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FAO Capture Production in Gabon (t)     n = 50 (See disclaimer below)

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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Albula vulpes Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	21	2	6
Ariidae Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	225	256	200	1,335	256	415	2,780	1,565	1,290	1,351
Brachydeuterus auritus Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	150	146	150	150	150	200	0	0	0	0
Brachyura Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	370	244	10	26	34	65	120	145	158	283
Caranx spp Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	31	47	594	404	91	4
Chrysichthys spp Gabon	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	1,000	1,500	2,000	2,124	1,131	1,950	380
Crustacea Gabon	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	30	36	44	50	6
Cynoglossidae Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	37	63	220	242	178	209	310	411	492	386
Decapterus spp Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	19	31	170	216	216	106	33	20	18	76
Dentex spp Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	300	595	930	756	477	776	820	522	1,047	423
Drepane africana Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	113	188	210	269	189	330	270	222	281	290
Elasmobranchii Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	2	22	1,267	626	1,933	1,338
Epinephelus spp Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	75	125	160	88	114	264	250	94	190	136
Ethmalosa fimbriata Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	9,500	9,270	9,500	10,000	10,000	11,787	13,046	14,695	19,284	17,408
Euthynnus alletteratus Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	182	0	18	159
Galeoides decadactylus Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	375	689	1,590	1,598	1,045	1,876	3,805	3,174	3,484	2,808
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	281	439	620	531	508	897	780	853	1,728	1,062
Istiophoridae Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	4	5	0	523	7	0	0
Katsuwonus pelamis Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	1	11	51	26	0	59	76
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	29	3	5	2	0	1
Lutjanus spp Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	94	157	180	192	117	463	611	480	907	941
Mugilidae Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	51	271	254	233	382
Octopodidae Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	91
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Gabon	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	1,250	1,250	1,250	1,500	1,500	2,600	3,022	3,630	3,500	3,800
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	598	520	19	378
Osteichthyes Gabon	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	750	750	750	1,000	1,500	3,018	4,251	4,636	3,500	5,814
Osteichthyes Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,575	3,520	4,100	8,538	9,142	8,256	278	1,325	1,154	3,949
Pagellus spp Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	68	538	200	191	301	127
Panulirus spp Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	23	16	42	103	33	85	50
Parapenaeopsis atlantica Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parapenaeus longirostris Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	257	56	76
Penaeus notialis Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	806	925	950	512	606	867	950	828	2,272	93
Penaeus spp Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,165	335	1,099
Pentanemus quinquarius Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	292
Pleuronectiformes Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	12	31	24	75	93	65	84
Polydactylus quadrifilis Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudotolithus elongatus Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	525	877	530	176	904	986	946	769	1,584	2,079
Pseudotolithus spp Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,499	2,381	2,320	3,365	1,570	2,095	4,020	3,068	4,653	3,367
Pseudupeneus prayensis Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	177	224	100	573	76	57
Rajiformes Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	3	33	172	173	90	197
Sardinella spp Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	1,174	1,897	878	746	128
Scomberomorus tritor Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	140	145	79	0	85	0
Scombridae Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	81	145	64	65	114	158
Scombroidei Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	27	56	33	157	52	186	92
Sphyraena spp Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	56	94	160	215	184	420	1,055	883	1,238	975
Testudinata Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	12	37	159	180	424
Thunnus albacares Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	12	88	218	225	225	295	225
Thunnus obesus Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	1	87	10	0	0	0	184
Xiphias gladius Gabon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			20,000	22,000	24,000	31,789	31,015	40,425	46,076	44,034	53,574	50,831

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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