Country

Coast length (km)

Continental shelf (km²)

Cape Verde

965

3,000

Mauritania

754

34,000

Senegal

718

24,000

Gambia

70

4,000

Guinea-Bissau

274

45,000

Guinea

300

52,000

Country

Population

Surface area (km²)

Population per sq. km

(1997)

Population growth

(% per year)

GNI per capita

(US$)

GDP

(billion US$)

Cape Verde

0.4 million

4,000

109

3.0

1,330

0.6

Mauritania

2.7 million

1,025,000

3

3.0

380

0.9

Senegal

9.5 million

196,700

49

3.0

500

4.4

Gambia

1.3 million

11,300

129

3.0

330

0.4

Guinea-Bissau

1.2 million

36,100

43

2.0

180

0.2

Guinea

7.4 million

245,900

30

2.0

450

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Country

Capture by artisanal fisheries (tonnes)

Number of fishermen

Employment created in the fishing sector by artisanal fisheries (%)

Number of pirogues

Number of motorized pirogues

Cape Verde

5,100

5,670

20

1,400

980

Mauritania

10,000

10,000

33

3,000

-

Senegal

353,137

57,000

94

11,600

9,300

Gambia

25,806

5,000

17

1,785

542

Guinea-Bissau

3,049

4,500

11

1,760

343

Guinea

48,000

9,000

97

2,358

1,108

Country

Capture by industrial fisheries (tonnes)

Number of domestic boats

Number of foreign boats

Cape Verde

3,900

5

-

Mauritania*

450,000

144

130?150

Senegal

55,784

158

124

Gambia

6,452

-

-

Guinea-Bissau

2,301

2

100

Guinea

42,496

14

158

TOTAL

182,935

309

412

Country

Amount (US$)

Contribution of each country to the total turnover of fishing activities in the ecoregion (%)

Cape Verde

9,885,000

1.2

Mauritania

184,600,000

22.4

Senegal

475,120,207

57.7

Gambia

4,400,000

0.5

Guinea-Bissau

51,400,000

6.2

Guinea

98,455,579

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