# Landed catch worldwide in 2018 was 97.4 million tonnes

> Global landed fish catch reached 97.4 million tonnes in 2018, up 4% from the prior year. Peruvian anchovy and Alaska pollock remained the largest species caught, and South America saw the biggest gain.

- Date: 2020-12-06 · published 2020-12-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49553-landed-catch-worldwide-in-2018-was-97-4-million-tonnes
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Most Peruvian anchovy catch is converted into fishmeal, so the catch volume is a structural input to global fishmeal supply. The data is backward-looking and has limited immediate price impact.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: neutral

## Sources

- thefishingdaily.com: https://thefishingdaily.com/european-fishing-industry-news/landed-catch-worldwide-in-2018-was-97-4-million-tonnes/

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