catch
... one of the world's largest fishing fleets and accounts for nearly 15% of the global catch. For three decades, overall real economic growth had been spectacular - a 10% average in the ...
www.exxun.com/Japan/e_ec.html
catch
only 2% of land area is cultivated, mainly by vegetable growers; fishing, mostly for crustaceans, is important; some of the catch is exported to Hong Kong
www.exxun.com/Macau/e_ec.html
catch
... sand and gravel for the construction industry. In 1996, over 60% of the world's fish catch came from the Pacific Ocean. Exploitation of offshore oil and gas reserves is playing an ...
www.exxun.com/PacificOcean/e_ec.html
catch
... still faces several long term challenges. The Philippines must maintain the reform momentum in order to catch up with regional competitors, improve employment opportunities, and alleviate poverty. The Philippines will need still ...
www.exxun.com/Philippines/e_ec.html
catch
... labor force and furnishes 90% of exports, featuring coconut cream, coconut oil, and copra. The fish catch declined during the El Nino of 2002-03 but returned to normal by mid-2005. The ...
www.exxun.com/Samoa/e_ec.html
catches
... 150 degrees west; the International Whaling Commission created a sancturary around the entire continent to deter catches by countries claiming to conduct scientific whaling; Australia has established a similar preserve in the ...
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/i_ti.html
catches
... abide by the April 2006 Permanent Court of Arbitration decision delimiting a maritime boundary and limiting catches of flying fish in Trinidad and Tobago's exclusive economic zone; joins other Caribbean states ...
www.exxun.com/Barbados/i_ti.html
catches
... limited to servicing meteorological and geophysical research stations, military bases, and French and other fishing fleets. The fish catches landed on Iles Kerguelen by foreign ships are exported to France and Reunion
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/e_ec.html
catches
... continue with Palau; Indonesian groups challenge Australia's claim to Ashmore Reef; Australia has closed parts of the Ashmore and Cartier Reserve to Indonesian traditional fishing and placed restrictions on certain catches
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/i_ti.html
catches
... Increased fish production and mining of zinc, copper, uranium, and silver spurred growth in 2003-07, but growth in recent years was undercut by poor fish catches and high costs for metal inputs
www.exxun.com/Namibia/e_ec.html
catches
... Trinidad and Tobago and compelled Barbados to enter a fishing agreement that limited Barbadian fishermen's catches of flying fish in Trinidad and Tobago's exclusive economic zone; in 2005, Barbados and ...
www.exxun.com/TrinidadandTobago/i_ti.html
catchment
lowland; gently undulating central plateau contains water catchment area and nature preserve
www.exxun.com/Singapore/b_mp.html
catchment
... no streams or rivers and groundwater is not potable, most water needs must be met by catchment systems with storage facilities (the Japanese Government has built one desalination plant and plans to ...
www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/b_mp.html
catchments
limited natural fresh water resources; the water division of the government has spent substantial funds in the past few years to improve water catchments and pipelines
www.exxun.com/AmericanSamoa/b_mp.html
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