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Catch ( x 10 3 t)
Catch ( x 10 3 t)
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preferences over time (Figure B4). Overall ‗other‘ species made up 57% of the total recreational catches
between 1950-2007 (Figure B4, Table B5). The recreational catches of cod increased from about 460
t∙year -1 during the 1950s to approximately 3,300 t∙year -1 during the 1990s when recreational catches of cod
peaked (Figure B4). No information was available on recreational fishing when the ‗cod boom‘ occurred
during the 1980s. Thus, the present recreational data may underestimate cod catches during that period.
After 2000, the recreational catches decreased and were on average about 1,400 t∙year -1 during the last
eight years (Figure B4).
Compared
to
commercial landings,
recreational catches of
herring were never big,
increasing from about
280 t in 1950 to the
peak of around 3,900 t
in 1994, and thereafter
declined to around
1,800 t by 2007 (Figure
B4). There were no
recreational catches of
sprat.
Table B5. Total recreational catch (t) of Sweden by decade for each of the taxonomic
entities considered.
Common name
Decade
1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s a
Cod 4,600 9,211 14,510 21,049 32,572 10,960
Herring 4,838 9,692 15,362 23,085 35,414 17,611
Flatfishes 2,906 5,823 9,417 15,715 23,837 6,396
Salmons 363 731 1,123 1,430 2,160 1,913
Others b 29,473 59,018 87,373 79,998 68,103 32,139
a the 2000s only include data from 2000-2007.
b
Includes sea trout (Salmo trutta), eel (Anguilla anguilla), whitefishes (Coregonus lavaretus).
Recreational catches of flatfishes were a large component of total recreational catches, and were estimated
to about 290 t∙year -1 during the 1950s and 2,400 t∙year -1 during the 1990s (Figure B4). Recreational flatfish
catches declined substantially to approx. 400 t by 2007 (Figure B4).
During the 1950s the recreational catches of
salmon were estimated to 400 t for the
decade (Table B5). The recreational catch
component, although small in total tonnage
compared to the other taxa (Table B5),
increased steadily and by the 1990s was
around 220 t∙year -1 . During the last eight
years (2000-2007), the recreational salmon
catches were highest and estimated to about
240 t∙year -1 (Figure B4).
Species like European perch, northern pike,
sea trout, and whitefish have recreational
catches many times larger than reported
commercial landings (Appendix Tables A7-
A9, B1).
Total reconstructed catch
The total reconstructed catches were just
under 9 million t from 1950-2007 (Figure
B5, Table B6), and total catches followed
the general time-line trend of landings,
increasing from on around 74,000 t∙year -1
in the 1950s to a peak of about 284,000
t∙year -1 during the 1990s. From 2003-2007
the total catches were approximately
182,000 t∙year -1 (Figure B5). Besides
landings, the next largest component of
total catches was unreported landings,
especially during the 1990s.
450
400
350
Recreational
300
250
Unreported
200
150
Discards
100
50
ICES landings + Adjustments
0
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Year
Figure B5. Sweden‘s total reconstructed catch by
component from 1950-2007.
450
400
350
Total reconstructed catch
300
250
200
150
100
50
ICES landings statistics
0
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Year
Figure B6. Total reconstructed catch and ICES landings
statistics for Sweden from 1950-2007.