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FAO Capture Production in Ecuador (t)     n = 111
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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 1,348 1,058 1,728 1,659 1,113 510 126 586 390
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 9,051 7,396 2,537 6,857 4,201 48,913
Bivalvia
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 21 2,440 478 2 2 6 10 10 10 10
Brachyura
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 150 565 530 683 750 750 750 750 600 600
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 0 465 497 1,328 199 65 45 839 1,632
Carcharhinidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 337 330 444 766 570 643 1,173 103 144
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) 22,982 20,160 46,162 57,742 27,164 23,418 26,354 89,157 44,474 27,221
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 8,346 17,999 1,706 952 565 1,409
Coryphaena hippurus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 10,783 10,281 12,381 11,848 14,256 11,588 9,384 4,202 4,500 4,750
Crassostrea gigas
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 9 220 9 1 5 5 5 5 5 5
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 8,185 23,484 30,748 4,946 34,349 1,095 8,873 3,636
Euthynnus lineatus
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 170 40 0 0 50 0 270 0 0 0
Euthynnus lineatus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 50 220 50 80 90 160 100 50 260 10
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 20 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 1,091 500
Holothuroidea
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 12 29 152 12 12 12 12 15 15 15
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 3,727 6,962
Istiophorus platypterus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isurus oxyrinchus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 142 318 338 586 137 117 39 37 24
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) 4,360 230 110 650 570 2,330 7,160 5,220 21,110 19,100
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 28,208 26,290 28,621 23,210 15,431 32,060 30,308 49,720 47,910 108,000
Lobotes pacificus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 626 299 1,476 85 90 90 90 100 100 100
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 2 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) 0 429 496 708 751 782 278 330 108 1
Mytilidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 140 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 5
Octopodidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 5
Odontoceti
Ecuador 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 3,741 227 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) 41,684 23,366 29,229 20,314 69,892 40,911 41,041 43,145 40,530 22,253
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) 600 579 332 372 300 300 300 400 400 400
Osteichthyes
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 38,630 95,295 8,250 23,695 16,284 18,958 9,237 2,220 4,030 91,862
Panulirus gracilis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 125 313 82 33 50 50 50 50 50 50
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 73 73 60 50 20
Penaeus occidentalis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 67 67 60 50 20
Penaeus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 344 344 350 300 125
Penaeus stylirostris
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus vannamei
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 8,303 13,587 13,900 14,048 10,000 6,000 4,497 4,000 3,000 1,100
Perciformes
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,550 3,880 1,223 1,168 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Ecuador 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 4 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 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda chiliensis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda orientalis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinops sagax
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 29,118 19,779 5,010 23,652 212 75,916 356,480 57,191 1,012 8,821
Sciaenidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 1,977 2,532 10,427 3,091 2,486 316 3,300 7,320
Scomber japonicus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 74,473 61,939 26,322 45,322 38,991 57,950 79,484 192,182 44,716 28,307
Scomberomorus sierra
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Ecuador 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 120 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 140 540 990 220 308 0 0 0 0 0
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) 0 344 221 913 242 201 257 206 146 66
Squatina californica
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stromateidae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 517 2,748 20,545 0 0 426 0 0
Strombus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2 7 20 5 5 22 10 10 10 10
Strongylocentrotus spp
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Testudinata
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10
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) 3,160 2,840 1,880 380 400 880 2,140 3,030 9,210 6,650
Thunnus albacares
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 19,172 19,967 11,452 17,910 23,173 17,890 17,174 18,220 30,310 51,960
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) 10 20 0 20 690 370 1,280 1,470 6,320 3,160
Thunnus obesus
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,965 1,314 1,412 1,806 3,276 7,360 16,612 23,390 13,880 15,760
Trachurus murphyi
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 138 23,123 22,818 9,946 23,723 174,393 56,781 30,302 25,900 19,072
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 22,634
Ucides occidentalis
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Veneridae
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 50 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 352 350 350 33 72 222 0 0 0 0
Total: 288,913 330,525 226,817 286,633 330,248 508,562 702,964 536,877 322,338 503,022

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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