FAO Catches List
FAO Capture Production in Ghana (t)     n = 95
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Argyrosomus regius
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 700 700 500 600 0 0 2,000 900 2,000
Balistidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boops boops
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachydeuterus auritus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 600 600 700 2,800 2,200 8,000 7,500 400 4,400 8,200
Brachyura
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx hippos
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 500 500 500 500 500 100 200 600 700 8,000
Caranx rhonchus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,300 1,900
Clupeoidei
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Ghana 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoglossidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 200 600 700 3,400 0 1,700 1,500 300 600 900
Decapterus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,400 200 4,400
Decapterus spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dentex angolensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dentex angolensis
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dentex congoensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dentex spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drepane africana
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 3,400 3,400 300 100 1,100
Elasmobranchii
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 300 100 800 100 1,100 900 200 800 1,400
Elasmobranchii
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Engraulis encrasicolus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,100
Epinephelus aeneus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,000 1,300 600 1,000 300 2,100 0 100 100 700
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euthynnus alletteratus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exocoetidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Galeoides decadactylus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 500 700 700 5,300 4,500 6,300 7,700 800 1,700 1,700
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hemiramphus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilisha africana
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,000 1,700
Illex argentinus
Ghana 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus albicans
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lates niloticus
Ghana 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 900
Makaira nigricans
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius capensis, M.paradoxus
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius polli
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natantia
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 300 600
Octopodidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Octopodidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Ghana 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 2,000 2,000 3,000 3,000 3,400 4,000 4,496 6,290 7,180 21,354
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 6,800 5,900 9,500 9,400 13,500 8,500 15,600 15,400 10,700 11,900
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pagellus bellottii
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pagellus bellottii
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pagrus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panulirus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 700
Perciformes
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perciformes
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pomadasys jubelini
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prionace glauca
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 800 800 900 6,400 2,300 9,300 9,000 2,000 2,100 2,700
Pseudotolithus spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudupeneus prayensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 600 600 100 2,900 2,300 3,700 4,300 200 600 900
Rajiformes
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda sarda
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella aurita
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella maderensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 17,900 16,900 18,900 9,100 34,200 7,800 13,300 43,200 12,200 30,400
Sardinella spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaenidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 800 2,000 4,000 5,000 4,000 15,000 15,000 16,800 18,500 6,400
Scomber japonicus
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Ghana 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus tritor
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,800 2,500
Scombroidei
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 700 700 500 600 1,000 600 700 1,000 1,000
Selene dorsalis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Soleidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,700 1,900 3,600 7,700 7,100 3,500 1,200 5,100 2,800 8,000
Sparidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,900 1,400
Sphyrnidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetraodontidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus albidus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus murphyi
Ghana 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus trecae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trichiurus lepturus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 400 1,000 1,000 1,500 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 2,100
Trichiurus lepturus
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Triglidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 33,800 36,500 45,700 59,800 76,600 76,500 85,696 98,990 74,080 130,954

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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