Bar chart & table

Fishermen & fish exports.

The bar chart shows the number of fishermen in five continents in 1970, 1980 1nd 2000. The table shows the top ten fish-exporting countries in 2000.

Asia saw the biggest increase in numbers of fishermen. From 11M in 1970, the figure rose slightly to 14M in 1980, then shot up to 26M in 2000. In North America the number rose from 5M in 1970 to 15M in 1980, remaining exactly the same in 2000. There was absolutely no fluctuation in South America, where the number was 8M in all three years. In Europe the figure fell from 12M to 8M in 1980 then rose back to 12M in 2000. The figure for Africa fell from 12M to 9M to only 3M. Five of the top ten fish exporters in 2000 were Asian, as you might guess from the bar chart: Thailand was first, China fourth, Taiwan seventh, Indonesia and South Korea ninth and tenth respectively. Europe was represented by Norway, second, and Denmark, fifth. North America had the USA third and Canada sixth.

Two continents in the bar chart, South America and Africa had no countries representing them in the table.

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