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FAO Capture Production in Libya (t)     n = 58
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Balistes carolinensis
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 432 420 250
Boops boops
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 3,000 2,900 2,800 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,708 4,009 2,250 2,180 1,300
Coryphaena hippurus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 55 342 330 200
Crustacea
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 133 0 0 0
Dentex dentex
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 783 1,373 585 570 340
Dicentrarchus punctatus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 150 100
Diplodus sargus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 900 870 520
Epinephelus marginatus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 3,000 2,700 2,400 2,100 1,800 1,500 1,200 896 1,537 990 950 570
Euthynnus alletteratus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 819 800 480
Isurus oxyrinchus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 25 20
Loligo spp
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loligo spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 503 810 780 470
Merluccius spp
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugil cephalus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 720 700 430
Mullus spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 4,400 3,900 3,400 2,900 2,400 1,900 1,400 889 1,519 6,246 6,000 3,600
Mustelus spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,188 1,150 700
Natantia
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oblada melanura
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 311 507 450 440 270
Octopodidae
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Octopus vulgaris
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 247 0 0 0
Orcynopsis unicolor
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Libya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 15,000 13,000 11,500 10,000 8,796 7,000 4,500 0 0 0 0 0
Pagellus erythrinus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 872 1,584 7,200 6,950 4,200
Penaeus kerathurus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 783 760 450
Penaeus spp
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhinobatidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 120 70
Sarda sarda
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella aurita
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 9,000 9,500 10,000 10,500 11,000 11,500 12,000 13,554 19,518 9,450 9,200 5,400
Sarpa salpa
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 815 1,449 540 530 320
Sciaena umbra
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 216 210 130
Sciaenidae
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 4,000 3,900 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,895 6,029 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 305 300 180
Scorpaenidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 396 380 230
Sepia officinalis
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 288 1,800 1,750 1,050
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seriola dumerili
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 846 820 500
Siganus spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 415 721 540 530 320
Solea solea
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 225 220 130
Sparidae
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 4,600 4,300 4,000 3,700 3,400 3,200 3,000 0 0 0 0 0
Sparisoma cretense
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 306 300 180
Sparus aurata
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 216 210 130
Sphyraena spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 531 510 310
Spongiidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 4
Squalidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,596 7,300 4,400
Thunnus albacares
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 208 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 400 31 593 593 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus thynnus
Libya 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 487 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus thynnus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,063 1,941 638 753 1,299 1,090 1,280 1,358 1,318 1,081 645 400
Trachurus spp
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 5,000 4,900 4,800 4,700 4,700 4,700 4,700 4,691 6,855 2,817 2,720 1,650
Trisopterus luscus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,224 1,180 700
Xiphias gladius
Libya 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 8 6 0 10 2 0 14 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 49,963 47,290 44,008 41,829 39,897 37,390 34,647 31,921 47,645 52,110 50,000 30,000

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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