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<text id=93CT1086>
<title>
Pacific Ocean--Economy
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Pacific Ocean
Economy</hdr><body>
<p>Overview: The Pacific Ocean is a major contributor to the
world economy and particularly to those nations its waters
directly touch. It provides low-cost sea transportation between
East and West, extensive fishing grounds, offshore oil and gas
fields, minerals, and sand and gravel for the construction
industry. In 1985 over half (54%) of the world's total fish
catch came from the Pacific Ocean, which is the only ocean where
the fish catch has increased every year since 1978. Exploitation
of offshore oil and gas reserves is playing an ever-increasing
role in the energy supplies of Australia, New Zealand, China,
US, and Peru. The high cost of recovering offshore oil and gas,
combined with the wide swings in world prices for oil since
1985, has slowed but not stopped new drillings.
</p>
<p>Industries: fishing, oil and gas production
</p></body></article></text>