Molluscan fisheries in Pakistan: Trends in capture production, utilization and trade

Abstract

Overall, molluscan capture production has increased manifolds; however after 2000 there is decreasing trend in its production. There is no recorded data for its consumption in Pakistan. Trade values show that this commodity is mainly exported and there is negligible sporadic import in few years. Export and percentage contribution of molluscan fisheries in total seafood production is decreasing with the passage of time.