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FAO Capture Production in Ecuador (t)     n = 111
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Acanthocybium solandri
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 211 95 115 1 566
Aequidens rivulatus
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 14 48 39 70
Alopias pelagicus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 280 2,556 4,583 0 0 0
Alopias spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 519 599 454 714 487 675 893 304 0 1,766 3,358 0
Alopias superciliosus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 94 105 0 0 0
Anadara spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 522 215 0 0 370 371 336 599
Anchoa nasus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 26,965 36,840 35,108 26,162 33,975 20,158
Ariidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 369 254 129 109 576 3,107 4,084 2,504 2,889 317 1,103
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 9,648 5,738 9,806 36,297 19,710 6,544 13,023 21,829 19,338 34,956 37,670 43,812
Bivalvia
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 10 10 75 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 600 550 570 430 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Branchiostegidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 103 139 0 0 0
Brycon dentex
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 20 15 45 32 49
Carangidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 800 68 164 260 300 357 462 772 1,421 1,145 3,943 1,545
Carcharhinidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 170 1,944 1,499 541 430 289 121 31 26 573 1,780 0
Carcharhinus falciformis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 373 500 0 0 0
Centropomus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 3 0 92 0
Cetengraulis mysticetus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 13,762 73,537 18,290 19,492 5,061 9,672 12,332 1,079 26,925 7,586 741 13,012
Chaetodipterus zonatus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 29 16 0 0 0
Cherax quadricarinatus
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 95 84 114 74 86
Chloroscombrus orqueta
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,200 1,008 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,958 9,178 7,067 12,825 585 347
Coryphaena hippurus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 5,000 5,266 5,473 4,756 4,838 2,300 3,638 3,865 13,491 6,920 6,728 9,326
Crassostrea gigas
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dasyatis longa
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 135 45 0 0 0
Decapterus macrosoma
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,168 9,240 28,782 50,719 21,097 6,917
Dosidicus gigas
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 212 121 668 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 2,481 0 9,111
Engraulis ringens
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 2,071 71,013 33,384 11,273 39,908 76,606 58,309 44,566 20,152 0 2,977
Etrumeus teres
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 4,414 28 613 1,068 4,901 4,629 433 520 2,632 1,154 1,903 1,760
Euthynnus lineatus
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 2 66 0 17 5 25 12 45 52 2 70
Euthynnus lineatus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 270 1,824 1,060 35 99 332 85 1,120 231 277 752 1,007
Fistularia corneta
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 12,260 364 2,497 6,396 6,443 4,513
Gempylidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 212 28 642 770 448 1,826 1,884 822 193 661 971
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Ecuador 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gymnura marmorata
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 35 0 0 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 466 410 350 300 250 200 136 780 6 1,222 488 299
Holothuroidea
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 0 0 0
Hoplias microlepis
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 32 38 57 44 58
Istiophoridae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 2,385 1,773 1,612 1,730 965 696 235 235 85 1,702 662
Istiophorus platypterus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 211 359 245 41 0 48
Isurus oxyrinchus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 40 47 55 48 61 12 57 48 77 25 72 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ecuador 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 2,249 532 274 667 1,702 3,270 6,152 6,945 19,076 3,247 5,916 13,071
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 9,930 10,941 5,252 13,587 11,999 17,988 28,565 21,834 20,699 26,991 30,699 21,785
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 95,216 58,799 72,974 119,556 83,418 136,292 125,947 83,793 129,056 113,135 72,991 144,508
Lobotes pacificus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21 25 0 0 0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 100 100 90 130 123 135 145 155 165 175 199 0
Lutjanus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 24 70 18 54 20 36 51 18 0 0 0
Makaira indica
Ecuador 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4
Makaira indica
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 509 841 217 59 0 417
Makaira nigricans
Ecuador 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 11
Makaira nigricans
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 315 1,236 1,222 594 0 2,997
Manta birostris
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 0 0 0
Megaptera novaeangliae
Ecuador 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius gayi
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 52 391 0 0 0
Mustelus henlei
