Table 6. Countries reported in LEMIS database that export live aquarium fishes to the US.
Data include number of individuals exported (LEMIS (No.)) and proportion of LEMIS invoices recovered in the present study (Invoice (%)). Shaded countries are those represented in the invoice-based assessment of fish imports to the US.
| Country | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2008–2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEMIS (No.) | Invoice (%) | LEMIS (No.) | Invoice (%) | LEMIS (No.) | Invoice (%) | LEMIS (No.) | Invoice (%) | |
| Antarctica | – | – | – | – | 49 | – | 49 | – |
| Australia | 16,908 | 76.2 | 13,973 | 62.8 | 10,545 | 90.8 | 41,426 | 75.4 |
| Barbados | – | – | – | – | 82 | – | 82 | |
| Belgium | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | 266 | – |
| Belize | 19,957 | 47.5 | 18,214 | 48.6 | 27,840 | 53.8 | 66,011 | 50.5 |
| Brazil | 61,247 | 14.3 | 15,342 | 21.8 | 3,179 | 63.1 | 79,768 | 17.7 |
| Canada | 53 | 98.1 | 119 | 2.5 | 56 | 46.4 | 228 | 35.5 |
| Cayman Islands | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | – |
| China | 354,093 | – | 126,218 | – | 44,151 | – | 524,462 | – |
| Christmas Island | – | – | – | – | 1,712 | – | 1,712 | – |
| Colombia | 24,386 | – | – | – | 12,594 | – | 36,980 | – |
| Dem. Rep. of the Gongo | – | – | 185 | – | – | – | 185 | – |
| Cook Islands | 4,793 | 99.4 | 3,330 | 99.6 | – | – | 8,123 | 99.5 |
| Costa Rica | 38,904 | 20.3 | 15,770 | 22.4 | 6,220 | 98.7 | 60,894 | 28.9 |
| Cuba | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | – |
| Curacao | – | – | – | – | 2,992 | 112.5 | 2,992 | 176.4 |
| Czech Republic | 1,154 | – | 428,022 | – | 80,500 | – | 509,676 | – |
| Dominican Republic | 58,497 | 37.8 | 64,254 | 45 | 39,687 | 86.4 | 162,438 | 57.8 |
| Ecuador | – | – | 5,990 | – | – | – | 5,990 | – |
| Egypt | – | – | – | – | 755 | 126.2 | 755 | 126.2 |
| Eritrea | 2,796 | 340.0 | 3,046 | 130.9 | – | – | 5,842 | 231.4 |
| Fed. States of Micronesia | – | – | – | – | 5,515 | 100.6 | 5,515 | 100.6 |
| Fiji | 13,8801 | 83.2 | 119,535 | 73.9 | 171,364 | 91.4 | 429,700 | 84.3 |
| French Polynesia (Tahiti) | 50,261 | 85.2 | 30,789 | 98.0 | 30,914 | 93.8 | 111,964 | 91.3 |
| Ghana | 1,119 | 45.5 | 982 | 69.9 | 808 | 87.6 | 2,909 | 66.4 |
| Guatemala | 7,755 | 13.6 | 343 | 100.0 | – | – | 8,098 | 17.3 |
| Guinea | 357 | – | – | – | – | – | 357 | – |
| Haiti | 306,084 | 78.6 | 280,196 | 77.1 | 135,890 | 93.3 | 722,170 | 81.5 |
| Hong Kong | 205,408 | 0.1 | 25,806 | 0 | 141,888 | 11.6 | 373,102 | 4.5 |
| India | 5,374 | – | 4,932 | – | – | – | 10,306 | – |
| Indonesia | 3,044,574 | 78.9 | 2,743,170 | 72.8 | 2,228,446 | 83.8 | 8,016,190 | 79.0 |
| Israel | 22 | – | 818 | 81.4 | 25,990 | 84.6 | 26,830 | 84.4 |
| Japan | 1,911 | 59.3 | 1,790 | 63.5 | 820 | 69.4 | 4,521 | 62.8 |
| Kenya | 175,607 | 82.1 | 178,715 | 77.8 | 123,248 | 82.7 | 477,570 | 81.3 |
| Kiribati | 143,615 | 85.6 | 93,586 | 84.2 | 118,164 | 89.4 | 355,365 | 86.9 |
| Republic of Korea | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | 6 | – |
