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| Table 2: | Mean annual subsistence and commercial production from coastal fisheries in the South Pacific between 1989 and 1992
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| Country
| Subsistence fisheries production (t)
| Nominal Value (US$)
| Commercial fisheries production (t)
| Value (US$)
| Total fisheries production (t)
| Nominal Value (US$)
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| American Samoa
| 215 | 814,238
| 52 | 178,762
| 267 | 993,000
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| Cook Islands
| 858 | 3,047,863
| 124 | 314,491
| 982 | 3,362,174
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| FSMicronesia
| 6,243 | 11,237,400
| 646 | 1,502,296
| 6,889 | 12,739,696
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| Fiji | 16,200
| 40,117,924
| 6,506 | 18,979,880
| 22,706 | 59,097,804
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| French Polynesia
| 3,108 | 12,432,000
| 2,891 | 15,573,555
| 5,999 | 28,005,555
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| Guam | 472
| 1,935,632
| 114 | 433,894
| 586 | 2,369,526
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| Kiribati | 9,084
| 13,373,667
| 3,240 | 4,770,000
| 12,324 | 18,143,667
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| Marshall Islands
| 2,000 | 3,103,213
| 369 | 714,504
| 2,369 | 3,817,717
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| Nauru | 98
| 219,600 | 279
| 628,605 | 377
| 848,205 |
| New Caledonia
| 2,000 | 7,344,417
| 1,032 | 4,833,410
| 3,032 | 12,177,827
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| Niue | 103
| 471,504 | 12
| 54,720 | 115
| 526,224 |
| Northern Marianas
| 202 | 826,685
| 120 | 493,601
| 322 | 1,320,095
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| Palau | 750
| 1,805,192
| 736 | 2,412,071
| 1,486 | 4,217,263
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| Papua New Guinea
| 20,588 | 41,176,000
| 4,966 | 22,096,908
| 25,554 | 63,272,908
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| Pitcairn Islands
| 8 | 16,000
| 0 | 0
| 8 | 16,000
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| Solomon Islands
| 10,000 | 8,405,660
| 1,150 | 4,343,811
| 11,150 | 12,749,471
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| Tokelau | 191
| 104,509 | 0
| 0 | 191
| 104,509 |
| Tonga | 933
| 1,901,208
| 1,429 | 2,806,641
| 2,362 | 4,707,849
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| Tuvalu | 807
| 657,781 | 120
| 97,811 | 927
| 755,592 |
| Vanuatu | 2,045
| 1,953,360
| 467 | 1,514,364
| 2,512 | 3,467,724
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| Wallis & Futuna
| 862 | 4,310,000
| 138 | 1,285,400
| 1,000 | 5,595,400
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| Western Samoa
| 3,281 | 5,070,074
| 219 | 319,066
| 3,500 | 5,389,140
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| Total
| 80,048
| 160,323,927
| 24,610
| 83,353,790
| 104,658
| 243,677,346
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(Adapted from Dalzell & Adams, 1994)
Note: "Nominal value" means the value of
the catch if it were all (including current subsistence landings)
to be sold at current local market prices.
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