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Fish production in the Lower Mekong, 2014

Based on FAO data, this set shows wild capture versus aquaculture fish production for all Lower Mekong countries in 2014. Collated for an interactive visualization on the OD Mekong Agriculture and fishing page (https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/agriculture-and-fishing/).

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Field Value
Dataset topic category
  • Agriculture and fishing
  • Fisheries production
Language
  • English
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Dataset reference date March 17, 2015
Temporal extent's start date January 1, 2014
Temporal extent's end date December 31, 2014
GeoNames
  • Cambodia
  • Viet Nam
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Thailand
  • Myanmar
Completeness 2014 figures for Laos and Cambodia are FAO estimates as at April 2016.
Process Step From the FIGIS database online queries page (http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/en): Capture query: Click Global capture production from the left-hand menu, and then click the link for "Global Capture Production (online query)" to open the online query in a new browser window. From the tabs, select: Country > Cambodia, Lao People's Dem. Rep., Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam. Fishing Area > Inland Waters, Marine Waters. Species > (list by Taxonomic name) Pisces. Time > 2014. Display > Country, Quantity. Click the Submit link to run the query. Click the Export button to save results as a CSV file. Aquaculture query: Back on the FIGIS main page, click "Global aquaculture production" from the left-hand menu, and then click the link for "Global Aquaculture Production (online query)". From the tabs, select: Country > Cambodia, Lao People's Dem. Rep., Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam. Fishing Area > Inland Waters, Marine Waters. Species > (list by Taxonomic name) Pisces. Environment > Brackish, Freshwater, Marine. Time > 2014. Display > Country, Quantity. Click the Submit link to run the query. Click the Export button to save results as a CSV file. Open the two saved CSV files and copy the results into one Excel spreadsheet, aligning 2014 production for each query with each country.
Lineage Source: FAO, Fisheries Global Information System (FIGIS). http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/global-capture-production/en
Responsible party ODI researcher: David Hill FAO Fisheries Department: +39 6 57051, FAO-HQ@fao.org
Attributes Excel spreadsheet with two tabs, one for data, and one for sources and notes.
License CC-BY-4.0
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Version 1.1
Date uploaded April 19, 2016, 06:04 (UTC)
Date modified April 19, 2016, 06:13 (UTC)