The Socio-Economics of the West, Central and Southern African Coastal Communities

Appendix A Annual Economic Value of Ocean Ecosystem Services to the BCLME Countries

Total

South Africa

Namibia

Angola

Subsistence and commercial fisheries sector for 2006

966

388

418

Catch (thousand tons)

160

517

109

303

Direct Output Impact (million US$)

105

2,175

341

1,462

Total Economic Impact (million US$)

372

414

72

265

Wage Impact (million US$)

76

75,000

30,000

14,000

No. of jobs generated

31,000

Mariculture sector (year not given)

4,926

3,806

570

Harvest (tons)

550

14.8

11.4

1.7

Direct Output Impact (million US$)

1.7

49.9

35.8

8.3

Total Economic Impact (million US$)

5.8

10.3

7.6

1.5

Wage Impact (million US$)

1.2

9,909

7,108

1,640

No. of jobs generated

1,161

Recreational fisheries sector for 2003

448

398

20

Participants (thousands of people)

30

70.4

52.9

8.6

Direct Output Impact (million US$)

8.9

125.4

94.2

15.3

Total Economic Impact (million US$)

15.9

49.1

35.1

7.5

Wage Impact (million US$)

6.5

1,264

667

281

No. of jobs generated

316

Source: Sumaila (2015).

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