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FAO Capture Production in Tunisia (t) n = 90
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Alosa spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anguilla anguilla Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	108	135	202	166	108	181	250	250	302	108	85	77
Argyrosomus regius Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Aristeus antennatus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	16	51	51	24	43	163	9	17	183	38	32	0
Atherinidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	57	309	122	60	0	0	0	92	14	139	94	132
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	15	2,300	932	989	1,760	1	1	0	1,021	1,011	2,370	940
Balistes carolinensis Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	50	62	96	114	134	74	85	47	163	187	246	219
Belone belone Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	98	307	349	308	267	259	190	152	161	155	166	139
Boops boops Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3,052	2,852	3,209	3,435	2,995	2,814	2,871	2,584	2,729	2,883	2,812	2,886
Carcinus aestuarii Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	11	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cephalopoda Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Conger conger Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	42	7	5	8	2	5	5	3	8	13	13	12
Corallium rubrum Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2	2	2	2	3	4	6	11	8	5	10	5
Coryphaena hippurus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	667	784	678	1,726	1,285	865	1,829	612	740	1,179	1,097	654
Crustacea Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	509
Dentex dentex Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	250	219	216	223	225	205	176	168	172	155	157	165
Dicentrarchus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	573	317	949	750	746	940	854	387	322	214	249	221
Diplodus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3,084	3,241	3,226	409	437	373	334	344	347	352	371	410
Eledone spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	369	696	878	668	876	844	657	1,049	797	634	700	577
Engraulis encrasicolus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2	269	258	361	961	771	796	605	1,378	1,822	704	2,233
Epinephelus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	103	539	474	423	445	424	601	480	626	444	518	482
Euthynnus alletteratus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,453	1,036	960	657	633	496	568	1,056	834	872	805	800
Ex Mollusca Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Homarus gammarus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Lepidopus caudatus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	411	375	263	559	323	279	393	440	542	320	491	247
Lichia amia Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	90	134	138	190	155	104	96	67	65	35	40	39
Lithognathus mormyrus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	656	781	663	677	678	868	1,135	915	637	484	545	632
Littorina littorea Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	2	18	5	11
Loligo spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	310	327	510	409	482	449	263	296	454	339	495	384
Lophius spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	39	35	43	42	11	7	36	31	32	24	35	47
Merluccius merluccius Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	974	1,284	1,538	1,202	1,552	1,295	1,336	1,255	1,422	1,237	1,311	956
Metapenaeus monoceros Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	757	1,607	2,078	2,582	1,564	1,325	1,111	69	477	258	0
Mollusca Tunisia	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	131	177	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	1	10	8	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mugil cephalus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,048	229	952	205	1,010	1,051	1,160	1,085	912	890	258	203
Mugilidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,306	3,016	3,010	3,246	2,554	2,457	2,279	1,934	1,841	2,010	2,263	2,431
Mullus barbatus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,600	2,632	2,045	2,908	2,732	2,335	2,236	2,807	3,194	3,657	3,633	2,918
Mullus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mullus surmuletus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,527	2,163	1,803	1,948	2,095	1,893	1,666	1,640	1,577	1,412	1,447	1,905
Mustelus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	121	192	186	156	150	192	166	110	149	204	258	963
Mytilus galloprovincialis Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	217	117	142	0	0
Nephrops norvegicus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	4	4	4	0	0	1	1	4	4	4	6	7
Oblada melanura Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	84	51	53	58	32	144	53	48	42	61	57	32
Octopus vulgaris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,103	1,752	2,535	2,710	4,638	3,901	2,542	2,297	1,280	1,819	3,064	2,987
Orcynopsis unicolor Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	0	0	2	8	8
Osteichthyes Tunisia	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	832	860	870	859	1,049	1,093	1,087	1,084	1,096	1,191	1,123	868
Osteichthyes Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	5,125	4,259	2,222	0	5,879	5,550	5,405	4,135	1,461	3,410	2,558	4,667
