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FAO Capture Production in Sri Lanka (t)     n = 41
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Acanthocybium solandri
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alopias spp
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,300
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 4,400 4,200 5,800 7,200 7,500 3,900 3,700 6,000 6,000 6,000
Carcharhinidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5,000 5,000 8,000 8,000 9,000 8,000 8,000 9,600 8,000 10,000
Carcharhinus falciformis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinus longimanus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 20,400 28,400 31,500 22,400 36,300 24,200 24,300 20,000 27,500 21,700
Crustacea
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 2,000 1,800 3,000 2,400 4,900 2,700 3,200 3,500 2,600 4,000
Elasmobranchii
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,100 3,500 2,300 4,100 2,200 1,800 1,600 4,300 4,700 4,800
Euthynnus affinis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ex Mollusca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holothuroidea
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophoridae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus platypterus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isurus oxyrinchus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 2,063 2,551 3,960 5,369 5,227 5,084 5,830 6,576 7,448 8,322
Makaira indica
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira nigricans
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 200 300 500 500 1,400 800 500 800 400 600
Odontoceti
Sri Lanka 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Sri Lanka 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 400 3,400 4,600 4,400 5,500 7,600 9,300 8,000 8,000 7,000
Osteichthyes
Sri Lanka 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 400 1,200 700 2,300 3,100 1,000 1,000 900 5,200 2,300
Perciformes
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 9,000 8,000 8,000 9,000 9,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 14,000 14,000
Prionace glauca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus commerson
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,295 1,288 2,229 3,170 2,713 2,256 4,143 6,028 5,894 5,760
Scomberomorus guttatus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus lineolatus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus spp
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombridae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 4,000
Scombroidei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,570 1,839 2,655 3,469 3,234 3,000 3,295 3,590 3,922 4,253
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyrnidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus audax
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,347 1,639 2,493 3,348 3,222 3,096 3,515 3,931 4,416 4,901
Thunnus obesus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus tonggol
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 51,175 63,117 75,737 75,656 93,296 76,436 81,383 86,225 101,080 98,936

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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