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percent of total finfish

and shellfish landings from

capture fisheries (21.0 million

tonnes in 2003) destined for

reduction and other non-food

uses. The percent of total landings

in the Americas destined for

reduction and other non-food

uses ranged from <1 percent

in Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, El

Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,

Nicaragua and Bolivarian Republic

of Venezuela, to 6.8 percent

in Costa Rica, 9.0 percent in

Brazil, 17.2 percent in Canada,

18.9 percent in Mexico,

21.9 percent in the United States

of America and 25.0 percent in

Ecuador, to as high as 76.4 percent

in Chile and 87.8 percent in Peru

(FAO Food Balance Sheets for

2003: S. Vannuccini, Data and

Statistics Unit, FAO Fisheries and

Aquaculture Department, Rome,

personal communication, 2007).

3.2 Origin, species

composition and use

Small pelagic fish species form

the bulk of capture fisheries

landings destined for reduction

in the Americas, with anchovies,

herrings, pilchards, sprats, sardines

and menhaden totalling 13.19

million tonnes or 50.2 percent of

the total reported capture fisheries

landings of 26.25 million tonnes

in 2004 (Figure 5), followed by

miscellaneous pelagic fishes

(2.68 million tonnes, includes

mackerels and capelin) (Figure

6), and squids, cuttlefishes and

octopuses (0.78 million tonnes)

(Figure 6).

On a species basis, the top

pelagic fish destined for reduction

and other non-food uses in 2004 in

the Americas included (in order of

landed live-weight equivalents):

• Peruvian anchovy – total
  reported landing of 10 679 338
  tonnes in 2004, to which Peru
  contributed 82.5 percent (Flores,

FIGURE 4

Global finfish and shellfish production from capture fisheries,

and disposition of the catch

Source: FAO (2006a)

FIGURE 5

Total capture fisheries landings of herrings, sardines and

anchovies within the Americas

Source: FAO (2006a)

Source: FAO (2006a)

FIGURE 6

Total capture fisheries landings of miscellaneous pelagic fishes

(include mackerels and capelin) and squids, cuttlefishes and

octopuses within the Americas