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FAO Capture Production in Tunisia (t) n = 90
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Alosa spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	82	69
Anguilla anguilla Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	111	96	167	200	164	78	43	136	90	93
Argyrosomus regius Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aristeus antennatus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atherinidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	163	220	185	185	283	282	353	811	589	493
Balistes carolinensis Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belone belone Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	100	100	100	100	122	933	163	115	97	199
Boops boops Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	231	258	36	0	194	231	242	440	358	430
Carcinus aestuarii Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cephalopoda Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,069	1,110	1,839	1,718	1,455	0	0	0	0	0
Conger conger Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corallium rubrum Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	8	4	6	7	14	21
Coryphaena hippurus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	36	0	27	41	86	0	0	0
Crustacea Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dentex dentex Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	100	100	122	170	152	211	177	246	263	299
Dicentrarchus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	200	200	200	200	236	185	212	288	261	226
Diplodus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,000	2,100	2,144	2,200	1,791	99	106	143	178	140
Eledone spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engraulis encrasicolus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	63	117	177	179	224	229	211	145	489	295
Epinephelus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	819	1,055	585	600	611	613	672	742	703	754
Euthynnus alletteratus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	249	336	217	214	360	364	479	1,009	983	1,595
Ex Mollusca Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	48	283	66	0	0	0	0	0
Homarus gammarus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1
Lepidopus caudatus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lichia amia Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	63	87	120	104	101	103	120	168	104	120
Lithognathus mormyrus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Littorina littorea Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loligo spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	87	78	100	100	104	104	167	323	305	400
Lophius spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merluccius merluccius Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	379	399	703	563	783	472	606	643	460	593
Metapenaeus monoceros Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Tunisia	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	89	69	0	100	173	3	60	0	0	0
Mugil cephalus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	596	555	536
Mugilidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	939	1,062	919	900	929	1,008	1,247	713	629	724
Mullus barbatus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mullus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,550	1,806	1,538	1,216	1,658	1,741	1,902	2,364	2,228	2,145
Mullus surmuletus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mustelus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	639	715	700	800	752	1,181	913	820	662	642
Mytilus galloprovincialis Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nephrops norvegicus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oblada melanura Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	11	7	21	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	105	203	252	900	700	2,144	2,201	3,312	3,675	3,254
Orcynopsis unicolor Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Tunisia	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Osteichthyes Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,547	2,490	3,082	5,040	10,324	15,503	18,871	20,187	18,160	19,454
Ostrea edulis Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagellus erythrinus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	847	778	752	856	745	1,146	1,610	1,859	1,796	1,748
Pagrus pagrus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	100	100	99	120	176	105	147	156	140	130
Palinurus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	56	45	12	0	20	57	2	22	23	3
Parapenaeus longirostris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penaeus kerathurus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	508	504	772	692	979	1,064	1,146	855	1,132	735
Phycis blennoides Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	51	24	61	0	34	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectiformes Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	245	178	212	45	187	116	107	64	72	39
Pomatomus saltatrix Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	23	45	36	0	74	0	0	0	0	0
Psetta maxima Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rajiformes Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	818	634	765	440	56	152	176	215
Ruditapes decussatus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sarda sarda Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	117	251	200	203	499	429	619	768	791	865
Sardina pilchardus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,717	3,983	4,877	4,666	6,075	6,933	8,337	9,236	10,695	11,078
Sardinella spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,525	3,482	3,296	3,368	5,482	2,399	960	1,419	1,712	1,720
Sarpa salpa Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	200	300	318	300	242	807	463	710	689	717
Sciaena umbra Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sciaenidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	100	100	74	80	107	62	106	237	300	243
Scomber japonicus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	866	626	711	1,022	2,561	1,444	1,281	1,131	1,597	2,435
Scombroidei Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	52	262	336	148	142	204	360	299	265	112
Scorpaenidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	100	100	97	100	120	108	133	300	362	445
Scyliorhinus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sepia officinalis Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	336	281	340	715	541	767	2,173	964	1,133	1,318
Seriola dumerili Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serranidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	138	114	336	361	313
Solea solea Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	132	109	220	152	186
Sparidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	347	475	489	450	434	2,085	844	1,971	1,868	1,909
Sparus aurata Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	100	100	126	150	125	152	119	193	198	231
Sphyraena spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94	50	73
Spicara maena Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spicara spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	213	219	263	300	422	199	274	263	114	103
Spongiidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	60	70	70	50	40	75	70	90	90
Squalidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squalus blainville Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squatina squatina Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus alalunga Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	153	206	57	52	136	83	66	131	141	262
Trachinus draco Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	11	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
Trachurus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,401	949	867	831	1,012	684	1,918	890	1,495	2,093
Triglidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	100	22	0	41	17	19	29	34	36
Umbrina cirrosa Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	9	10	21	38	20	20
Xiphias gladius Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	5	3	5	0	0	0
Zeus faber Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	4	4	6
Total:			22,660	25,810	28,171	30,321	42,223	45,227	49,943	55,644	56,293	59,597

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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