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FAO Capture Production in Sierra Leone (t) n = 59
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Albula vulpes Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ariidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	63	101	75	0	650	860	804	1,280
Balaenoptera borealis Sierra Leone	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	76	490	449	275	23	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Sierra Leone	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Balistidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachydeuterus auritus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	7	30	105	86	64	64	758	1,187	36	131
Brachyura Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Carangidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	618	599	116	156
Caranx spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,756	46	1,223	400
Chloroscombrus chrysurus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clupeoidei Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	246	474	254	155
Conger conger Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	300	0	1,092	950
Crustacea Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	500	500	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	0	0	0	0
Cynoglossidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	110	60	37	36	38	38	40	240	374	280
Decapterus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drepane africana Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	283	258	333	0	282	351	138	86
Elasmobranchii Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engraulis encrasicolus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus goreensis Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethmalosa fimbriata Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	8,000	8,000	12,000	15,120	15,360	15,300	15,300	18,962	19,600	21,860
Galeoides decadactylus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	950	1,457	470	0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	107	83	57	66	63	64	200	442	733	1,473
Ilisha africana Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	230	428	2,697	783
Illex argentinus Sierra Leone	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lutjanus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merluccius polli Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	300	300	300	300	300	300	245	139	2	15
Mugilidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	106	1,062	1,061
Octopodidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Sierra Leone	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,100	1,100	1,200	2,500	11,355
Osteichthyes Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,644	2,525	17,224	25,200	26,252	26,300	2,265	9,949	2,256	34
Pagrus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	259	156	290	293	52	60	60	1,483	261	191
Panulirus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	150	0	2	10
Penaeus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	600	103	143	215
Pentanemus quinquarius Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	804	1,438	1,907	0
Polydactylus quadrifilis Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polynemidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	403	510	242	322	356	0	1,769	2,939	2,868	2,763
Pseudotolithus elongatus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	508	854	322	367	403	404	2,318	2,062	4,514	4,575
Pseudotolithus senegallus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudotolithus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudupeneus prayensis Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pteroscion peli Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rajiformes Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	212	132	129	147	167	167	112	197	1,336	657
Sarda sarda Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sardinella spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	17,000	17,000	18,000	22,680	23,040	23,800	24,500	10,662	6,920	7,935
Scombroidei Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	539	492
Selene dorsalis Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sparidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sphyraena spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	227	223	610	723
Thunnus alalunga Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus obesus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachinotus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachurus trecae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trichiurus lepturus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xiphias gladius Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			31,050	31,150	51,052	66,976	68,503	68,597	55,546	55,547	52,457	57,592

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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