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 gives a detailed breakdown in metric

tons

of how much

fish

was caught locally and how much was imported over a

ten year

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period in Perth, Australia. There was a considerably larger volume of locally caught

fish

than imported

fish

over the entire period.

This

volume of locally caught

fish

increased dramatically in the first four years before peaking in 2008 at 8136.2 metric

tons

and

then

decreasing every year after that,

although

it did recover slightly in the final year to 5031.9

tons

. With regards to levels of imported

fish

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there was much more fluctuation than with locally caught, ranging from 231.6

tons

in 2005 to 1227.3

tons

in 2012.

However

, the

overall

trend shows an increase over the period with considerably more

fish

being supplied internationally.

Overall

, we can see that Perth was not very reliant on imported

fish

and was able to provide a large amount domestically. When looking at total volumes of

fish

, we can see that amounts increased until 2009 and

then

dropped off.

However

, Perth seems to be more reliant on

fish

imports than in the past.