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FAO Capture Production in French Polynesia (t)     n = 35
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Acanthocybium solandri
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 188 269
Coryphaena hippurus
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 87 62 45 467 256 178 257 427 437 429
Crustacea
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 15 15 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Echinodermata
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10
Elasmobranchii
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 420 365 387 367 347 427
Ex Trochus spp
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 27 19 0 68 0 0
Exocoetidae
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 54 25 26 0 0 55 92 0
Istiophoridae
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 61 10 68 45 98
Istiophorus platypterus
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isurus oxyrinchus
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1,479 1,308 1,176 741 1,110 1,400 1,400 1,126 1,560 1,386
Lampris guttatus
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 77 93 96 0 0 137
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanidae
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 81 109
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
French Polynesia
6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3
Makaira indica
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Makaira nigricans
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 36 71 124 246 388 462 464 378 368 440
Mollusca
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10
Osteichthyes
French Polynesia
6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 50
Osteichthyes
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1,959 1,489 1,469 4,665 4,339 4,200 4,332 4,820 4,585 4,538
Panulirus spp
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 4 4 3 3 3 20 20 40 51 50
Penaeus spp
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Promethichthys prometheus
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ruvettus pretiosus
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Scylla serrata
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
Sphyraena spp
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spongiidae
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taractichthys steindachneri
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus angustirostris
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus audax
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 3 8 26 69 104 72 110 149 102 162
Thunnus alalunga
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 375 491 310 800 974 1,027 1,616 2,697 3,227 2,641
Thunnus albacares
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 250 490 475 682 554 743 666 661 788 1,173
Thunnus obesus
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 5 46 58 164 166 184 186 310 403 278
Xiphias gladius
French Polynesia
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1 7 24 65 72 62 84 56 58 66
Total: 4,216 3,992 3,775 7,931 8,492 8,870 9,631 11,451 12,410 12,283

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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