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FAO Capture Production in Ecuador (t)     n = 111
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Acanthocybium solandri
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aequidens rivulatus
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alopias pelagicus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alopias spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alopias superciliosus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anadara spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anchoa nasus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bivalvia
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,500 2,700 2,700 2,800 3,000 3,500 4,320 4,400 4,000 4,000
Brachyura
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,300 1,700 1,700 1,700 1,800 2,000 1,800 2,400 2,500 2,000
Branchiostegidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brycon dentex
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinus falciformis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Centropomus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cetengraulis mysticetus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaetodipterus zonatus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cherax quadricarinatus
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chloroscombrus orqueta
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaena hippurus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crassostrea gigas
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dasyatis longa
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Decapterus macrosoma
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dosidicus gigas
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Engraulis ringens
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Etrumeus teres
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euthynnus lineatus
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 520 130 50 90 10 160 110
Euthynnus lineatus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 70 870 0 10 50 310 160
Fistularia corneta
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gempylidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Ecuador 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gymnura marmorata
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holothuroidea
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hoplias microlepis
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophoridae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus platypterus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isurus oxyrinchus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ecuador 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 160 320 0 20 550 630 1,410
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 8,810 11,770 4,530 4,300 7,570 16,860 6,170 9,310 11,260 16,240
Lobotes pacificus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira indica
Ecuador 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira indica
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira nigricans
Ecuador 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira nigricans
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manta birostris
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Megaptera novaeangliae
Ecuador 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius gayi
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mustelus henlei
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mustelus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mytilidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Octopodidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 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
Ophidiidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opisthonema libertate
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis niloticus
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157
Osteichthyes
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 29,800 30,900 32,000 33,500 35,000 42,000 18,800 22,000 25,000 26,100
Panulirus gracilis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 200 200 500 600 600 38 48 50 50 250
Penaeus brevirostris
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus californiensis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus occidentalis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus stylirostris
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus vannamei
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 6,150 5,850 6,600 7,295 5,490 5,950 6,900 5,194 6,119 7,787
Perciformes
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 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
Prionace glauca
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Protrachypene precipua
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudocurimata boulengeri
Ecuador 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda chiliensis
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda chiliensis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 10 10
Sarda orientalis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinops sagax
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaenidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 35,000 41,900 55,200 95,000 110,000 132,000 236,000 370,000 550,000 528,623
Scomberomorus sierra
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 100 10 10 40 10 0 0
Scombroidei
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 10 0 0 10 230 60 290 580 330 180
Selene peruviana
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serranidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena ensis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyrna lewini
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyrna zygaena
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyrnidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squatina californica
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stromateidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Strombus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 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
Testudinata
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 300 200 500 500 500 600 600 1,000 1,669
Tetrapturus audax
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Ecuador 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 600 420 0 50 440 320 210
Thunnus albacares
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 7,190 7,030 3,240 4,390 9,410 10,750 4,990 5,750 6,660 9,520
Thunnus obesus
Ecuador 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 10 180 170 20 110 480 510 590 2,050 1,840
Trachurus murphyi
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trichiuridae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Triglidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ucides occidentalis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Veneridae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 90,970 102,230 106,640 151,065 174,970 213,698 280,038 421,354 609,399 598,597

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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