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FAO Capture Production in Kenya (t)     n = 49
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Bagrus spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 642 430 2,532 1,243 88 61 62 40 526 140
Brachyura
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 56 54 51 56 65 64 55 67 51 80
Carangidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 379 360 228 233 207 199 248 188 224 209
Clarias spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 1,832 1,328 2,062 1,336 877 590 583 1,331 481 596
Clupeoidei
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 320 336 418 370 381 422 397 454 443 419
Crassostrea spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 21
Crocodylus niloticus
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,000 1,400 2,650
Crustacea
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 50 0 62 80 46 34 105 115 93
Cyprinidae
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 421 451 682 155 110 153 104 147 159 172
Cyprinus carpio
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 20 8 13 129 171 284 191 436 0 132
Elasmobranchii
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 809 186 265 228 280 249 292 267 264 276
Ex Mollusca
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 86 0 0 11 21 101 260 228 231 242
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 68 76 96 90 86 70 76 79 87 69
Haplochromis spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 3,636 916 2,549 612 41 6 3 183 1,336 4,759
Holothuroidea
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 10 12 32 76 50 12 66 78 91 70
Istiophoridae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 14 22 0 0 0 0 0 10
Istiophorus platypterus
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 71 97 33 45 63 70 81 77 82
Labeo spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 598 114 918 2,437 1,325 2,487 1,479 1,780 1,073 249
Lates niloticus
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 4,310 22,834 33,134 55,572 44,698 53,011 58,806 69,545 62,612 56,945
Lethrinidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 603 526 721 621 617 661 615 666 624 586
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 10 16 19 20 24 37 38 38 41
Lutjanidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 172 220 293 250 177 176 177 154 162 179
Makaira indica
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2 3 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 6
Mugilidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 136 161 155 143 105 105 115 165 99 126
Natantia
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 229 314 300 405 1,099 395 523 539 468
Octopodidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 14 17 26 30 42 39 63 54 55
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 5,669 3,744 4,273 6,209 6,836 2,363 2,415 4,086 1,656 6,630
Oreochromis niloticus
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 1,114 1,778 2,461 2,687 6,024 7,460 7,619 8,903 16,846 12,685
Osteichthyes
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 13,447 11,282 13,975 3,426 4,703 6,862 7,113 6,914 8,267 9,899
Osteichthyes
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 378 618 1,414 1,675 1,679 365 1,044 1,311 2,597 2,802
Panulirus spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 344 51 61 56 55 65 68 117 186 74
Perciformes
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 1,150 2,096 1,574 943 748 1,351 1,296 1,316 1,248 834
Perciformes
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 228 196 396 239 193 287 291 264 272 273
Procambarus clarkii
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 58 116 43 39 36 92 14 94
Protopterus spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 581 323 239 374 95 150 216 114 110 107
Rastrineobola argentea
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 9,443 7,635 10,419 16,444 19,437 25,866 34,518 30,345 36,525 45,463
Salmonoidei
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 335 350 169 275 315 319 264 214 118
Scomberomorus commerson
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 29 43 39 47 55 57 60 82 52 71
Scombroidei
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 4
Seriola spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 209 109 147 156 120 147 107 114
Siganus spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 594 602 612 747 555 633 657 633 536 569
Sphyraena spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 40 58 68 61 61 50 60 76 102 79
Synodontis spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 388 127 232 47 75 0 1 0 0 0
Testudinata
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2 14 48 76 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 67 171 204 322 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 159 148 150 237 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5 7 9 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 47,653 57,621 81,409 98,026 90,839 105,843 119,677 131,055 137,789 145,599

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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