Total marine fisheries extractions by country in the Baltic Sea

262 Total marine fisheries extractions by country in the Baltic Sea: 1950-present, Rossing, Booth and Zeller
Comparing the reconstructed estimates of total catches with the officially reported data, as presented by
the ICES landings statistics, illustrated that the reported data underestimate likely total catches by about
31% over the entire 1950-2007 time period (Figure B6). The discrepancies ranged from just under 13,000
t∙year -1 during the 1950s to about 68,000 t∙year -1 during the 1990s. For the most recent years, the officially
reported data underestimated likely total catches by around 20% (Figure B6).
Table B6. Total catch (t) of Sweden in the Baltic Sea by decade for each of the taxonomic
entities considered.
Common
Total catch (t)
name 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s a
Cod 263,852 306,841 249,172 730,924 417,810 171,863
Herring 345,488 378,336 622,865 827,591 863,575 528,884
Sprat 8,986 21,447 35,718 48,047 1,393,068 801,735
Flatfishes 20,899 25,677 20,761 20,700 35,760 15,254
Salmons 7,619 6,376 9,609 10,742 12,963 6,822
Others 33 88,888 161,829 144,403 115,371 120,784 54,265
a the 2000s only include data from 2000-2007.
b
Includes sea trout (Salmo trutta), eel (Anguilla anguilla), whitefishes (Coregonus lavaretus).