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FAO Aquaculture Production in South Africa (t) n = 26
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Astacidae, Cambaridae South Africa	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	2 22	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Cherax tenuimanus South Africa	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	1 18	2 34	1 17	2 30	1 15	4 54	3 39
Clarias gariepinus South Africa	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	850 1,955	1,150 2,875	450 1,125	50 77	50 71	10 7	20 20	35 61	40 87	15 30
Crassostrea gigas South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	596 1,490	633 1,583	501 1,253	480 1,469	520 1,466	339 1,366	339 1,356	450 2,119	475 2,579	405 1,326
Cyprinidae South Africa	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	6 5	6 5	6 6	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Cyprinus carpio South Africa	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	20 19	35 33	48 48	20 20	20 20	20 20	12 13	35 61	45 98	20 39
Gracilaria spp South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	10 41	32 127	10 43	16 83	5 16
Haliotis midae South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	1 37	2 68	1 22	7 140	10 434	22 1,075	27 995
Labeo spp South Africa	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	5 8	4 7	6 11	6 11	7 15	10 24	10 21
Mactra glabrata South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	5 1	5 1	5 2	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Micropterus salmoides South Africa	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	2 4	3 5	4 9	5 16	7 23
Mugilidae South Africa	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	2 4	3 5	4 9	12 33	16 42
Mugilidae South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Mytilidae South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	1,077 1,134	345 317	400 338	338 327	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Mytilus galloprovincialis South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	1,131 1,357	1,758 2,110	1,086 1,358	2,000 1,836	2,300 1,946	1,918 1,853	1,698 1,698	2,500 2,441	2,650 2,878	2,300 1,883
Oncorhynchus mykiss South Africa	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	950 5,444	1,220 7,076	990 5,742	1,020 3,745	1,020 3,452	770 2,657	790 2,765	1,050 3,076	1,650 4,480	1,135 3,660
Oreochromis mossambicus South Africa	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	30 41	40 56	55 80	40 73	40 68	20 44	15 33	20 43	45 106	30 69
Oreochromis niloticus South Africa	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	20 37	20 34	5 11	0 0	0 0	25 59	55 126
Ostrea edulis South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	1 3	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus indicus South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	9 110	40 451	75 725	85 808	69 659	85 923	100 737
Penaeus japonicus South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	1 11	1 4	1 5	1 10	4 43	20 147
Penaeus monodon South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	39 390	30 367	10 113	10 83	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Plantae aquaticae South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	260 704	285 713	309 618	300 459	300 423	300 414	390 585	85 185	120 293	135 265
Psetta maxima South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Pyura stolonifera South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	20 50	35 88	30 75	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Ruditapes spp South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	5 20	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Total:			3,593 0	4,847 0	4,258 0	4,021 0	4,429 0	3,520 0	2,981 0	4,186 0	5,072 0	4,143 0

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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