According to the latest Sector Report of Fisheries and Aquaculture of theUndersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca), the fishing sector contributed 1.4 million tonnes between January and October 2013. 79.2 per cent of these landings consisted of small pelagic specimens and 3 per cent of demersal resources.
Anchovy, horse mackerel and sardine landings respectively accounted for 53.2 per cent, 19.3 per cent and 15.6 per cent of the capture sector landings accumulated until October 2013.
These landings were concentrated in regions XV and II, equivalent to 48.9 per cent of the total. Regions V to X were located further back, with 42 per cent of the total; and regions V to X, with 42 per cent of the total; and the regions III and IV, represented by 9 per cent.
As to catches of demersal fisheries, as of October 2013 a total of 14,800 tonnes of southern hake had been landed, which is similar to the same period of 2012.
The main contribution came from the industrial fleet, with 11,200 tonnes, while artisanal vessels landed 3,600 tonnes.
Subpesca reported that the landing of hake accumulated to October this year totalled 30,000 tonnes, representing a decrease of 11.1 per cent compared to the same period in 2012 (37,180 tonnes).
The cumulative Patagonian toothfish (Chilean sea bass) landings totalled 2,770 tonnes in the first ten months of this year, 11 per cent less than in the same period of 2012 (3,113 tonnes).
Between January and October 1,555 tonnes of kingclip were landed compared to 1,570 tonnes in the same period last year, that is to say, 1 per cent less.
Meanwhile, the National Fisheries and Aquaculture (Sernapesca) reported that aquaculture harvests in the first 10 months of this year totalled 843,420 tonnes. This figure represents a decrease of 2.9 per cent compared to the same period in 2012, when 868,600 tonnes were harvested.
The main resources nationally produced were Atlantic salmon, mussels and rainbow trout, which accounted for 46.7 per cent, 27.3 per cent and 14.2 per cent of the total harvest.
Regions X and XI generated most of the harvest: a total of 494,700 tonnes and 320,000 tonnes, respectively.
The Atlantic salmon harvests up to October totalled 393,550 tonnes, 19.3 per cent more than in the same period in 2012 (329,875 tonnes). The biggest part occurred in regions XI and X , with 240,000 tonnes and 134,000 tonnes, respectively.
The harvests of mussels accumulated through October totalled 230,070 tonnes, representing 4 per cent from the same period in 2012 (221,274 tonnes). 100 per cent of harvests came from Region X.
Meanwhile, rainbow trout harvests totalled 119,770 tonnes, 44.3 per cent less than the cumulative volume between January and October, 2012 (214,946 tonnes). The largest part of the production was from Regions X (66,200 tonnes) and XI (50,600 tonnes).
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