Table 2: FISH CATCH  BY MONTH, 1985 - 2009 (In metric tons)
Year	fish catch	EEZ	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	% Change in fish catch
1985	61,925	-	6,934	5,536	4,779	5,059	3,890	4,913	5,507	3,248	3,711	5,643	4,933	7,772	-
1986	59,300	-	8,200	5,200	3,900	3,000	4,300	4,100	4,800	2,500	5,100	5,300	4,900	8,000	-4.2
1987	56,900	-	5,400	4,600	5,800	3,800	5,900	4,600	6,300	4,600	3,800	3,600	3,900	4,600	-4.0
1988	71,483	-	7,124	9,209	5,071	2,571	3,890	5,471	6,007	5,147	4,530	6,444	9,219	6,800	25.6
1989	71,247	-	7,102	6,155	5,591	5,657	4,875	6,306	5,125	6,645	6,110	4,623	6,767	6,290	-0.3
1990	76,371	-	7,291	5,243	5,246	5,264	5,035	4,707	6,931	5,058	6,325	7,341	9,447	8,483	7.2
1991	80,713	-	6,313	4,648	5,649	6,455	7,919	4,701	8,940	8,767	5,947	7,193	8,389	5,793	5.7
1992	82,035	-	5,507	5,946	6,495	7,069	8,085	6,966	4,663	5,518	6,169	6,813	9,282	9,522	1.6
1993	89,941	-	5,678	6,967	7,966	6,531	7,767	6,506	7,557	7,748	7,243	7,021	9,179	9,778	9.6
1994	104,046	-	7,884	9,098	8,499	8,235	7,380	8,343	10,921	9,638	8,401	11,541	8,675	5,432	15.7
1995	104,566	-	10,324	7,597	8,782	8,228	6,816	7,313	7,376	7,754	6,989	8,675	13,501	11,214	0.5
1996	105,413	-	10,279	7,090	10,725	9,932	11,095	7,052	8,559	8,208	7,927	6,380	10,368	7,798	0.8
1997	107,358	5,590	6,928	7,048	9,256	6,582	7,799	8,721	10,779	11,229	8,567	8,965	8,248	7,645	1.8
1998	118,115	2,994	7,995	9,059	9,421	9,693	8,137	7,773	6,468	9,592	8,544	12,110	11,844	14,486	10.0
1999	124,109	811	15,932	10,886	8,104	7,307	9,802	13,795	10,544	11,525	9,493	4,682	10,947	10,281	5.1
2000	118,963	3,521	11,075	10,063	9,339	7,306	8,743	8,167	10,975	12,332	8,787	8,600	9,494	10,561	-4.1
2001	127,184	2,213	12,030	9,360	9,977	8,959	7,628	6,965	9,382	12,392	9,848	10,229	12,002	16,200	6.9
2002	164,348	4,099	13,133	8,948	11,474	16,208	10,611	7,086	11,884	16,651	18,546	15,825	14,917	14,966	29.2
2003	155,415	3,165	11,214	12,475	12,097	16,363	12,024	11,766	10,182	9,579	11,894	12,803	14,996	16,858	-5.4
2004	158,583	2,546	12,501	13,749	15,684	11,641	8,024	9,387	11,985	15,733	11,627	17,003	15,404	13,299	2.0
2005	185,980	3,010	13,796	12,812	15,403	15,830	16,557	12,262	15,808	15,201	12,043	13,209	20,538	19,511	17.3
2006	184,158	3,177	19,690	18,710	14,817	19,864	16,649	14,315	8,751	12,980	12,044	16,715	13,811	12,635	-1.0
2007	144,169	3,048	11,779	13,944	15,652	12,062	10,420	8,433	7,912	8,643	12,069	13,642	15,039	11,525	-21.7
2008	133,086	1,350	13,113	9,647	7,734	8,171	9,961	12,332	9,897	12,317	11,953	10,923	13,951	11,737	-7.7
2009	116,902	1,338	10,139	8,550	8,920	10,027	9,009	8,659	9,897	9,072	8,742	12,410	10,261	9,879	-12.2
Note: Data have been taken from the past publications of the Statistical Yearbook of Maldives
Source: Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture.