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FAO Capture Production in Eritrea (t)     n = 51
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Acanthopagrus bifasciatus
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Acanthuridae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 52 60 9 0 149 205
Balistidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 3
Belonidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bothidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23
Carangidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 48 697 818 13 184 386
Carcharhinidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 13 6 15 13 17 38
Chanos chanos
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 1
Elasmobranchii
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 6
Ephippidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus spp
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 56 50 0
Euthynnus affinis
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0
Ex Trochus spp
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 224 106
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 61 469 367 13 45 594
Istiophorus platypterus
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Labridae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leiognathidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
Lethrinidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 217 1,010 767 90 104 371
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 13 15 0 0 0 5
Lutjanidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 45 205 324 278 363 460
Mugilidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 4
Nemipterus spp
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 928 206 4 15 0 1,674
Osteichthyes
Eritrea 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 475 449 314 202 215 211 246
Palinuridae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1
Penaeus spp
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 15 13 2 0 9 75
Platax spp
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
Platycephalidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 18 14 0 0 0 21
Plectorhinchus schotaf
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pomacanthidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pomadasys argenteus
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Portunus spp
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Priacanthus spp
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Psettodes erumei
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 9 4 8 1 0 0
Rachycentron canadum
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 2 10 38 2 6 8
Rastrelliger kanagurta
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 40 75 58 2 0 20
Rhinobatidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
Sardinella spp
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scaridae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 2 15 9 0 0 3
Scomberoides spp
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 44
Scomberomorus commerson
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 49 191 200 210 250
Scombroidei
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 7 1 30 44 111 64
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 3 11
Serranidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 14 83 140 39 67 257
Siganus spp
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Sparidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 12 22 12 0 0 15
Sphyraena spp
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 37 109 185 21 57 150
Synodontidae
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 651 166 3 5 0 1,905
Thunnus tonggol
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 22 0
Upeneus spp
Eritrea 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 61 7 2 1 1 21
Total: 0 0 0 475 2,706 3,559 3,252 1,038 1,629 6,891

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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