Seafood landings accumulated up to July, 2013 totalled 1.7 million tonnes, down 28.6 per cent compared to the first seven months of 2012, when 2.3 million tonnes had been landed.
According to the latest Sector Report on Fisheries and Aquaculture of theUndersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subpesca), the capture sector contributed 1.1 million tonnes between January and July 2013. The 78.9 per cent of the capture sector landings consisted of pelagic resources.
Landings of anchovy, horse mackerel and sardine respectively accounted for 43.4 per cent, 25.1 per cent and 19 per cent of the landings in the capture sector accumulated until July, 2013. These landings were concentrated in regions V and X (51.7 per cent of the total), XV and II (37.7 per cent), and III and IV (10.5 per cent).
As to catches of the demersal fisheries, up to July 2013 a total of 10,150 tonnes of southern hake had been landed, 3.8 per cent less than in the same period in 2012 (10,550 tonnes).
The main contribution came from the artisanal fleet, with 3,000 tonnes while industrial vessels landed 7,100 tonnes.
Subpesca reported that the landing of hake accumulated up to July this year totalled 22,000 tonnes, 7 per cent less than in 2012 (25,650 tonnes).
The landing of Patagonian toothfish (Chilean sea bass) was 2,027 tonnes up to July 2013, 13.4 per cent less than in the first seven months of 2012 (2,340 tonnes).
Between January and July this year 566 tonnes of golden kingklip were also landed compared to 560 tonnes in the same period last year (1.1 per cent more).
Meanwhile, the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca) reported that the aquaculture sector harvests in the first seven months of this year totalled 602,270 tonnes, representing a decrease of 6.8 per cent compared to the same period in 2012, when 646,480 tonnes had been harvested.
The main resources domestically produced were Atlantic salmon, mussels and rainbow trout, which accounted respectively for 44.4 per cent, 29.4 per cent and 13.8 per cent of the total harvest.
Regions X and XI generated most of the harvest: a total of 363,800 tonnes and 219,000 tonnes, respectively.
The Atlantic salmon harvests totalled 267,140 tonnes, 19.9 per cent more than the cumulative volume between January and July 2012 (222,725 tonnes). Most of the production was from Regions XI (159,300 tonnes) and X (94,100 tonnes).
The harvests of mussels accumulated through July totalled 177,150 tonnes, representing 14.5 per cent less than in the same period in 2012 (207,075 tonnes). 100 per cent of the harvest came from the X region.
Meanwhile, rainbow trout harvests totalled 83,400 tonnes until July 2013, representing 45.9 per cent less than the amount accumulated in the same period in 2012 (154,300 tonnes). Most of the production came from Regions X (48,500 tonnes) and XI (33,100 tonnes).