| Malaysia | 6,516 | 9.5 | 11,937 | – | 15,255 | 0.1 | 33,708 | 1.9 |
| Mauritania | 184 | – | – | – | – | – | 184 | – |
| Mauritius | 6,465 | 12.7 | – | – | 681 | 99.9 | 7,146 | 21.0 |
| Mexico | 5,147 | 100.5 | 15,805 | 80.3 | 22,331 | 67.8 | 43,283 | 77.4 |
| Morocco | 141 | – | – | – | – | – | 141 | – |
| Netherlands | – | – | 87 | – | 175 | – | 262 | – |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2,178 | 14.6 | 1,558 | – | 628 | – | 4,364 | 7.3 |
| New Caledonia | 317 | 26.5 | 86 | 87.2 | 617 | 62.7 | 1,020 | 53.5 |
| New Zealand | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Nicaragua | 15,647 | 57.4 | – | – | 2,120 | 87.1 | 17,767 | 61.0 |
| Nigeria | 4,005 | – | 4,249 | – | 9,446 | – | 17,700 | – |
| Norway | 196 | – | 2,853 | – | 2,903 | – | 5,952 | – |
| Papua New Guinea | 11,899 | 57.3 | 13,167 | 63.1 | – | – | 25,066 | 60.8 |
| Peru | 80,963 | – | 67,609 | – | 10,395 | – | 158,967 | – |
| Philippines | 5,504,928 | 85.3 | 4,815,066 | 83.6 | 4,545,933 | 85.8 | 14,865,927 | 85.6 |
| Rep. of Maldives | 27,215 | 90.3 | 23,572 | 93.7 | 37,423 | 91.8 | 88,210 | 92.1 |
| Rep. of the Marshall Isl | 50,143 | 75.7 | 163,433 | 70.8 | 152,000 | 93.5 | 365,576 | 91.4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7,304 | 4.5 | 2,131 | 0.9 | – | – | 9,435 | 3.7 |
| Sierra Leone | 244 | – | – | – | – | – | 244 | – |
| Singapore | 310,090 | 0.8 | 279,794 | 0.9 | 325,715 | 4.3 | 915,599 | 2.1 |
| Slovakia | 119 | – | – | – | – | – | 119 | – |
| Solomon Islands | 66,057 | 71.5 | 58,397 | 59.5 | 42,562 | 97.9 | 167,016 | 75.2 |
| Sri Lanka | 337,521 | 60.0 | 1,807,583 | 12 | 1,981,399 | 10.7 | 4,126,503 | 15.5 |
| Suriname | – | – | 214 | – | – | – | 214 | – |
| Taiwan | 54,623 | 2.8 | 47,430 | 1.9 | 6,950 | 35.2 | 109,003 | 4.6 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 253 | – | – | – | – | – | 253 | – |
| Thailand | 207,582 | 19.2 | 115,952 | 7.2 | 1,117,626 | – | 1,441,160 | 3.3 |
| The Bahamas | 1,557 | 61.1 | 1,524 | 28.3 | 1,397 | 21.3 | 4,478 | 37.5 |
| Tonga | 57,120 | 48.8 | 13,787 | 58.4 | 2,474 | 108.2 | 73,381 | 53.5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | – | – | 107,805 | – | 46,360 | – | 154,165 | – |
| Tunisia | 558 | – | – | – | – | – | 558 | – |
| Ukraine | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | 93 | – |
| United Arab Emirates | – | – | – | – | 79 | 97.5 | 79 | 97.5 |
| United Kingdom | 3,721 | 99.7 | 583 | – | 4 | – | 4,308 | 86.1 |
| United States | 828 | – | 87 | – | 45 | – | 960 | – |
| Vanuatu | 22,850 | 86.2 | 15,538 | 81.5 | 15,924 | 90.5 | 54,312 | 86.9 |
| Various States | 31,771 | – | 13,369 | – | 23,350 | – | 68,490 | – |
| Vietnam | 26,621 | 54.8 | 10,832 | 60.4 | 9,597 | 50.3 | 47,050 | 55.3 |
| Yemen | 20,230 | 51.1 | 13,114 | 90.5 | – | – | 33,344 | 66.6 |
| Zambia | – | – | 1,286 | – | – | – | 1,286 | – |
| Total (No Invoice Data) | 50,5041 | – | 776,984 | – | 1,350,027 | – | 1,499,694 | – |
| Total (All Countries) | 11,529,062 | 72.0 | 11,783,973 | 60.3 | 11,586,805 | 59.5 | 34,899,840 | 64.6 |