What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Morocco and United States?

399,214 tonnes, with Morocco ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and United States?

69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Wild fish catch from bottom trawling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Morocco vs United States: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Morocco

1.19 million tonnes

in 2018

United States

791,936 tonnes

in 2018

Morocco rank

5th

United States rank

7th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

Morocco
United States

How they compare

Morocco currently reports 1.19 million tonnes against 791,936 tonnes in United States, a difference of 399,214 tonnes.

That makes Morocco's figure about 1.5 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States ahead.

Morocco ranks 5th and United States ranks 7th of 111 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 2 and United States in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Morocco	United States	Difference	Ahead
1950s	136,820 tonnes	610,297 tonnes	473,477 tonnes	United States
1960s	199,412 tonnes	528,345 tonnes	328,934 tonnes	United States
1970s	246,584 tonnes	431,338 tonnes	184,754 tonnes	United States
1980s	414,969 tonnes	1.08 million tonnes	664,269 tonnes	United States
1990s	715,408 tonnes	1.28 million tonnes	567,522 tonnes	United States
2000s	893,645 tonnes	629,861 tonnes	263,784 tonnes	Morocco
2010s	1.05 million tonnes	685,835 tonnes	360,080 tonnes	Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wild fish catch from bottom trawling, Morocco or United States?: Morocco, at 1.19 million tonnes against 791,936 tonnes in United States as of 2018.
What is the difference in wild fish catch from bottom trawling between Morocco and United States?: 399,214 tonnes, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and United States?: 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Morocco and United States rank globally for wild fish catch from bottom trawling?: Morocco ranks 5th and United States ranks 7th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Sea Around Us (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Wild fish catch from bottom trawling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

Bottom trawling is a fishing method in which a large, heavy net is dragged along the seafloor to catch fish and other marine life.