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FAO Capture Production in Papua New Guinea (t)     n = 33
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Ariidae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 1,980 1,820 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) 500 460 480 480 480 480 480 480 480 480
Crocodylus novaeguineae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (n) 28,736 28,455 13,358 19,133 22,596 19,556 14,234 32,911 15,078 15,617
Crocodylus porosus
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (n) 6,494 4,016 5,083 8,415 7,551 12,908 10,597 8,578 12,138 9,388
Eleotridae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 1,980 1,820 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
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) 5 7 7 15 8 11 16 21 36 17
Ex Trochus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 346 164 282 181 222 320 178 210 282 233
Holothuroidea
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 825 1,746 1,893 1,440 627 1,335 1,788 1,515 2,037 1,185
Katsuwonus pelamis
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 947 8,313 6,291 6,526 22,166 17,661
Lates calcarifer
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 490 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350
Lates calcarifer
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 9 63 38 25 19 9 6 43 45 158
Macrobrachium spp
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Makaira indica
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 12 14 18
Makaira nigricans
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 1 7 3 25 31 36
Metapenaeus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 150 150 140 127 138 220 219 159 187 279
Natantia
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 200 150 100 60 94 84 104 59 50 99
Oreochromis mossambicus
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 2,480 2,280 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) 7,130 6,560 6,650 6,652 6,644 6,645 6,649 6,649 6,641 6,649
Osteichthyes
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 9,500 9,500 9,500 9,500 9,500 10,000 10,500 10,500 10,000 24
Panulirus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 80 90 100 104 182 206 165 205 217 203
Parastacidae
Papua New Guinea 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 5 5 5 3 11 10 6 6 14 6
Penaeus merguiensis
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 700 750 800 813 628 858 820 676 1,233 949
Penaeus monodon
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 150 150 150 144 123 137 109 99 209 164
Scylla serrata
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 20 20 20 20 27 28 25 24 23 22
Stolephorus spp
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus audax
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 1
Thunnus alalunga
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 6 38 101 104 129
Thunnus albacares
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 8 384 3,948 3,535 9,585 22,449 17,768
Thunnus obesus
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 50 433 708 3,187 6,008 3,421
Thunnus tonggol
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Papua New Guinea 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 6
Total: 26,204 25,919 26,241 25,741 26,223 39,090 37,815 46,218 78,280 55,623

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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