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FAO Capture Production in Sao Tome and Principe (t)     n = 36
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Acanthocybium solandri
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 28 34 27 36 39 46 80 52 56 62
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 35 41 39 33 37 48 79 223 197 209
Balistidae
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 40 45
Boops boops
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 20 25
Caranx hippos
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 55 60
Caranx spp
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 150 160
Clupeoidei
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 22 14 14 17 25 26 20 0 20 30
Crustacea
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 5 3 3 4 6 6 4 5 75 7
Decapterus spp
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 55 60
Drepane africana
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 20 25
Elagatis bipinnulata
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 305 189 178 221 321 337 247 130 175 190
Epinephelus spp
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 40 25 24 29 42 44 33 31 40 45
Euthynnus alletteratus
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 52 46 48 41 40 43 40 50 39 37
Exocoetidae
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 314 195 184 229 333 350 256 939 1,000 1,100
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Hemiramphus spp
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 362 224 211 262 381 401 293 126 150 160
Istiophorus albicans
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 97 84 78 81 88 92 96 139 141 141
Katsuwonus pelamis
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 204 201 178 212 190 180 187 178 169 181
Lichia amia
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 30 19 18 22 32 34 25 36 45 50
Makaira nigricans
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 17 18 21 25 28 33 36 35 33 30
Mollusca
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 28 17 16 19 28 29 21 20 25 30
Osteichthyes
Sao Tome and Principe
1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,558 768 679 927 1,837 1,933 2,579 683 1,167 1,284
Pagellus spp
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 110 68 64 79 115 121 88 86 100 110
Polynemidae
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 94 58 54 67 97 102 75 75 100 110
Sciaenidae
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 90 56 52 66 96 101 71 30 40 45
Scomberomorus tritor
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 6 5 3 5 6 6 8 7 8 5
Scombroidei
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 9 7 0
Serranidae
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparidae
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 45 28 26 33 48 50 37 49 60 70
Sphyraena spp
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 27 17 16 20 29 30 22 56 70 80
Tetrapturus albidus
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 19 26 24 17 21 21 30 45 40 36
Thunnus albacares
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 164 187 170 181 125 135 120 109 124 114
Thunnus obesus
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 6 3 4 4 3 6 4 5 6 5
Xiphias gladius
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 181 179 177 202 190 178 166 148 135 129
Total: 3,840 2,506 2,309 2,833 4,159 4,356 4,620 3,546 4,362 4,635

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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