Table 2.

Potential global fish biomass and production by body mass. (FB, fish biomass (teleosts and elasmobranchs); FP, fish production; EB, elasmobranch biomass; EP, elasmobranch production expressed as wet weight; TB, teleost biomass.)

body mass	FB			FB			EB			EP			FB/AB	TB/(TB+EB)
g	106 t	g m−2	percentage of total	106 t	g m−2 yr−1	percentage of total	106 t	g m−2	percentage of total	106 t	g m−2 yr−1	percentage of total	%	%
10−5–10−4	—	—	0	—	—	0	—	—	0	—	—	0	0	0
10−4–10−3	11.01	0.03	1	62.55	0.19	8	—	—	0	—	—	0	3	100
10−3–10−2	51.76	0.16	6	203.68	0.63	26	—	—	0	—	—	0	16	100
10−2–10−1	78.43	0.24	9	178.61	0.56	23	—	—	0	—	—	0	28	100
10−1–100	104.95	0.33	12	138.33	0.43	17	—	—	0	—	—	0	42	100
100–101	123.31	0.38	14	94.11	0.29	12	—	—	0	—	—	0	55	100
101–102	127.08	0.40	14	56.13	0.17	7	—	—	0	—	—	0	64	100
102–103	115.91	0.36	13	29.61	0.09	4	0.25	0.00	<1	0.05	0.00	1	66	100
103–104	106.26	0.33	12	15.46	0.05	2	13.31	0.04	15	1.71	0.01	26	68	87
104–105	100.61	0.31	11	8.52	0.03	1	34.65	0.11	40	2.87	0.01	44	72	66
105–106	79.38	0.25	9	3.91	0.01	<1	38.05	0.12	44	1.86	0.01	29	64	52
totals	898.70	2.80	100	790.90	2.46	100	86.26	0.27	100	6.49	0.02	100	34	90