The first figure below depicts the total number of fish that were imported to the USA. And the second one presents the countries where they have been caught.
This
information has been taken from three different periods.
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Overall
, we can notice that the total value has gone up since 1988. And if Canada was the first producer of halieutic resources at Linking Words
this
moment, 22 years later, other countries have taken the first place.
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Firstly
, the pie charts explicitly show that Canada was the country that produced the most fish in 1988, by controlling 60% of the resources. And world production was estimated at 6.57 billion dollars.
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However
, we can see that in 2000, the trend had reversed because other countries provided a total of 42%, Linking Words
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Canada was only at 28%, representing a 32% decrease. A percentage that places them after China in the ranking. At the same time, the total amount of production increased after 1988. Because he was at 10,72 billion dollars in 2000.Linking Words