Editing Geography of Japan (section)

====Marine life====
Japan maintains one of the world's largest [[fishing fleet]]s and accounts for nearly 15% of the global catch (2014).<ref name="CIA World Factbook"/> In 2005, Japan ranked sixth in the world in the [[fishing industry by country|tonnage of fish caught]].<ref name="World review of fisheries and aquaculture">{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/w9900e/w9900e02.htm |title=World review of fisheries and aquaculture |website=[[Food and Agriculture Organization]] |access-date=January 18, 2014 |archive-date=March 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312075816/http://www.fao.org/docrep/w9900e/w9900e02.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Japan captured 4,074,580 metric tons of fish in 2005, down from 4,987,703 tons in 2000 and 9,864,422 tons in 1980.<ref name="Fish capture by country">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/datablog/2009/sep/02/fish-capture-country |title=Fish capture by country |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 2, 2003 |access-date=January 18, 2014 |last=Brown |first=Felicity |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118075757/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/datablog/2009/sep/02/fish-capture-country |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2003, the total aquaculture production was predicted at 1,301,437 tonnes.<ref name="Japan National Aquaculture Sector Overview">{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/fishery/countrysector/naso_japan/en |title=Japan National Aquaculture Sector Overview |website=[[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]] Fisheries & Aquaculture |access-date=2018-10-04 |archive-date=2017-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121134330/http://www.fao.org/fishery/countrysector/naso_japan/en |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, Japan's total fishery production was 4,762,469 fish.<ref name="World fisheries production, by capture and aquaculture, by country (2010)">{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.fao.org/FI/STAT/summary/a-0a.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525161431/ftp://ftp.fao.org/FI/STAT/summary/a-0a.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-05-25 |title=World fisheries production, by capture and aquaculture, by country (2010) |website=Food and Agriculture Organization |access-date=January 18, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Offshore fisheries accounted for an average of 50% of the nation's total fish catches in the late 1980s, although they experienced repeated ups and downs during that period.<ref name=loc/>