Norway vs Spain: Wild fish catch from bottom trawling

Norway
859,280 tonnes
in 2018
Spain
693,683 tonnes
in 2018
Norway rank
6th
Spain rank
9th

Wild fish catch from bottom trawling over time

  • Norway
  • Spain
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 859,280 tonnes against 693,683 tonnes in Spain, a difference of 165,597 tonnes.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Spain ahead.

Norway ranks 6th and Spain ranks 9th 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.