  • Philippines
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How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 70,716 tonnes against 67,637 tonnes in Philippines, a difference of 3,079 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Philippines ahead.

Mauritania ranks 42nd and Philippines ranks 44th 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.