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FAO Capture Production in Kenya (t)     n = 49
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Bagrus spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 161 178 183 63 71 69 88 76 59 306 101 173
Brachyura
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 166 134 122 142 148 124 110 137 148 117 168 206
Carangidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 85 119 144 163 189 187 157 176 181 138 266 283
Clarias spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 1,592 1,611 1,581 1,525 1,442 1,353 4,387 1,632 2,269 2,736 6,916 3,945
Clupeoidei
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 119 164 101 119 108 112 138 147 142 121 139 153
Crassostrea spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2 1 1 1 0 28 38 11 33 23 33 30
Crocodylus niloticus
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (n) 3,460 4,250 3,967 3,811 3,862 10,950 8,710 6,354 4,504 6,906 5,259 5,188
Crustacea
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 101 136 108 60 504 58 57 81 75 53 59 49
Cyprinidae
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyprinus carpio
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 47 49 50 271 280 377 589 564 592 1,238 1,146 1,328
Elasmobranchii
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 115 175 134 208 197 253 189 165 183 232 274 306
Ex Mollusca
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 254 260 271 265 198 207 211 198 208 161 174 183
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 63 85 90 79 112 65 88 94 135 110 149 160
Haplochromis spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 2,699 1,195 1,259 1,020 1,066 4,832 5,198 5,687 5,423 822 21 527
Holothuroidea
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 30 13 68 27 28 19 18 17 33 11 22 46
Istiophoridae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 80 78 55 44 75 111 148 83 105 160 165 145
Istiophorus platypterus
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 86 183 116 267 307 337 233 185 320 295 221 302
Labeo spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 221 222 203 117 139 497 790 423 1,900 1,900 1,144 1,243
Lates niloticus
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 109,815 78,534 58,432 55,175 57,235 52,368 55,706 47,558 45,026 43,650 39,045 46,612
Lethrinidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 334 466 414 421 434 412 477 431 499 447 642 683
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 42 78 74 99 77 207 191 180 162 140 142 134
Lutjanidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 120 177 177 118 137 171 193 220 244 254 298 346
Makaira indica
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugilidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 181 199 164 188 237 248 221 201 236 232 292 228
Natantia
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 458 690 581 383 393 162 158 307 219 153 251 211
Octopodidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 106 154 208 214 249 198 187 222 291 257 408 419
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 19,853 19,121 17,418 4,478 3,916 1,371 3,316 3,009 5,092 5,041 3,626 3,008
Oreochromis niloticus
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 19,347 7,292 16,252 15,982 17,507 22,231 19,038 10,125 12,732 17,274 24,572 38,153
Osteichthyes
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 4,886 5,237 4,984 1,800 1,760 1,907 1,349 1,862 3,873 2,186 3,487 2,405
Osteichthyes
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 474 667 874 1,418 1,646 1,401 1,297 678 619 514 606 599
Panulirus spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 52 76 119 171 162 97 93 94 112 84 100 93
Perciformes
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 1,224 2,060 1,450 1,099 1,103 1,211 1,286 2,196 2,514 845 1,680 778
Perciformes
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 378 1,003 982 793 897 875 792 937 1,011 243 914 365
Procambarus clarkii
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 22 3 14 19 21 20 18 19 19 16 20 18
Protopterus spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 1,608 1,822 1,707 867 685 777 2,914 3,143 3,077 2,560 3,891 3,537
Rastrineobola argentea
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 49,618 41,384 35,455 31,659 34,679 54,019 57,929 49,472 46,966 49,326 47,716 72,314
Salmonoidei
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 31 67 112 29 34 36 33 47 49 51 122 221
Scomberomorus commerson
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 94 136 150 215 151 124 145 197 212 268 419 339
Scombroidei
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seriola spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 71 92 31 61 107 111 81 21 18 71 63 69
Siganus spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 299 403 469 382 388 423 412 420 484 504 675 791
Sphyraena spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 83 99 88 158 125 171 246 248 325 292 281 327
Synodontis spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 443 48 142 216 258 342 374 710 20 930 136 872
Testudinata
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 215,106 164,151 144,512 120,051 126,867 147,304 158,684 131,775 135,398 133,600 140,210 181,418

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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