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FAO Capture Production in Cameroon (t)     n = 37
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Ariidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,500 1,670 1,100 1,058 960 1,059 1,064 1,087 1,448 1,452
Bothidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachydeuterus auritus
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 6,600 6,600 7,479 7,137 5,608 4,984 4,695 5,681 5,893 5,913
Brachyura
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 17 28 25 27 20 19 35 27 27
Carangidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 44 96 107 141 233 356 477 309 312
Congridae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 30 19 64 14 17 48 53 38 38
Cynoglossidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 900 784 773 782 790 771 857 807 745 749
Drepane africana
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 500 340 223 266 261 252 265 334 287 290
Elasmobranchii
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 300 186 137 107 106 105 128 143 108 110
Epinephelus spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 20 12 15 21 29 33 35 37 38
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 18,000
Galeoides decadactylus
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 318
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 10 5 2 1 2 3 13 1 1
Merluccius polli
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nematopalaemon hastatus
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Cameroon 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 30,000 25,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
Osteichthyes
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,640 3,290 3,406 476 430 230 435 604 714 3,000
Panulirus spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 1 1 2 4 5 7 8 4 4
Penaeus spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 940 1,759 2,360 2,358 1,960 1,696 1,816 2,438 980 975
Pentanemus quinquarius
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polydactylus quadrifilis
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 450
Polynemidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 600 449 552 596 692 887 929 1,037 764 2,000
Pomadasys jubelini
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus elongatus
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 600 515 652 1,002 675 742 1,014 1,020 2,040 2,045
Pseudotolithus senegalensis
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 100 100 84 68 69 49 101 73 106 106
Pseudupeneus prayensis
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 3 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 900 895 493 862 453 444 351 345 404 407
Sardinella spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 8,420 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 18,000
Sciaenidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,000 2,742 2,761 2,370 3,216 4,536 7,996 5,664 4,651 6,669
Scombroidei
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 9 13 42 15 3 5 2 2 2
Sparidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 800 170 152 207 238 160 215 235 244 243
Sphyraena spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 66 51 51 55 51 60 76 65 65
Trichiurus lepturus
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 68,800 64,700 60,400 57,600 55,736 66,280 70,397 70,167 68,867 81,214

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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