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2006), Chile 17.4 percent

(SUBPESCA, 2006b) and

Ecuador 0.1 percent (Figure

7);

• Chilean jack mackerel – total
  reported landings of 1 638 530
  tonnes in 2004, to which Chile
  contributed 88.6 percent and
  Peru 11.4 percent (Figure 7);


• Chub mackerel – total
  reported landings of 730 427
  tonnes in 2004, to which Chile
  contributed 79.0 percent,
  Peru 8.5 percent, Ecuador
  7.1 percent and Mexico
  3.6 percent (Figure 8);


• California pilchard – total
  reported landings of 683 560
  tonnes in 2004, to which
  Mexico contributed
  86.9 percent and the United
  States of America 13.1 percent
  (Figure 9);


• Jumbo flying squid – total
  reported landings of 555 764
  tonnes in 2004, to which Peru
  contributed 48.6 percent;
  Chile 31.5 percent and Mexico
  19.8 percent (Figure 9);


• Gulf menhaden – total reported
  landings of 464 148 tonnes
  in 2004 (369 896 tonnes in
  2005; NMFS, 2007), to which
  the United States of America
  contributed 100 percent
  (Figure 10);


• Araucanian herring – total
  reported landings of 356 090
  tonnes in 2004, to which
  Chile contributed 100 percent
  (Figure 11);


• Atlantic herring – total reported
  landings of 268 690 tonnes
  in 2004, to which Canada
  contributed 68.1 percent and
  the United States of America
  30.3 percent (Figure 12);


• Atlantic menhaden – total
  reported landings of 215 163
  tonnes in 2004 (194 242 tonnes
  in 2005, NMFS; 2007), to which United States of America contributed 100 percent
  (Figure 10);

FIGURE 7

Total capture fisheries landings of anchoveta and Chilean jack

mackerel within the Americas

Source: FAO (2006a)

FIGURE 8

Total capture fisheries landings of Alaska pollock and chub

mackerel within the Americas

Source: FAO (2006a), except 2005 data from NMFS (2007)

FIGURE 9

Total capture fisheries landings of California pilchard and

jumbo flying squid within the Americas

Source: FAO (2006a)