FAO Capture Production in Sri Lanka (t)     n = 41
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Acanthocybium solandri
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 244 223 172 174 179 182 186 188
Alopias spp
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 83 87 160
Ariidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 710 697 578 623 699 795 892 1,261
Carangidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 10,048 10,566 8,392 8,585 10,501 8,096 8,327 8,616 8,952 9,085
Carcharhinidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 10,600 15,900 15,100 14,400 11,000 11,300 10,982 11,202 11,567 10,966
Carcharhinus falciformis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 449 562 584 1,076
Carcharhinus longimanus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 122 127 234
Clupeoidei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 69,061 64,479 66,764 70,971 52,153 27,682 28,471 29,460 30,608 31,064
Crustacea
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 4,950 7,180 9,989 7,682 7,463 4,784 4,919 5,090 5,289 5,367
Elasmobranchii
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,570 5,365 5,021 4,754 3,717 3,813 3,711 3,818 4,037 3,956
Euthynnus affinis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 546 521 422 442 502 540 574 766
Ex Mollusca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holothuroidea
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 79 73 79 56 36 113 91 83 84 47
Istiophoridae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Istiophorus platypterus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 524 480 373 377 433 454 467 502
Isurus oxyrinchus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 6 10
Katsuwonus pelamis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 14,117 15,196 14,172 14,649 12,348 13,699 13,697 14,442 15,004 16,500
Makaira indica
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 175 163 128 131 203 225 233 237
Makaira nigricans
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 456 420 329 335 541 601 621 629
Mollusca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 221 263 809 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Odontoceti
Sri Lanka 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 15,100 15,000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Sri Lanka 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 19,167 27,794 30,915 33,129 27,575 29,243 31,390 31,965 33,012 34,720
Osteichthyes
Sri Lanka 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 2,775 4,306 6,077 1,349 0 51,195 50,144 51,873 58,275 62,710
Perciformes
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 15,549 18,811 21,983 23,610 11,574 7,012 7,211 7,462 7,753 7,868
Prionace glauca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 171 214 222 409
Scomberomorus commerson
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 6,230 4,542 3,408 3,429 3,385 3,475 3,588 3,716 3,860 3,952
Scomberomorus guttatus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus lineolatus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Scomberomorus spp
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombridae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 13,888 12,906 11,302 15,518 12,773 13,000 13,000 13,000 13,000 13,000
Scombroidei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 9,202 11,743 10,227 6,230 4,261 4,588 4,300 4,383 4,484 4,480
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 64 139 168 224 369
Sphyrnidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 77 80 147
Tetrapturus audax
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
Thunnus alalunga
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 7,304 8,068 8,682 9,264 6,694 7,160 7,416 7,785 8,089 8,727
Thunnus obesus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 2 2 1 1 5 5 6 16
Thunnus tonggol
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
Xiphias gladius
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 31 32 41
Total: 186,761 207,192 215,579 216,134 165,484 187,308 190,827 196,963 208,359 218,493

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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