FAO Capture Production in Papua New Guinea (t)     n = 33
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Ariidae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Clupeoidei
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500
Crocodylus novaeguineae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (n) 27,709 15,021 24,733 15,111 21,268 20,174 24,413 28,614 17,031 21,025
Crocodylus porosus
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (n) 5,797 4,281 4,853 3,456 5,145 4,668 4,458 5,300 5,645 6,770
Eleotridae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Euthynnus affinis
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 5 5
Ex Trochus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 437 535 441 437 275
Holothuroidea
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 5 0 1 0 0 340 480 920 480
Katsuwonus pelamis
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 30,976 27,207 2,403 405 2,470 8,370 0 0 0 0
Lates calcarifer
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 495
Lates calcarifer
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 308 328 234 75 69 31 111 271 144 40
Macrobrachium spp
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 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) 212 242 222 182 280 272 250 177 160 160
Natantia
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 71 71 67 92 76 110 146 137 283 240
Oreochromis mossambicus
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,505
Osteichthyes
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 5,000 10,000 6,190 6,190 6,190 7,190 7,190 7,190 7,190 7,190
Osteichthyes
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 31 69 64 65 100 88 9,127 9,364 9,303 9,300
Panulirus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 232 136 188 74 46 73 94 55 60 70
Parastacidae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Penaeus merguiensis
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 666 516 419 436 483 678 569 540 557 650
Penaeus monodon
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 142 92 116 176 153 110 123 90 150 150
Scylla serrata
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 10 100 55 246 38 26 20 17 0 20
Stolephorus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 1,342 1,028 0 0 174 296 0 0 0 0
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) 3,018 4,205 321 135 274 930 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 44,620 46,509 17,589 15,387 17,663 25,484 25,280 25,631 26,077 25,810

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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