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FAO Capture Production in Papua New Guinea (t) n = 33
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Ariidae Papua New Guinea	6 - Oceania - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clupeoidei Papua New Guinea	6 - Oceania - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crocodylus novaeguineae Papua New Guinea	6 - Oceania - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	51,439	62,948	17,690	23,379	26,571	30,886	35,474
Crocodylus porosus Papua New Guinea	6 - Oceania - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	11,453	7,272	6,974	6,257	6,618	7,157	7,626
Eleotridae Papua New Guinea	6 - Oceania - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Euthynnus affinis Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	300	300	300	300	150	30	93	114	26	52
Ex Mollusca Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ex Pinctada spp Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ex Trochus spp Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Holothuroidea Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuwonus pelamis Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	2,354	16,862	11,785	27,300	40,214	15,625	24,358	20,106	45,760	23,976
Lates calcarifer Papua New Guinea	6 - Oceania - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lates calcarifer Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	400	394	241	284	352	179	210	170	207	221
Macrobrachium spp Papua New Guinea	6 - Oceania - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	5
Makaira indica Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Makaira nigricans Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Metapenaeus spp Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	100	162	68	145	119	207	238
Natantia Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	11	0	66	184	223	50
Oreochromis mossambicus Papua New Guinea	6 - Oceania - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	10	11	12	15	22	40
Osteichthyes Papua New Guinea	6 - Oceania - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,000
Osteichthyes Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	12,000	12,000	12,100	15,100	5,000	15,000	15,000	0	0	0
Panulirus spp Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	300	300	300	300	340	265	106	89	85	25
Parastacidae Papua New Guinea	6 - Oceania - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	0	0	5
Penaeus merguiensis Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	100	100	300	100	422	297	462	432	548	634
Penaeus monodon Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	75	32	94	106	127	123
Scylla serrata Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	450	450	450	450	13	16
Stolephorus spp Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	100	600	800	1,100	1,295	950	980	1,761	1,907	1,222
Tetrapturus audax Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus alalunga Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus albacares Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	74	112	1,345	916	1,416	1,744	8,563	4,009	3,099	2,881
Thunnus obesus Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus tonggol Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	30	20	20	0	0	0
Xiphias gladius Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			15,628	30,668	27,271	45,600	50,027	34,774	50,671	27,555	52,224	34,488

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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