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FAO Capture Production in Gambia (t)     n = 51
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Alectis alexandrinus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argyrosomus regius
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Ariidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,711 1,704 673 765 1,119 650 438 372 334 251
Balistidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx rhonchus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 115 96 40 66 104 66 43 59 125 113
Clupeoidei
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoglossidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 612 158 10 138 114 72 92 222 133 148
Drepane africana
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 241 81 30 31 27 20 34 44 42 24
Elasmobranchii
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 913 832 335 377 374 298 302 263 250 387
Elops lacerta
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 153 219 102 73 70 87 29 0 39 51
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,067 3,920 3,605 5,699 4,572 5,023 7,850 3,195 5,317 9,328
Galeoides decadactylus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Gastropoda
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 20 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 25
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 62 92
Lutjanus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 1,312 62 33
Mugilidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 144 190 95 119 180 66 53 152 47 34
Octopodidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 290 1,953 1,486
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Gambia 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 21 63 28 22 51 6 12 5 2 20
Osteichthyes
Gambia 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500
Osteichthyes
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 367 227 130 213 559 28 195 388 86 44
Pagellus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palinurus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 88 12 1 1 4 5 20 6 13 12
Parapenaeopsis atlantica
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus notialis
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 234 275 271 311 504 474 347 4,322 497 323
Pentanemus quinquarius
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plectorhinchus mediterraneus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 35 30 116 56 16
Polydactylus quadrifilis
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polynemidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 470 149 102 180 109 82 55 74 29
Pomadasys jubelini
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 177 244 135 135 155 86 92 181 140 64
Pomatomus saltatrix
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus elongatus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 53 278 127 84 145 110 102 59 26 33
Pseudotolithus senegalensis
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 506 721 297 312 396 366 8 14 297 199
Pseudotolithus senegallus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 294 261 0 217 240 2
Pseudotolithus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 585 1,031 280 309 6 16 483 247 305 136
Rachycentron canadum
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 342 22 4 38 0 0 1 6 6 3,516
Scaridae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaenidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 278 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Scomber japonicus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 138 811 596
Sparidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 132 0 6 8 0 16 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 317 623 146 99 228 114 218 179 58 43
Tetraodontidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachinotus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 367 106 48 51 93 104 127 69 122 80
Trichiuridae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 13,265 14,068 9,212 11,653 11,882 10,712 13,262 14,642 13,852 19,789

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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