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FAO Capture Production in Puerto Rico (t)     n = 51
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Acanthocybium solandri
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 6 1 2 3 3 4 2 2 4 7 7
Balistidae
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 34 41 28 34 32 29 24 16 20 23 25 20
Brachyura
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 2 6 3 1 1 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Carangidae
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 70 32 20 23 14 9 7 5 5 8 5 3
Caranx ruber
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 34 33 30 25 21 15 11 16 18 13 9
Centropomus spp
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 33 8 24 30 14 7 8 7 9 7 7 4
Clupeoidei
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 20 17 15 14 11 10 5 5 7 6 7 7
Coryphaena hippurus
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 111 74 53 52 57 39 41 40 50 49 44 61
Crustacea
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 35 32 20 20 11 16 20 16 18 8 11 6
Epinephelus guttatus
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 48 46 43 39 32 26 20 13 15 16 19 14
Epinephelus mystacinus
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 3 3 3 4 6 5 5 7 4 7 4
Epinephelus spp
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 56 62 44 44 27 20 18 14 11 10 10 6
Etelis oculatus
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 72 58 103 59 142 90 85 114 96 155 106
Euthynnus alletteratus
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 14 8 9 10 7 8 5 9 5 6 3
Gerreidae
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 15 13 11 14 5 3 2 2 5 3 2 2
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 97 104 77 87 66 49 45 27 27 32 26 12
Hemiramphus brasiliensis
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 47 41 36 33 20 16 14 14 19 23 17 22
Holocentridae
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 13 12 8 9 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 2
Katsuwonus pelamis
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 26 20 25 17 23 20 23 32 18 14 9
Labridae
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 47 46 36 45 30 23 25 24 25 26 25 18
Lutjanidae
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 68 45 40 48 29 37 24 19 27 25 29 21
Lutjanus analis
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 71 60 48 65 35 30 22 21 18 18 25 15
Lutjanus synagris
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 180 124 97 100 74 80 76 62 54 56 68 44
Lutjanus vivanus
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 151 194 104 137 88 100 73 52 91 73 77 57
Megalops atlanticus
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 12 9 6 7 4 9 7 4 4 2 6 4
Mugilidae
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 44 41 30 35 20 14 11 6 7 7 5 6
Mullidae
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 17 15 10 10 6 5 4 2 2 3 3 2
Mycteroperca venenosa
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Octopodidae
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 39 23 15 21 15 9 17 19 14 13 13 12
Ocyurus chrysurus
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 292 219 153 143 112 104 82 71 69 59 63 49
Osteichthyes
Puerto Rico 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 298 173 126 104 41 25 21 15 11 10 23 6
Ostraciidae
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 68 52 42 47 39 40 35 24 26 27 27 17
Panulirus argus
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 212 190 158 196 158 157 148 123 142 139 148 109
Perciformes
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perciformes
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhomboplites aurorubens
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 30 12 7 7 5 3 1 1 2 2 4
Scaridae
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 63 66 57 56 38 28 28 26 24 25 0 12
Scomberomorus cavalla
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 68 62 65 39 43 32 23 23 26 30 16
Scomberomorus regalis
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 56 28 29 15 27 21 12 9 8 10 7
Scomberomorus spp
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 111 17 6 12 7 5 5 4 2 1 2 1
Sparidae
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 24 25 20 17 13 11 8 7 13 11 7 6
Sphyraena spp
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 21 13 13 9 5 5 4 2 1 2 2 1
Strombus spp
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,710 1,643 931 1,141 1,203 1,329 1,005 829 829 803 915 741
Testudinata
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 24 10 19 12 19 18 15 7 6 4 2
Thunnus atlanticus
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 17 14 28 22 10 18 17 21 23 32 11
Thunnus obesus
Puerto Rico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 4,154 3,794 2,529 2,919 2,428 2,551 2,042 1,675 1,793 1,702 1,898 1,461

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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