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Source: SERNAPESCA (2006)FIGURE 25
Production of canned products from the main
pelagic species, 1995–2005050100150200250300T hounsand tonnes.Chub mackerel Jack mackerel SardinesFIGURE 26
Fishmeal and canned fish production from pelagic fish species,
1995–2005Source: SERNAPESCA (2006)0510152025301995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005Percent% Fishmeal % Canned fish(214 tonnes). The total production of canned fish was entirely derived from pelagic
species (anchoveta, jack mackerel and sardines) (Table 15).
In 2005, 95 percent (94 thousand tonnes) of the production of canned pelagic fish
was from jack mackerel, 5 percent from chub mackerel (4.8 thousand tonnes) and less
than 1 percent from anchoveta and sardines (Table 15 and Figure 24).
During the period 1995–2005, the production of canned products from pelagic
fish increased by 36 percent, rising from a total of 73 thousand tonnes in 1995 to
99 thousand tonnes in 2005. This growth was due to the increased use of jack mackerel
(whose contribution rose by 58 percent), while the use of other pelagic fish did
not have a significant impact on the production of canned products (Table 15 and
Figure 25).
Table 16 and Figure 26 and show a comparison of total landings of and fishmeal
and canned products produced from the main pelagic species. It can be observed that
from the second half of the decade 1995–2005, the production of fishmeal from overall
pelagic fish landings was more or less constant, with an average of 21 percent. However,
production of canned products from the same species presented a slight increase, rising
from 2.1 to 2.8 percent. The increasing production of canned products from pelagic fish
did not impact fishmeal production.