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FAO Capture Production in Tunisia (t)     n = 90
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Alosa spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anguilla anguilla
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 108 135 202 166 108 181 250 250 302 108 85 77
Argyrosomus regius
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Aristeus antennatus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 16 51 51 24 43 163 9 17 183 38 32 0
Atherinidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 57 309 122 60 0 0 0 92 14 139 94 132
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 15 2,300 932 989 1,760 1 1 0 1,021 1,011 2,370 940
Balistes carolinensis
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 50 62 96 114 134 74 85 47 163 187 246 219
Belone belone
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 98 307 349 308 267 259 190 152 161 155 166 139
Boops boops
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 3,052 2,852 3,209 3,435 2,995 2,814 2,871 2,584 2,729 2,883 2,812 2,886
Carcinus aestuarii
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 11 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cephalopoda
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conger conger
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 42 7 5 8 2 5 5 3 8 13 13 12
Corallium rubrum
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2 2 2 2 3 4 6 11 8 5 10 5
Coryphaena hippurus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 667 784 678 1,726 1,285 865 1,829 612 740 1,179 1,097 654
Crustacea
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 509
Dentex dentex
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 250 219 216 223 225 205 176 168 172 155 157 165
Dicentrarchus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 573 317 949 750 746 940 854 387 322 214 249 221
Diplodus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 3,084 3,241 3,226 409 437 373 334 344 347 352 371 410
Eledone spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 369 696 878 668 876 844 657 1,049 797 634 700 577
Engraulis encrasicolus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2 269 258 361 961 771 796 605 1,378 1,822 704 2,233
Epinephelus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 103 539 474 423 445 424 601 480 626 444 518 482
Euthynnus alletteratus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,453 1,036 960 657 633 496 568 1,056 834 872 805 800
Ex Mollusca
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Homarus gammarus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lepidopus caudatus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 411 375 263 559 323 279 393 440 542 320 491 247
Lichia amia
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 90 134 138 190 155 104 96 67 65 35 40 39
Lithognathus mormyrus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 656 781 663 677 678 868 1,135 915 637 484 545 632
Littorina littorea
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 18 5 11
Loligo spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 310 327 510 409 482 449 263 296 454 339 495 384
Lophius spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 39 35 43 42 11 7 36 31 32 24 35 47
Merluccius merluccius
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 974 1,284 1,538 1,202 1,552 1,295 1,336 1,255 1,422 1,237 1,311 956
Metapenaeus monoceros
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 757 1,607 2,078 2,582 1,564 1,325 1,111 69 477 258 0
Mollusca
Tunisia 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 131 177 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 1 10 8 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugil cephalus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,048 229 952 205 1,010 1,051 1,160 1,085 912 890 258 203
Mugilidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,306 3,016 3,010 3,246 2,554 2,457 2,279 1,934 1,841 2,010 2,263 2,431
Mullus barbatus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,600 2,632 2,045 2,908 2,732 2,335 2,236 2,807 3,194 3,657 3,633 2,918
Mullus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mullus surmuletus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,527 2,163 1,803 1,948 2,095 1,893 1,666 1,640 1,577 1,412 1,447 1,905
Mustelus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 121 192 186 156 150 192 166 110 149 204 258 963
Mytilus galloprovincialis
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 217 117 142 0 0
Nephrops norvegicus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 4 4 4 0 0 1 1 4 4 4 6 7
Oblada melanura
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 84 51 53 58 32 144 53 48 42 61 57 32
Octopus vulgaris
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,103 1,752 2,535 2,710 4,638 3,901 2,542 2,297 1,280 1,819 3,064 2,987
Orcynopsis unicolor
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 2 8 8
Osteichthyes
Tunisia 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 832 860 870 859 1,049 1,093 1,087 1,084 1,096 1,191 1,123 868
Osteichthyes