Ostrea edulis Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1	1	8	8	8	10	2	5	12	10	0	0
Pagellus erythrinus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3,105	3,219	2,687	2,823	2,937	2,779	2,439	2,517	2,857	3,312	3,861	2,757
Pagrus pagrus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	460	416	400	427	478	504	486	405	337	279	297	624
Palinurus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	49	41	45	58	58	52	51	57	48	38	43	30
Parapenaeus longirostris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,283	1,454	1,536	1,648	1,758	1,572	1,932	1,037	1,200	1,558	1,932	1,840
Penaeus kerathurus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	6,165	3,356	2,539	2,264	2,864	2,809	2,303	1,962	1,285	1,230	1,358	2,289
Phycis blennoides Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectiformes Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	190	205	194	316	230	79	83	78	85	85	80	0
Pomatomus saltatrix Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,096	1,037	1,285	1,018	0	1,000	298	138	167	182	157	152
Psetta maxima Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rajiformes Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	974	1,113	1,092	917	793	651	630	642	686	715	802	715
Ruditapes decussatus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	755	544	1,002	513	527	621	487	615	537	481	433	0
Sarda sarda Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,528	1,183	1,112	848	1,251	1,666	1,970	1,961	1,532	1,451	1,779	1,415
Sardina pilchardus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	15,001	13,988	13,311	12,051	14,256	18,612	24,802	19,871	18,386	19,024	14,359	21,468
Sardinella spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	11,800	12,942	12,465	11,824	13,531	12,849	13,619	16,612	16,610	14,198	15,066	13,982
Sarpa salpa Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	951	1,024	1,071	1,048	1,010	1,204	1,146	1,177	950	867	866	854
Sciaena umbra Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	85	135	78	0	0	95	105	0
Sciaenidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	104	138	109	138	0	0	0	62	75	0	0	0
Scomber japonicus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,200	3,727	2,480	4,457	9,367	9,026	4,873	2,786	3,528	3,091	3,416	4,725
Scombroidei Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	905	989	4	0	1,187	0	0	0	721	1,614	1,525	1,500
Scorpaenidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	400	444	453	438	469	537	504	464	381	379	408	463
Scyliorhinus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	126	122	139	140	117	103	145	124	217	237	280	243
Sepia officinalis Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	6,002	7,148	7,995	7,188	6,008	6,204	6,404	6,717	4,913	3,924	4,722	6,371
Seriola dumerili Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	400	122	93	267	237	213	136	171	167	116	124	125
Serranidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	98	98	97	1,018	584	572	363	115	104	117	57	238
Solea solea Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	402	456	454	486	438	498	550	521	469	448	463	458
Sparidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3,084	2,825	2,818	2,806	2,193	2,109	2,266	2,154	2,378	2,359	2,764	2,499
Sparus aurata Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	757	399	822	1,026	1,140	1,121	1,228	695	699	538	495	409
Sphyraena spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	95	96	122	157	113	110	69	84	130	129	160	129
Spicara maena Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	255	381	593	241	418	401	393	413	394	151	321	365
Spicara spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	646	572	858	1,025	1,002	878	776	720	572	372	348	188
Spongiidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	15	23	44	34	25	33	101	21	18	11	10	15
Squalidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	680	883	945	977	983	800	984	913	841	734	816	0
Squalus blainville Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69
Squatina squatina Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	20	22	13	41	10	14	36	15	52	74	86	0
Thunnus alalunga Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	711	683	680
Thunnus thynnus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,184	2,493	2,528	791	2,376	3,249	2,545	2,622	2,679	1,932	1,043	852
Trachinus draco Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	19	20	13	13	30	9	9	11	9	17	18	16
Trachurus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	4,917	4,204	4,746	4,096	6,998	5,540	7,839	9,462	8,934	8,221	9,371	6,321
Triglidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	168	198	346	344	359	308	258	242	204	156	136	151
Umbrina cirrosa Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	28	33	42	23	22	31	26	24	13	27	25	25
Xiphias gladius Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	483	567	1,138	1,172	791	1,074	949	1,024	1,011	1,012	1,041	1,050
Zeus faber Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	56	43	61	39	44	41	25	26	29	31	29	35
Total:			95,558	98,490	96,685	90,226	111,531	109,117	111,288	103,790	97,906	97,859	97,743	102,799

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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