FAO Capture Production in Sri Lanka (t)     n = 41
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Acanthocybium solandri
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 245 194 259 246 115 159 358 161 156 175 431 132
Alopias spp
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 256 412 987 1,983 877 376 331 241 223 251 696 340
Ariidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,698 1,662 4,324 3,229 3,338 2,104 2,332 2,860 2,239 2,644 6,329 9,922
Carangidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 10,450 9,950 10,760 14,940 13,580 5,950 9,570 11,380 11,160 13,020 17,240 18,570
Carcharhinidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinus falciformis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 10,886 5,529 3,952 3,496 2,946 1,776 1,464 618 394 443 1,228 2,913
Carcharhinus longimanus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 2,632 1,323 1,021 1,134 639 215 189 138 128 144 398 268
Clupeoidei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 53,250 49,270 52,310 56,390 54,410 24,870 56,230 63,520 66,890 71,580 74,310 101,810
Crustacea
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 230 4,450 7,530 13,650 15,320 2,610 7,090 10,450 11,780 13,200 15,860 12,110
Elasmobranchii
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 14,001 20,422 24,072 23,800 20,952 4,783 5,311 2,956 3,392 3,716 4,972 2,548
Euthynnus affinis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 472 1,230 863 623 1,296 1,639 2,194 3,003 2,080 2,795 1,438 1,566
Ex Mollusca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 698 498 324 683 588 846 557 1,277 1,953 692 1,113 1,436
Holothuroidea
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 145 90 150 170 280 2,340 1,350 2,880 4,230 3,890 4,250 3,620
Istiophoridae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus platypterus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5,691 3,908 4,583 4,832 9,057 4,007 4,322 2,264 2,074 2,483 4,735 4,461
Isurus oxyrinchus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Katsuwonus pelamis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 64,208 57,788 56,377 76,515 78,889 56,948 56,458 68,595 73,208 70,360 76,271 73,844
Makaira indica
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,189 1,605 742 711 653 1,075 1,231 645 591 707 1,348 898
Makaira nigricans
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,450 4,657 2,155 2,060 1,893 3,117 3,759 1,973 1,803 2,159 4,116 5,395
Mollusca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 15 30 60 110 250 300 120 710 1,420 1,260 1,940 2,240
Odontoceti
Sri Lanka 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Sri Lanka 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 23,150 17,190 16,140 17,870 22,170 21,620 19,320 22,510 25,230 26,320 28,250 32,120
Osteichthyes
Sri Lanka 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 9,190 9,140 9,430 9,050 8,610 9,940 15,970 15,870 19,270 20,240 24,160 27,440
Osteichthyes
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 13,630 14,470 8,467 4,832 10,471 6,170 10,820 11,230 12,850 13,630 19,580 23,580
Perciformes
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 14,910 14,490 16,320 19,980 17,540 10,570 11,170 13,860 12,670 15,960 20,150 26,390
Prionace glauca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5,408 1,546 1,857 1,840 737 349 307 224 207 233 646 265
Scomberomorus commerson
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 2,396 2,091 2,150 2,963 2,787 2,299 2,649 2,126 2,251 1,972 2,857 2,757
Scomberomorus guttatus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Scomberomorus lineolatus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus spp
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombridae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 22,180 16,760 17,250 17,760 18,440 9,680 15,570 16,290 18,260 19,380 24,890 30,860
Scombroidei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 11,437 9,701 10,869 14,514 14,584 11,369 11,362 10,437 11,193 9,436 12,390 11,721
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 310 290 380 420 380 190 120 430 480 510 780 970
Sphyrnidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,197 168 864 585 408 111 98 71 66 74 205 111
Tetrapturus audax
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 28 38 18 17 15 26 30 18 15 17 33 0
Thunnus alalunga
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 26,186 22,134 24,117 35,100 37,037 30,806 36,886 30,710 30,147 32,903 37,691 30,287
Thunnus obesus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 13 98 15 137 106 57 270 426 256 346 538 1,285
Thunnus tonggol
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 2,802 2,095 2,109 2,260 2,133 824 1,628 848 779 934 1,783 3,309
Total: 301,668 272,734 280,132 331,217 339,913 216,280 278,509 297,448 315,442 330,782 389,515 431,753

Note: If marine mammals and crocodiles are included in this list they are not accounted for in the Totals because they are reported in numbers and not in tonnes.

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