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FAO Capture Production in Gambia (t)     n = 51
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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) 3 0 18 0 27 50 125 72 8 10
Ariidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 325 187 434 357 302 846 158 1,234 517 540
Balistidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 3 51 9 2 2
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) 97 42 55 73 88 73 174 124 147 160
Clupeoidei
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 53 27 8 12 10
Cynoglossidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 464 114 95 188 211 859 541 307 441 450
Drepane africana
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 97 126 43 44 42 118 151 104 23 30
Elasmobranchii
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 620 395 194 316 480 498 415 3,223 606 630
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) 86 52 33 42 54 118 62 53 30 30
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 8,039 17,646 12,019 14,053 16,897 13,897 22,648 21,523 21,952 22,750
Galeoides decadactylus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 4 347 71 99 41 88 140 146 57 60
Gastropoda
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 13 0 0 0 55 194 227 128 230 250
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 161 60 66 126 124 1 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 94 53 56 61 67 127 27 150 86 90
Mugilidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 21 2 22 23 18 279 475 278 66 70
Octopodidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,093 829 503 277 141 6 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Gambia 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 1,200 1,100 1,100 1,000 1,000 1,050 1,050 1,050 1,050 1,050
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 14 5 18 75 5 94 198 85 23 20
Osteichthyes
Gambia 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 1,500 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,450 1,450 1,450 1,450 1,450
Osteichthyes
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 57 16 17 186 37 27 18 59 0 0
Pagellus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 123 76 9 12 20
Palinurus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 94 51 22 125 44 26 84 37 86 80
Parapenaeopsis atlantica
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus notialis
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 343 2 0 0 559 367 339 0 399 400
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) 37 41 54 43 39 102 156 101 160 170
Polydactylus quadrifilis
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 145 78 67 154 72 94 179 110 83 90
Polynemidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pomadasys jubelini
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 240 256 83 142 120 307 498 350 220 230
Pomatomus saltatrix
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 20 23 31 8 75 80
Pseudotolithus elongatus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 18 24 116 92 50 328 242 214 163 170
Pseudotolithus senegalensis
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 11 347 24 28 37 230 182 160 109 120
Pseudotolithus senegallus
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 388 158 161 357 216 449 355 225 264 270
Pseudotolithus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 528 0 232 769 202 414 473 412 327 340
Rachycentron canadum
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 6 0 0
Sardinella spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 897 0 4 3 0 1 11 86 64 70
Scaridae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaenidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 2,217 407 406 182 62 325 184 137 98 100
Sparidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,305 901 520 763 146 446 129 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 167 213 104 202 105 170 355 144 116 120
Tetraodontidae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 16 125 28 100 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2 16 15 0 0 14 0 0 1 1
Trachinotus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 8 20 7 1 2
Trachurus spp
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 175 117 93 128 104 336 312 133 119 130
Trichiuridae
Gambia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 5 5
Total: 21,602 24,985 18,045 21,308 22,781 23,752 31,601 32,254 29,002 30,000

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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