Report of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector from the Fisheries Subsecretariat (Subpesca) states that the fishing sector contributed 2.2 million tonnes between January and June 2010, while aquaculture reached 313,000 tonnes. Out of the total 69.3 percent of landings in the fishing sector were composed of pelagic resources, a smaller percentage than a year earlier, when it was 74.1 percent.
These landings were concentrated in regions V and X, which together received 799,000 tonnes, or 57.6 per cent of the total. As far as catches of demersal fisheries were concerned, up until June 2010, 9,670 tonnes of hake had been landed, 15.1 per cent more than in the same period of 2009 (8,400 tonnes). The main contribution came from the artisanal fleet, with 5,400 tonnes, while industrial vessels landed 4,200 tonnes.
Subpesca report also says that between January and June of this year 1,100 tonnes of golden kingclip were landed, compared to 850 tonnes in the same period last year, an increase of 29.3 percent. At the same time the National Fisheries Service (SERNAPESCA) reported that aquaculture production totalled 277,000 tonnes in the first five months of this year, a figure which represents a decrease of 27.5 per cent compared to the same period in 2009 when 382,000 tonnes were harvested.
The main resources produced nationally were mussels, rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon, which accounted for 59 percent, 18 percent and 14 percent of the total harvest respectively. Regions X and XI generated most of the harvest: a total of 217,100 tonnes and 46,600 tonnes respectively.
