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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1976

1976, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is how much fish, shellfish and other aquatic animals a country catches at sea and in rivers and lakes, or farms, in a year, in tonnes of live weight. It is FAO's global production record, kept for every country since 1950, with wild capture and aquaculture stored side by side.

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1976 covers 190 countries on 4 measures. Japan is highest, at 10,032,087; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 13,511. Against 1975, 163 values changed (109 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Production · Data for 1976

HighestJapan

10,032,087

Lowest8 countries share it

0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1976, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 190 countries · select a heading to sort

Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1976: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
JapanJPNEastern Asia10,032,0879,545,270486,817666,002
ChinaCHNEastern Asia4,632,7443,597,4491,035,2951,070,830
PeruPERSouth America4,343,4934,343,071422292
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3,364,9963,361,5203,47655,401
United StatesUSANorthern America3,112,1462,928,239183,907158,468
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2,177,0961,938,973238,123—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,117,7011,897,811219,890287,458
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1,919,1971,905,04814,149—
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1,660,7071,535,607125,100608
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,599,2001,412,300186,9006,159
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,460,9501,326,017134,93325,561
ChileCHLSouth America1,375,8711,375,50836357,864
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,349,6001,224,866124,73423,344
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1,167,1031,167,094943,206
CanadaCANNorthern America1,103,6411,099,6983,94330,794
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,014,5801,013,890690111,410
IcelandISLNorthern Europe986,145986,137829,000
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia881,410672,461208,9498,381
FranceFRAWestern Europe808,427659,841148,58652,490
PolandPOLEastern Europe751,063736,48514,578—
GermanyDEUWestern Europe744,507700,43644,071—
BrazilBRASouth America660,241659,808433—
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia641,605564,54277,063—
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia632,743630,0002,743190,146
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia610,000527,22082,780800

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Japan10,032,087
  2. China4,632,744
  3. Peru4,343,493
  4. Norway3,364,996
  5. United States3,112,146

Lowest

  1. Tuvalushared0
  2. Timor-Lesteshared0
  3. San Marinoshared0
  4. Palestineshared0
  5. Luxembourgshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13,511. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Capture fisheries (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestJapan9,545,270

    Lowest9 share it

    Middle country: 12,758

  • Aquaculture (tonnes, live weight)

    HighestChina1,035,295

    Lowest109 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Algae, capture and farmed (tonnes, wet weight; not in the total)

    HighestChina1,070,830

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 5,127

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 163values changed, of 190 in both
  • 109 · 54rose · fell
  • 27unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1976.

  • 177 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 8 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 151 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1976). Fisheries and Aquaculture Production, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fish-production/1976

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