 |
| |
|
|
| Coastal
Statistics, 2000 |
Bangladesh |
World |
| Length of
coastline (km) |
710 |
1,634,701 |
|
Percent of population within 100 km of the coast |
| 55% |
39% |
| Area of
continental shelf (km2)
|
59,638 |
24,285,959 |
| Territorial sea
(up to 12 nautical miles) (km2) |
40,257 |
18,816,919 |
| Claimed
Exclusive Economic Zone (km2) |
39,868 |
102,108,403 |
| |
|
|
|
Coastal Biodiversity and Protected Areas Data, 1990s |
|
| Area of Mangrove
Forests (km2) |
4,403 |
169,452 |
| Percent of
Mangrove forests protected |
8% |
13% |
| Number of
Mangrove Species |
21 |
70 |
| Number of
Seagrass Species |
X |
58 |
| Number of Marine
or Littoral Protected |
6 |
3,636 |
| Areas, 1999 |
|
|
| Wetlands of
International Importance, |
|
|
| Extent (km2),
2000 |
5,960 |
730,116 |
| |
|
|
| Fisheries
Production |
|
|
| Average Annual
Capture |
|
|
| (excludes
aquaculture) in metric tons: |
|
|
| Marine Fish, 2000 |
193,432 |
84,411,066 |
| Mulluscs and
Crustaceans, 1997 |
28,027 |
12,055,801 |
| Aquaculture
Production (in metric tons): |
|
|
| Total (includes
freshwater), 2000 |
657,121 |
45,715,559 |
| Marine and
Diadromous Fish, 1997 |
X |
2,623,888 |
| Mulluscs and
Crustaceans, 1997 |
X |
9,889,688 |
| Aquatic Plants,
1997 |
X |
7,241,754 |
| |
|
|
| Fish
Consumption and Trade, 2000 |
|
|
| Per Capita Food
Supply from Fish and |
|
|
| Fishery Products
(kg/person) |
11 |
16 |
| |
|
|
|
|
