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FAO Capture Production in Gambia (t)     n = 51
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Alectis alexandrinus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argyrosomus regius
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 3 15 267 267 267 2,059 1,758 1,112
Balistidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx rhonchus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoglossidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 473 359 117
Drepane africana
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 77
Elasmobranchii
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,412 831 639
Elops lacerta
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 9 600 696 696 696 526 538 179
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 4,487 4,512 3,947 6,225 7,324 7,324 7,324 6,600 5,380 2,938
Galeoides decadactylus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gastropoda
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 2 190 0 0 0 0 28 67
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugilidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 164 378
Octopodidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Gambia 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Gambia 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500
Osteichthyes
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 260 522 1,075 2,191 1,442 1,442 1,442 637 396 426
Pagellus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palinurus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 182 276 54
Parapenaeopsis atlantica
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus notialis
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 5 88 260 183 183 183 0 31 69
Pentanemus quinquarius
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plectorhinchus mediterraneus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polydactylus quadrifilis
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polynemidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 347 411 485
Pomadasys jubelini
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pomatomus saltatrix
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus elongatus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 109 142
Pseudotolithus senegalensis
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 884 490 615
Pseudotolithus senegallus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,056 696 607
Rachycentron canadum
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 365 19 14
Scaridae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaenidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 60 113 83 83 83 83 152 162
Scomber japonicus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 534 484 311
Tetraodontidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachinotus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 123 51
Trichiuridae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 7,447 7,739 7,884 12,294 12,695 12,695 12,695 18,092 14,972 11,143

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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