Annual Production Statistics for China

**Annual fisheries production in China (0,000 tons)**
Year	Total output	Marine water output	Marine fishing	Marine aquaculture	Inland water output	Inland fishing	Inland aquaculture
1949	44.79	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	91.15	54.56	53.56	1.00	36.60	30.00	6.60
1951	133.20	81.48	78.50	3.00	51.72	40.00.	11.72
1952	166.63	106.01	100.00	6.00	60.62	47.00	13.62
1953	189.97	121.81	114.81	7.00	68.26	50.00	18.20
1954	229.35	139.32	130.54	8.78	90.03	62.23	27.80
1955	251.79	165.61	154.91	10.69	86.18	54.28	31.91
1956	264.75	170.63	164.20	6.43	94.12	60.23	33.89
1957	311.62	193.70	181.48	12.21	117.93	61.45	56.48
1958	281.11	170.79	162.39	8.40	110.31	54.93	55.39
1959	308.92	185.86	175.36	10.50	123.06	63.42	59.63
1960	303.78	186.97	174.88	12.09	116.82	66.85	49.96
1961	230.46	142.68	133.62	9.06	87.78	52.86	34.92
1962	228.30	149.82	141.00	8.82	78.48	46.99	31.49
1963	261.42	176.20	167.07	9.13	85.22	49.60	63.53
1964	280.41	187.96	180.35	7.60	92.46	52.43	40.02
1965	298.43	201.40	190.96	10.43	97.02	45.58	51.45
1966	309.81	217.63	205.64	12.00	92.17	39.69	52.48
1967	305.52	219.25	205.27	13.98	85.91	35.90	50.02
1968	271.11	192.00	177.55	4.45	79.11	30.53	48.58
1969	289.93	204.66	189.07	15.60	85.27	30.59	54.68
1970	318.45	228.08	209.71	18.36	90.37	32.17	58.20
1971	349.59	256.00	233.07	22.94	93.59	31.59	62.00
1972	384.23	291.45	265.87	25.59	92.78	30.67	62.11
1973	393.11	291.13	269.07	22.06	101.98	36.10	65.88
1974	428.22	325.44	300.59	24.85	102.78	31.73	71.05
1975	441.18	334.67	306.30	27.87	106.50	31.24	75.27
1976	447.61	341.96	312.23	29.73	105.65	31.58	74.07
1977	469.47	361.86	319.51	42.35	107.61	30.78	76.83
1978	465.35	359.48	314.52	44.95	105.87	29.64	76.23
1979	430.47	318.88	277.29	41.59	111.59	30.26	81.33
1980	449.70	325.70	281.27	44.43	123.99	33.85	90.15
1981	460.57	323.23	277.41	45.81	137.35	35.94	101.41
1982	515.51	359.31	309.84	49.47	156.20	35.48	120.72
1983	545.81	361.74	307.23	54.51	184.08	41.26	142.82
1984	619.34	394.37	330.52	63.85	224.97	43.86	181.11
1985	705.18	419.75	348.52	71.23	285.43	47.51	237.92
1986	823.31	475.14	389.38	85.76	348.17	53.02	295.15
1987	955.32	548.17	438.11	110.06	407.15	58.74	348.41
1988	1060.97	605.78	463.33	142.45	455.19	65.44	389.75
1989	1151.67	661.2	503.64	157.56	490.47	73.44	417.03
1990	1237.06	713.30	550.89	162.41	523.7	77.85	445.91
1991	1353.95	800.10	609.64	190.46	553.85	91.26	462.59
1992	1557.56	933.69	691.23	242.46	623.87	90.08	533.79
1993	1826.18	1076.04	767.34	308.70	750.14	101.88	648.26
1994	2146.41	1241.49	895.89	345.60	904.92	115.26	789.66
1995	2517.18	1439.13	1026.84	412.29	1078.05	137.29	940.76
1996	3278.97	2012.88	1248.98	763.90	1275.09	176.14	1098.95
1997	3601.78	2176.42	1385.38	791.04	1425.36	188.70	1236.66
1998	3906.65	2356.72	1496.68	860.04	1549.93	228.02	1321.91

Chart on China fishery production development 1949-1998

Chart on China fishery production development 1949-1998 including Total output, Marine Water output and Inland water Output.

(Fishery production chart is covering year 1949-1998 with total output growing to 4,000,000 tons and marine water output increasing to over 2,000,000 tons and inland water output increasing to 1,500,000 tons.)

Chart on marine fishery production development 1949-1998

(Chart on marine fishery production covering years 1949-1998. Production rises substantially to over 2,500,000 tons for marine water output; 1,500,000 tons for marine fishing; and 800,000 for marine aquaculture.)

Chart on inland fishery production development 1949-1998

Chart on inland fishery production development 1949-1998.

(Chart on inland fishery production shows increase from 0 to 1,500,000 tons for inland water output; 0 to less than 250,000 for inland fishing and from 0 to approximately 1,400,000 tons for inland aquaculture.)

Chart on comparison of fishery output in different systems between 1980 and 1998

Chart on comparison of fishery output in different systems for the years 1980 and 1998.

(Chart on comparison of fishery output shows total output in 1998 of almost 4,000,000 tons over total output in 1980 of less than 500 tons. Increase for marine water, marine fishing, marine aquaculture, inland water, inland aquaculture all increase substantially with the exception of inland fishing.)

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