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Source for numbers of anchovies:
http://fishcount.org.uk/studydatascreens/2016/numbers-of-wild-fish-A0-2016.php
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SpeciesEstimated
number caught by purse seiners
(millions, lower bound)
Estimated
number caught by purse seiners
(millions, upper bound)
Proportion caught by purse seiners, lower boundProportion caught by purse seiners, upper boundSource for the proportion caught by purse seinersCitation from the source
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Anchoveta(=Peruvian anchovy) (Engraulis ringens)193,029554,7660.71
http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2917/en
They are caught by purse seiner
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Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus)58,65464,5190.50.7
http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2915/en
Mostly caught by two-boat purse seines (60%) and boat seines
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European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)12,90660,3960.250.9
http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2106/en
Caught by purse seines, lampara nets, beach seines and also by midwater trawl in winter.
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Stolephorus anchovies nei (Stolephorus spp)13,43697,43801
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Anchovies, etc. nei (Engraulidae)2,73383,16601
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Southern African anchovy (Engraulis capensis)5,67226,5460.71
http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2919/en
Caught chiefly by purse seine
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Pacific anchoveta (Cetengraulis mysticetus)6,43913,4300.20.8
http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2920/en
Caught with cast nets for local consumption, but with lampara nets for the bait fishery and purse seines for the reduction fishery
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Californian anchovy (Engraulis mordax)1,9451,9450.71
http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2107/en
fished with lampara nets, but after about 1946 mainly by purse seines
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Longnose anchovy20652601
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Argentine anchovy (Engraulis anchoita)6425,5130.20.9
http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2916/en
The most important gear are: purse seines, beach seines, lampara, ring nets, trap nets, gillnets.
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Total295,662908,245
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Total caught by purse seiners174,294874,651
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Total caught by purse seiners (taking into account illegal, unreported or unregulated fisheries)
174,2941,311,976
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Mean hours of suffering per fish (lower bound):
0.75
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Mean hours of suffering per fish (upper bound):
1.25
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Hours in a year8760
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Total number suffering at any time15187
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