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 3 0
Mustelus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 27 134 56 21 17 160 23 12 5 2 2 7
Mytilidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Octopodidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Odontoceti
Ecuador 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ophidiidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 191 416 570 383 328 166 609 374 0 0 0
Opisthonema libertate
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 20,519 19,886 10,951 6,895 8,590 8,282 16,851 14,153 25,263 22,527 29,369 20,273
Oreochromis niloticus
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 19 18 27 22 43
Osteichthyes
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 350 350 300 300 250 250 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 174,250 54,709 30,000 51,350 55,900 27,000 1,564 1,289 3,049 1,150 731 976
Panulirus gracilis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 50 33 38 25 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus brevirostris
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 261 286 648 72 98 0 0 383
Penaeus californiensis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 372 714 793 274 241 0 360 1,022
Penaeus occidentalis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 6 212 96 0 1 0 42 511
Penaeus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,261 2,211 2,383 2,349 64 2 0 0 0 0 198 0
Penaeus stylirostris
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 188 253 134 5 0 0 0 383
Penaeus vannamei
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 1,171 982 880 21 32 0 0 256
Perciformes
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Ecuador 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prionace glauca
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 496 646 832 0 0 0
Protrachypene precipua
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,645 6,094 7,012 7,064 3,960
Pseudocurimata boulengeri
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 36 30 47 34 56
Rajiformes
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 234 62 223 0 42
Sarda chiliensis
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda chiliensis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda orientalis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 13 437 11 10 850
Sardinops sagax
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 51,648 42,143 1,924 632 544 4 9 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaenidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 3,000 1,558 993 2,172 2,670 2,622 1,382 1,019 719 558 596 806
Scomber japonicus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 84,324 85,378 17,073 33,273 51,806 115,406 37,665 43,171 21,758 36,679 52,751 31,799
Scomberomorus sierra
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 754 145 103 25 17 8
Scombroidei
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 1,078 1,401 190 2,118 3,822 2,714 1,846 14
Selene peruviana
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,287 6,289 3,915 3,923 676 132
Serranidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 43 212 206 88 139 184 556 296 0 0 0
Sphyraena ensis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 44 451 44 0 0
Sphyrna lewini
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 52 26 0 0 0
Sphyrna zygaena
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 130 271 0 0 0
Sphyrnidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 51 66 56 76 149 98 108 47 30 96 304 0
Squatina californica
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 81 14 4 6 16 0 0 0
Stromateidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,451 52 63 12,633 2,774 1,295
Strombus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Strongylocentrotus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Testudinata
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus audax
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 373 481 364 189 0 657
Thunnus alalunga
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Ecuador 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 771 313 47 173 206 769 1,328 768 3,025 449 1,008 2,053
Thunnus albacares
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 4,910 3,963 5,607 8,506 5,580 3,512 6,432 4,856 4,776 5,709 5,147 6,343
Thunnus albacares
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 32,045 47,973 30,775 32,292 43,155 42,945 24,199 18,626 17,354 19,263 22,707 25,506
Thunnus obesus
Ecuador 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 972 212 106 722 1,143 1,154 2,043 1,474 3,314 732 1,526 2,921
Thunnus obesus
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 4,230 3,152 3,513 4,344 5,523 6,968 9,373 10,128 6,959 11,883 14,989 10,245
Thunnus obesus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 25,168 19,503 17,339 15,861 24,065 20,125 25,448 22,552 35,299 24,025 16,229 19,128
Trachurus murphyi
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 7,144 134,011 604 0 0 0 0 927 0 19,834 4,613 69,373
Trichiuridae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 13,196 3,382 3,000 2,000 1,000 500 464 514 0 3,501 2,464 2,373
Triglidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 27,129 1,428 1,050 700 400 100 1 2,738 1,586 1,796 404 3,676
Ucides occidentalis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 207 175 0 0 0 243 202 600
Veneridae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 617 508 263 1 127 718 586 1,257 802 490 904
Total: 596,479 587,760 319,169 399,526 356,774 464,387 469,060 408,926 505,571 498,678 399,227 508,454

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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