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 5,125 4,259 2,222 0 5,879 5,550 5,405 4,135 1,461 3,410 2,558 4,667
Ostrea edulis
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1 1 8 8 8 10 2 5 12 10 0 0
Pagellus erythrinus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 3,105 3,219 2,687 2,823 2,937 2,779 2,439 2,517 2,857 3,312 3,861 2,757
Pagrus pagrus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 460 416 400 427 478 504 486 405 337 279 297 624
Palinurus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 49 41 45 58 58 52 51 57 48 38 43 30
Parapenaeus longirostris
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,283 1,454 1,536 1,648 1,758 1,572 1,932 1,037 1,200 1,558 1,932 1,840
Penaeus kerathurus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 6,165 3,356 2,539 2,264 2,864 2,809 2,303 1,962 1,285 1,230 1,358 2,289
Phycis blennoides
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectiformes
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 190 205 194 316 230 79 83 78 85 85 80 0
Pomatomus saltatrix
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,096 1,037 1,285 1,018 0 1,000 298 138 167 182 157 152
Psetta maxima
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 974 1,113 1,092 917 793 651 630 642 686 715 802 715
Ruditapes decussatus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 755 544 1,002 513 527 621 487 615 537 481 433 0
Sarda sarda
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,528 1,183 1,112 848 1,251 1,666 1,970 1,961 1,532 1,451 1,779 1,415
Sardina pilchardus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 15,001 13,988 13,311 12,051 14,256 18,612 24,802 19,871 18,386 19,024 14,359 21,468
Sardinella spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 11,800 12,942 12,465 11,824 13,531 12,849 13,619 16,612 16,610 14,198 15,066 13,982
Sarpa salpa
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 951 1,024 1,071 1,048 1,010 1,204 1,146 1,177 950 867 866 854
Sciaena umbra
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 85 135 78 0 0 95 105 0
Sciaenidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 104 138 109 138 0 0 0 62 75 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,200 3,727 2,480 4,457 9,367 9,026 4,873 2,786 3,528 3,091 3,416 4,725
Scombroidei
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 905 989 4 0 1,187 0 0 0 721 1,614 1,525 1,500
Scorpaenidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 400 444 453 438 469 537 504 464 381 379 408 463
Scyliorhinus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 126 122 139 140 117 103 145 124 217 237 280 243
Sepia officinalis
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 6,002 7,148 7,995 7,188 6,008 6,204 6,404 6,717 4,913 3,924 4,722 6,371
Seriola dumerili
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 400 122 93 267 237 213 136 171 167 116 124 125
Serranidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 98 98 97 1,018 584 572 363 115 104 117 57 238
Solea solea
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 402 456 454 486 438 498 550 521 469 448 463 458
Sparidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 3,084 2,825 2,818 2,806 2,193 2,109 2,266 2,154 2,378 2,359 2,764 2,499
Sparus aurata
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 757 399 822 1,026 1,140 1,121 1,228 695 699 538 495 409
Sphyraena spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 95 96 122 157 113 110 69 84 130 129 160 129
Spicara maena
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 255 381 593 241 418 401 393 413 394 151 321 365
Spicara spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 646 572 858 1,025 1,002 878 776 720 572 372 348 188
Spongiidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 15 23 44 34 25 33 101 21 18 11 10 15
Squalidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 680 883 945 977 983 800 984 913 841 734 816 0
Squalus blainville
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69
Squatina squatina
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 20 22 13 41 10 14 36 15 52 74 86 0
Thunnus alalunga
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 711 683 680
Thunnus thynnus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,184 2,493 2,528 791 2,376 3,249 2,545 2,622 2,679 1,932 1,043 852
Trachinus draco
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 19 20 13 13 30 9 9 11 9 17 18 16
Trachurus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 4,917 4,204 4,746 4,096 6,998 5,540 7,839 9,462 8,934 8,221 9,371 6,321
Triglidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 168 198 346 344 359 308 258 242 204 156 136 151
Umbrina cirrosa
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 28 33 42 23 22 31 26 24 13 27 25 25
Xiphias gladius
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 483 567 1,138 1,172 791 1,074 949 1,024 1,011 1,012 1,041 1,050
Zeus faber
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 56 43 61 39 44 41 25 26 29 31 29 35
Total: 95,558 98,490 96,685 90,226 111,531 109,117 111,288 103,790 97,906 97,859 97,743 102,799

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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