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FAO Capture Production in Papua New Guinea (t)     n = 33
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Ariidae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850
Clupeoidei
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480
Crocodylus novaeguineae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (n) 16,018 20,668 18,798 18,482 40,358 20,082 22,070 15,904 16,955 18,840 17,605 11,365
Crocodylus porosus
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (n) 8,336 10,677 9,332 8,000 11,043 10,750 10,208 12,675 14,074 11,910 16,015 12,320
Eleotridae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,850
Euthynnus affinis
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ex Mollusca
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ex Pinctada spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 22 5 3 19 49 37 14 3 23 8 6 6
Ex Trochus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 224 345 438 467 349 402 516 426 360 277 274 335
Holothuroidea
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 1,824 1,453 326 492 484 612 666 796 500 573 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 33,940 48,275 72,408 98,069 147,043 142,681 161,126 163,696 132,574 154,313 146,182 118,138
Lates calcarifer
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350
Lates calcarifer
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 104 30 22 20 25 41 47 23 4 1 7 21
Macrobrachium spp
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Makaira indica
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 19 29 31 42 62 83 83 70 43 123 72 39
Makaira nigricans
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 58 96 101 135 196 195 173 203 143 96 210 312
Metapenaeus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 328 346 145 138 173 105 85 79 57 46 137 65
Natantia
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 135 117 72 92 139 83 59 48 34 76 169 84
Oreochromis mossambicus
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310 2,310
Osteichthyes
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 6,655 6,654 6,654 6,654 6,654 6,654 6,654 6,654 6,654 6,654 6,654 6,654
Osteichthyes
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 23,593 15,232 1,523 1,998 1,647 2,975 4,547 2,087 1,927 2,082 2,565 5,673
Panulirus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 197 131 111 98 92 117 72 86 49 72 58 57
Parastacidae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Penaeus merguiensis
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 1,136 1,017 453 506 601 665 387 335 302 265 553 296
Penaeus monodon
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 126 117 135 138 148 202 118 103 106 99 193 145
Scylla serrata
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 5 4 1 15 6 9 17 21 12 10 3 1
Stolephorus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus audax
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 7 13 13 18 14 11 15 14 4 17 11 11
Thunnus alalunga
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 159 124 142 857 1,681 2,256 1,811 1,598 464 906 883 305
Thunnus albacares
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 31,074 38,342 42,656 54,033 62,994 80,558 60,877 59,737 67,073 51,822 55,767 40,634
Thunnus obesus
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 3,645 6,065 9,499 6,663 13,723 9,944 9,356 4,983 5,571 5,977 5,421 5,479
Thunnus tonggol
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 12 22 22 30 73 98 80 82 81 79 93 125
Total: 109,862 124,913 141,160 176,844 242,601 254,135 253,019 247,461 222,444 230,057 225,824 184,885

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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