Workshop on Preparation of Dropline gear and Survey design
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France profile
| GEOGRAPHY |
| Latitudes (WIO) |
| Various as it includes the following islands: Réunion; Mayotte; Bassas da India; Europa Island; Glorioso Islands; Juan de Nova Island; Tromelin Island; Amsterdam Island; Crozet Islands; Kerguelen Islands; Île Saint-Paul |
| Area |
| Climate |
| Tropical |
| Main coastal and marine habitats |
| Coral reefs; oceanic |
| DEMOGRAPHICS |
| Population |
| Urbanisation |
| Life expectancy at birth |
| Growth rate |
| HIV/AIDS (adult prevalence rate) |
| Unemployment rate |
| Literacy |
| ECONOMY |
| GDP |
| Sectors |
| MARINE ENVIRONMENT |
| Coastline |
| Products |
Total Marine Catch |
| 497 231 mt, 112 909 mt from the Indian Ocean (FAO statistics for 2004) |
| Contribution to GDP |
| 0.14% (by total catch not just WIO catch) |
| Endangered |
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Marine catches for France as recorded in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Fisheries Global Information System for the period 1995 to 2004. The country’s total catch is provided on the left while the catch from the Indian Ocean is on the right.
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