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FAO Capture Production in Tunisia (t) n = 90
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Alosa spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	93	3	5	4	0	8	8	8	8	0
Anguilla anguilla Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	423	441	306	349	298	116	160	120	140	280
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)	409	237	517	218	294	367	538	606	588	660
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)	121	110	119	168	148	246	257	255	252	156
Boops boops Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	506	9	167	723	648	898	939	931	918	1,036
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)	0	0	0	0	0	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)	22	26	15	11	9	5	4	3	2	2
Coryphaena hippurus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	302	222	295	308	306	302	285
Crustacea Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
Dentex dentex Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	305	307	307	315	284	296	309	307	303	401
Dicentrarchus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	307	358	394	433	398	329	344	341	336	459
Diplodus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	195	155	215	162	329	352	368	365	360	277
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)	572	84	121	329	140	178	186	185	182	7
Epinephelus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	759	579	637	696	740	691	722	717	707	623
Euthynnus alletteratus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,772	1,249	1,330	1,228	1,224	1,441	1,590	1,803	1,908	1,566
Ex Mollusca Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Homarus gammarus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Lepidopus caudatus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	169
Lichia amia Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	136	132	174	171	140	141	147	146	144	206
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)	384	152	171	138	160	145	152	233	252	185
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)	646	566	883	660	668	496	519	515	508	345
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)	1,273	884	1,526	1,549	1,574	1,499	1,246	1,172	1,000	848
Mugil cephalus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	808	829	1,029	1,024	1,090	1,326	1,386	1,375	1,356	1,654
Mugilidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,034	1,021	1,272	1,234	1,260	1,702	1,779	1,765	1,741	771
Mullus barbatus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,232	1,223	1,199	1,222
Mullus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,374	2,429	2,298	2,384	2,585	2,365	0	0	0	0
Mullus surmuletus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,240	1,230	1,220	1,259
Mustelus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	359	181	387	557	541	578	604	600	592	109
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	7
Oblada melanura Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	40	30	24	25	25	25	24
Octopus vulgaris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	4,022	2,819	2,222	3,328	4,851	5,192	5,427	8,325	12,295	9,135
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)	15,936	16,175	16,455	19,012	20,179	24,377	22,097	22,503	21,485	24,393
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)	1,913	2,397	2,572	2,770	3,614	3,987	4,168	4,135	4,078	2,894
Pagrus pagrus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	119	129	128	149	140	171	179	177	175	203
Palinurus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	16	21	19	20	24	28	29	30	44	21
Parapenaeus longirostris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	168
Penaeus kerathurus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,386	1,208	1,912	3,729	2,508	2,105	3,250	4,228	3,820	1,980
Phycis blennoides Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectiformes Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	60	37	39	58	27	36	38	37	36	161
Pomatomus saltatrix Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	740
Psetta maxima Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rajiformes Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	511	742	650	520	1,230	1,033	1,080	1,071	1,056	520
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)	700	381	748	600	600	482	504	500	600	422
Sardina pilchardus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	12,596	11,223	10,962	10,004	10,424	17,692	18,494	18,350	18,099	10,983
Sardinella spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,549	1,845	1,964	1,363	1,631	2,002	2,093	2,077	2,049	9,766
Sarpa salpa Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	720	841	937	859	966	1,143	1,195	1,186	1,170	1,396
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)	256	224	259	277	250	276	289	286	282	250
Scomber japonicus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,951	3,076	3,386	2,146	2,515	2,376	2,484	2,464	2,430	758
Scombroidei Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,826	1,344	1,450	1,164	1,273	1,791	1,872	1,858	2,991	1,659
Scorpaenidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	441	391	373	398	537	394	412	409	403	349
Scyliorhinus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	49
Sepia officinalis Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,115	1,388	2,374	1,829	2,559	4,005	4,187	6,422	6,191	6,593
Seriola dumerili Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	84	73	116	121	121	120	37
Serranidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	307	349	401	702	1,134	1,415	1,479	1,468	1,448	96
Solea solea Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	197	223	233	258	303	389	407	404	398	583
Sparidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,907	2,252	2,547	3,067	2,896	3,074	3,213	3,188	3,144	3,013
Sparus aurata Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	355	340	328	325	795	339	340	332	158	197
Sphyraena spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	82	54	74	75	114	88	92	91	90	72
Spicara maena Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	432
Spicara spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	104	105	286	347	356	305	319	316	312	225
Spongiidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	74	84	129	90	65	65	63	2	9	4
Squalidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	800
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	14
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)	228	218	298	293	307	369	315	456	624	661
Trachinus draco Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachurus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,512	1,398	2,204	2,541	4,316	4,170	4,359	4,325	4,266	3,315
Triglidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	38	37	30	45	40	29	30	30	30	58
Umbrina cirrosa Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	34	26	22	47	23	39	41	41	40	13
Xiphias gladius Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	7	19	15	15	61	64	63	80	159
Zeus faber Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	4	5	2	1	5	22	23	23	23	5
Total:			62,462	59,082	64,853	68,810	76,578	91,100	92,761	99,245	102,163	94,771

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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