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FAO Capture Production in Morocco (t) n = 160
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Acanthocybium solandri Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acanthocybium solandri Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alosa spp Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	87	125	75	46	10	20	10	5	5	5
Alosa spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	205	237	165	81	17	39	41	131	94	90
Alosa spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	4	16	0	0	213	0	301	141	0	0
Anguilla anguilla Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	20	30	50	100	100	100	100	100	35	30
Anguilla anguilla Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	5	26	13	5	2	3	14	12	9	4
Anguilla anguilla Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	86	121	33	5	0	5	0	1
Argentina spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argentina spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	968	1,267	1,126	1,271	198	424	302	465	194	599
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	10	14	77	57	52	48	175	178	811	1,177
Bivalvia Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	10
Boops boops Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	615	497	632	787	717	885	731	591	259	534
Boops boops Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,442	1,799	2,210	2,819	1,956	3,026	2,581	2,126	1,708	2,349
Brachyura Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	23	12	20	10	11	28	44
Brachyura Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Campogramma glaycos Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Campogramma glaycos Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Citharidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Citharidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Conger conger Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,348	1,630	1,382	1,785	1,975	1,141	1,533	1,419	1,722	1,655
Conger conger Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	7	1
Corallium rubrum Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Corallium rubrum Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3	0	0	0	1	4	3	6	7	6
Crustacea Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	8	18	14	5	10	3	0	0	0	5
Crustacea Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	3	4	282	3	7	15	19	26
Cyprinidae Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	300
Dicentrarchus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dicentrarchus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Diplodus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	556	650	691	829	1,063	1,487	2,115
Diplodus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	8	10	3	6	5	6	13
Elasmobranchii Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	468	613	839	841	824	1,063	927	892	1,438	1,717
Elasmobranchii Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	29	37	9	29	21	43	31	22	35	40
Engraulis encrasicolus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,337	2,702	2,699	1,997	10,676	2,947	2,162	2,752	8,855	7,928
Engraulis encrasicolus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	7,127	19,533	16,717	10,941	10,781	3,233	4,851	554	301	84
Epinephelus aeneus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus caninus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	26	0
Epinephelus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	13	11
Euthynnus alletteratus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	16	19	26	19	15	447	47	108	49	14
Euthynnus alletteratus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	61	12	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
Galeorhinus galeus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	148	371	348	493	402	619	781
Halobatrachus didactylus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Homarus gammarus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	24	58	72	56	23	56	43	27	25	14
Homarus gammarus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Istiophorus albicans Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isurus oxyrinchus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuwonus pelamis Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	5,001	3,017	3,956	2,531	885	1,002	1,220	1,028	428	295
Katsuwonus pelamis Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	1	0	13	2	13	0	0
Lithognathus mormyrus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithognathus mormyrus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,101	4,307	2,369	2,746	3,316	1,785	2,139	4,735	5,092	5,348
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	14	12	20	13	11	28	63
Lophius spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	313	192	224	124	135	138	127
Lophius spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	15	29	62	68	65	63	69
Maja squinado Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maja squinado Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Makaira nigricans Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merluccius merluccius Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,598	2,000	2,170	1,983	2,124	3,430	3,372	4,089	4,026	4,635
Merluccius merluccius Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	50	61	502	35	48	90	124	50	61	116
Mollusca Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	291	290	251	324	270	455	602
Mollusca Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	12	179	240	0	27	19	12	3	24	28
Mugilidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	325	337	396	388	339	375	858	1,634	2,446	302
Mugilidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	21	0	12	1	13	22	24	9	15	10
Mullus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	94	85	137	169	123	117	153	377	349	393
Mullus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	185	153	168	218	241	363	379	383	543	396
Muraenidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mytilidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	19	24	3	20	13	22	2
Mytilus galloprovincialis Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	11	114	0	191	235	376	164	63	460	16
Natantia Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	9	1,013	1,013	1,699	1,376	1,563	927	1,285	1,946	4,045
Natantia Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	28	37	25	32	74	128	84	61	110	119
Nephrops norvegicus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	951	19	20	25	15	107	10	4	7	5
Nephrops norvegicus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	7	5	5	3	3	3
Octopodidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	6,414	13,590	22,400	31,977	31,082	20,583	30,808	23,244	39,053	42,794
Octopodidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	226	529	717	492	205	80	98
Oncorhynchus mykiss Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orcynopsis unicolor Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	596	968	483	0	0	83	33	487	1,422	1,058
Orcynopsis unicolor Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	26	8	7
Osteichthyes Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	300	300	800	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,500
