CatchDepletion1968196919701971197219731964196519661967197419751976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020110.60.800.20.411.2Biomass/Biomass 1964600800020040010001200Catch Tonnes1976Catch: 601.045
Catches have decreased over the past 20 years, yet Namibian hake stocks remain just 13 percent of what they were in 1964.
Source: An assessment and management of Namibian hake (Merluccius capensis and M. paradoxus) by using an age-structured production model/ Carola H. Kirchner
*Catch represents the amount of fish taken from Namibian waters by industrialized fishing. Depletion of biomass is a measure marked at 100 percent in 1964, showing the relative proportion since.