The table below shows local catches and imports of fresh fish into Perth, Australia for the years 2004 - 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table provides statistics about how many

fish

were caught and how many fresh

fish

were imported to Perth and Australia over a decade from 2004 to 2014. Units are measured in metric tons. Looking from an

overall

perspective, it is readily apparent that 2008 experienced the highest numbers for local hunting and total data,

while

the trend for imports reached its peak in 2012. Moving to a more detailed analysis, for the first 4 years, local

fish

catches showed a gradual increase,

whereas

the figures for imports halved between 2004 and 2005 and it made the total statistics witness a steady rise for half of the surveyed timeframe. After nearly tripling from 2600 to 8100, the proportions for local

fish

hunting continued with some fluctuations between 7800 and 4200 till the end of the mentioned period. In terms of the remaining years for imports and total weight, the amount of fresh

fish

which was bought by the two countries vacillated around 300 and approximately 1200, compared to the

overall

ratio slowly declined from 8000 to 5800, demonstrating a downward trend at roughly 5500 in 2012.