Statistics
Oceans occupy 71 percent of the Earth's surface. They are divided into five major oceans, which in decreasing order of size are: the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean. Over 70 percent of the world catch from the sea comes from the Pacific Ocean.
| Ocean metrics | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean | Area million km2 |
% | Volume million cu km |
% | Mean depth km |
Max depth km |
Coastline km |
Fish capture million tonnes |
% |
| Pacific Ocean | 155.6 | 46.4 | 679.6 | 49.6 | 4.37 | 10.924 | 135,663 | 84.234 | 71.0 |
| Atlantic Ocean | 76.8 | 22.9 | 313.4 | 22.5 | 4.08 | 8.605 | 111,866 | 24.045 | 20.3 |
| Indian Ocean | 68.6 | 20.4 | 269.3 | 19.6 | 3.93 | 7.258 | 66,526 | 10.197 | 8.6 |
| Southern Ocean | 20.3 | 6.1 | 91.5 | 6.7 | 4.51 | 7.235 | 17,968 | 0.147 | 0.1 |
| Arctic Ocean | 14.1 | 4.2 | 17.0 | 1.2 | 1.21 | 4.665 | 45,389 | ||
| Totals | 335.3 | 1370.8 | 4.09 | 10.924 | 356,000 | 118.623 | |||
Read more about this topic: Ocean Fisheries
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