Back to Search

FAO Capture Production in Papua New Guinea (t)     n = 33
(See disclaimer below)
All Years  |   1950 - 1959  |   1960 - 1969  |   1970 - 1979  |   1980 - 1989  |   1990 - 1999  |   2000 - 2011  |        Back to Menu
Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Ariidae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crocodylus novaeguineae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (n) 0 0 0 51,439 62,948 17,690 23,379 26,571 30,886 35,474
Crocodylus porosus
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (n) 0 0 0 11,453 7,272 6,974 6,257 6,618 7,157 7,626
Eleotridae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euthynnus affinis
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 300 300 300 300 150 30 93 114 26 52
Ex Mollusca
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ex Pinctada spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ex Trochus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holothuroidea
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 2,354 16,862 11,785 27,300 40,214 15,625 24,358 20,106 45,760 23,976
Lates calcarifer
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lates calcarifer
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 400 394 241 284 352 179 210 170 207 221
Macrobrachium spp
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 100 100 100 100 100 0 0 5
Makaira indica
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira nigricans
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Metapenaeus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 100 162 68 145 119 207 238
Natantia
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 11 0 66 184 223 50
Oreochromis mossambicus
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 10 11 12 15 22 40
Osteichthyes
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,000
Osteichthyes
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 12,000 12,000 12,100 15,100 5,000 15,000 15,000 0 0 0
Panulirus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 300 300 300 300 340 265 106 89 85 25
Parastacidae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 0 0 5
Penaeus merguiensis
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 100 100 300 100 422 297 462 432 548 634
Penaeus monodon
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 75 32 94 106 127 123
Scylla serrata
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 450 450 450 450 13 16
Stolephorus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 100 600 800 1,100 1,295 950 980 1,761 1,907 1,222
Tetrapturus audax
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 74 112 1,345 916 1,416 1,744 8,563 4,009 3,099 2,881
Thunnus obesus
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus tonggol
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 30 20 20 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 15,628 30,668 27,271 45,600 50,027 34,774 50,671 27,555 52,224 34,488

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.

Disclaimer: This service is offered by FishBase and may not be compliant with FAO INFORMATION DISSEMINATION quality assurance rules. FAO statistics can be downloaded or queried online at the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics page.

cfm script by , 23.09.02 ,  php script by , 23.11.09 ,  last modified by mortiz, 10:41 AM 09/06/10