Mexico vs New Zealand: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Mexico
406,777 tonnes
in 2018
New Zealand
211,548 tonnes
in 2018
Mexico rank
16th
New Zealand rank
19th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Mexico
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 406,777 tonnes against 211,548 tonnes in New Zealand, a difference of 195,229 tonnes.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.9 times New Zealand's.

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

Mexico ranks 16th 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.