Overview: Economic activity is limited to servicing meteorological and geophysical research stations and French and other fishing fleets. The fishing catches landed on Iles Kerguelen by foreign ships are exported to France and Reunion.

NOTE: The information regarding French Southern and Antarctic Lands on this page is re-published from the 1990 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of French Southern and Antarctic Lands Economy 1990 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about French Southern and Antarctic Lands Economy 1990 should be addressed to the CIA.