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FAO Capture Production in Tunisia (t) n = 90
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Alosa spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anguilla anguilla Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	340	234	224	373	390	130	192	202	150	206
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	334	334	69	30	28	195	173	187	38
Atherinidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	254	594	141	116	338	6
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	985	985	35	20	13	14	13	26	93	45
Balistes carolinensis Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	34	23	59	38	52	58	34
Belone belone Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	132	145	308	209	114	48	141	273	272	382
Boops boops Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,315	1,328	1,522	1,529	1,491	1,636	1,928	2,205	2,466	3,890
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	11	6	0	14	14	5
Corallium rubrum Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
Coryphaena hippurus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	356	310	179	340	366	434	399	538	1,088	919
Crustacea Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	1	1	1	8	1	72	1
Dentex dentex Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	294	294	357	214	250	167	227	346	375	291
Dicentrarchus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	442	579	527	316	316	379	430	96	529	540
Diplodus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	209	209	413	407	345	2,292	2,706	3,177	2,055	3,036
Eledone spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	668	252	392
Engraulis encrasicolus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	56	58	106	20	106	119	19	55	114	199
Epinephelus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	451	451	669	381	302	236	265	416	334	382
Euthynnus alletteratus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,113	1,343	664	242	204	696	824	333	1,113	752
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	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1
Lepidopus caudatus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	248	140	263	173	0	26	7	57	423
Lichia amia Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	260	208	176	134	100	101	93	145	160	112
Lithognathus mormyrus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	917	694	661	781	683
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)	159	157	201	214	277	240	230	253	288	348
Lophius spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	32	21	7	6	33	30	44
Merluccius merluccius Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	372	433	710	818	840	744	685	922	537	1,069
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)	1,158	1,157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mugil cephalus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,453	3,527	3,529	2,765	2,223	2,062	1,345	1,309	1,525	238
Mugilidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	712	712	700	516	594	375	932	1,472	2,272	1,383
Mullus barbatus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,378	1,159	1,058	1,168	1,032	1,108	1,287	1,394	1,228	1,250
Mullus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mullus surmuletus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,159	1,402	2,008	1,448	1,506	1,140	1,161	2,406	1,459	1,504
Mustelus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	956	113	427	187	142	128	640	132	826	997
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	1	15	2	3	1	4	2
Oblada melanura Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	20	19	40	17	22	24	43	36	29	146
Octopus vulgaris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	6,417	6,337	7,544	3,350	1,841	1,868	3,460	5,681	3,129	2,349
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	400	243	440	706	1,010	896	808
Osteichthyes Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	19,518	19,600	5,058	16,251	22,469	18,828	18,813	5,112	12,965	9,617
Ostrea edulis Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	150	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagellus erythrinus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3,248	2,776	3,173	2,820	1,981	2,292	2,746	2,506	2,967	3,128
Pagrus pagrus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	192	193	305	237	230	272	254	327	362	388
Palinurus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	24	22	62	62	48	44	40	71	68	61
Parapenaeus longirostris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	871	1,208	599	354	213	161	641	838	1,014
Penaeus kerathurus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,612	1,059	1,556	1,657	2,287	3,587	3,057	4,367	3,785	4,729
Phycis blennoides Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	127	127	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectiformes Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	118	118	118	114	177	96	52	110	178	217
Pomatomus saltatrix Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	1,596	3,153	2,049	1,270	653	1,317	1,426	787	748
Psetta maxima Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rajiformes Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	638	627	1,534	614	551	460	489	803	836	922
Ruditapes decussatus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	1,383	1,538	1,036	1,343	396	77	57	48
Sarda sarda Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	488	305	643	792	305	413	560	611	855	1,350
Sardina pilchardus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	7,250	7,237	10,775	9,577	13,140	11,940	10,389	10,767	8,907	13,394
Sardinella spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	12,163	12,314	8,832	8,856	7,569	8,591	7,738	8,084	6,327	7,491
Sarpa salpa Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,326	182	1,764	974	972	916	750	1,127	1,151	1,124
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)	179	18	159	116	162	90	164	180	192	114
Scomber japonicus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	689	687	4,910	3,263	2,333	2,562	1,439	4,118	3,233	3,515
Scombroidei Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3,941	0	20	309	105	115	215	657	6	814
Scorpaenidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	508	378	560	420	428	311	339	472	755	442
Scyliorhinus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	103	87	87	78	84	48	36	72	0	49
Sepia officinalis Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	5,909	5,879	7,053	6,315	5,121	3,517	4,340	6,479	4,935	6,622
Seriola dumerili Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	28	10	122	72	27	59	75	113	75	88
Serranidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,602	138	146	49	121	75	84	130	3,161	748
Solea solea Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	644	647	751	572	493	327	569	642	480	425
Sparidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,853	2,875	4,313	3,262	2,865	2,693	2,381	2,714	1,841	2,973
Sparus aurata Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	319	395	385	330	309	125	107	265	333	409
Sphyraena spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	72	0	70	52	52	36	49	69	100	103
Spicara maena Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	223	374	508	135	203	218	285	505	395	419
Spicara spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	374	219	401	406	345	382	335	485	3,258	1,005
Spongiidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	9	7	10	16	34	15	14	27	21	14
Squalidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	856	1,183	860	674	596	19	806	44	25
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	10	10	53	18	35	18	34	44	25
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)	406	1,366	1,195	2,132	2,503	1,897	2,393	2,200	1,745	2,352
Trachinus draco Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	24	8	5	19	46	103	16
Trachurus spp Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,627	2,625	2,503	2,382	3,704	4,116	4,755	6,326	3,899	5,635
Triglidae Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	57	83	83	61	66	79	107	87	115	141
Umbrina cirrosa Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	12	12	29	32	30	29	25	51	32	40
Xiphias gladius Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	176	181	178	354	298	378	352	346	414	468
Zeus faber Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	8	13	16	20	25	19	28	32	107	59
Total:			88,144	85,728	86,497	82,914	85,610	83,355	83,734	87,012	88,081	93,193

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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