Osteichthyes Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	19,217	20,724	31,175	54,792	57,615	62,095	108,732	93,137	80,803	21,463
Osteichthyes Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,790	7,915	1,699	1,259	1,385	1,227	1,326	1,400	886	935
Pagellus acarne Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagellus bellottii Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagellus erythrinus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagellus erythrinus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagellus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagrus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	76	14	7	65	124	55	85
Pagrus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	4	2
Palaemonidae Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Palinurus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	21	44	53	50	68	62	71	63	88	119
Palinurus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1
Phycis blennoides Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	19	15
Phycis spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	223	178	0
Plantae aquaticae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	122	122	700	200	600	500	500	700	703	700
Plectorhinchus mediterraneus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plectorhinchus mediterraneus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectiformes Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	748	845	699	1,244	980	1,596	1,783	2,105	2,009	2,224
Pleuronectiformes Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	43	0	2	9	29	6	6	16
Pomatomus saltatrix Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	22	72	62	77	130	71	36	40	68	38
Pomatomus saltatrix Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	1	10	1	0	1	13	8
Psetta maxima Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Psetta maxima Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rajiformes Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	907	1,139	1,058	1,147	1,092	1,303	1,112	1,306	1,650	1,385
Rajiformes Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	192	20	88	80	132	158	187	106	47	34
Rhodophyceae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	5,005	5,005	5,005	5,170	4,590	4,500	4,500	4,500	3,875	5,895
Sarda sarda Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	312	477	535	561	310	268	251	241	589	566
Sarda sarda Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	62	309	71	92	75	57	51	127	108	28
Sardina pilchardus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	202,478	237,149	163,099	219,825	150,766	205,358	258,131	246,767	290,605	312,138
Sardina pilchardus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	9,403	6,512	6,487	8,918	13,195	13,171	18,970	28,123	17,859	17,966
Sardinella aurita Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sardinella maderensis Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sardinella spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	24	62	242	282	98	74	202
Sardinella spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	1,717	2,951	3,860	2,439	1,575	1,052	1,043
Sarpa salpa Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sarpa salpa Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sciaenidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,160	1,696	2,334	2,497	2,498	2,337	1,891	2,301	2,046	3,883
Sciaenidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	1	2	5	7	9	0	1	1
Scomber japonicus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	24,087	20,873	56,923	54,975	127,348	92,917	101,730	28,329	37,808	35,334
Scomber japonicus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	110	149	16	150	2,967	361	111	260	173	240
Scombroidei Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scombroidei Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scorpaenidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	200	171	176	177	241	273	232
Scorpaenidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Scyllaridae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scyllarides latus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	4,195	7,984	11,000	9,973	11,306	12,354	12,059	9,536	10,612	12,062
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	174	52	124	98	142	157	141	273	81	97
Solea solea Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	578	743	676	670	529	607	865	591	700	665
Solea solea Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	46	70	22	17	28	37	45	19	21	42
Sparidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,042	2,717	3,053	3,557	3,023	2,935	3,202	3,824	4,572	4,698
Sparidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,429	798	719	887	979	917	993	747	827	1,102
Sparus aurata Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	263	217	232	154	282	260	3
Sparus aurata Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spondyliosoma cantharus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	112	78	91	67	126	38	166
Spondyliosoma cantharus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
Thunnus alalunga Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	113	0	0	0	0	41	0	0
Thunnus alalunga Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus albacares Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,243	4,817	4,540	2,331	614	2,270	2,266	1,529	0	0
Thunnus obesus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	387	622	625	552	120	30	0	8	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	161	177	993	365	171	86	288	356	437	451
Thunnus thynnus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	2	0	1	4	12	56	116	140	295
Trachinus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachinus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachurus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	16,854	14,583	10,187	14,325	8,996	11,014	12,436	12,393	14,720	13,240
Trachurus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3,205	2,914	3,873	4,327	5,308	6,847	3,855	2,950	3,318	4,053
Trichiurus lepturus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	714	153	187	278	419	578	794
Trichiurus lepturus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Triglidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	651	728	707	817	912	907	791	1,083	1,060	901
Triglidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	3	12	0	18	20	16	16
Trisopterus luscus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	801	924	1,324	991	1,660	1,718	2,253	2,013	1,539	1,579
Trisopterus luscus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	2	0	6	25	2	4	5
Umbrina canariensis Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Umbrina canariensis Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xiphias gladius Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	136	124	91	129	81	137	181	197	196	222
Xiphias gladius Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	43	39	38	92	40	62	97
Zeus faber Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	176	257	224	233	172	184	200	307	339	294
Zeus faber Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	2	4	3	2	2	4	5
Total:			330,198	390,499	363,715	453,875	467,455	473,151	595,410	493,968	551,704	520,343

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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