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FAO Capture Production in Tunisia (t)     n = 90
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Alosa spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anguilla anguilla
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 340 234 224 373 390 130 192 202 150 206
Argyrosomus regius
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aristeus antennatus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 334 334 69 30 28 195 173 187 38
Atherinidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 254 594 141 116 338 6
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 985 985 35 20 13 14 13 26 93 45
Balistes carolinensis
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 34 23 59 38 52 58 34
Belone belone
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 132 145 308 209 114 48 141 273 272 382
Boops boops
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,315 1,328 1,522 1,529 1,491 1,636 1,928 2,205 2,466 3,890
Carcinus aestuarii
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 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
Conger conger
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 11 6 0 14 14 5
Corallium rubrum
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
Coryphaena hippurus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 356 310 179 340 366 434 399 538 1,088 919
Crustacea
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 1 1 1 8 1 72 1
Dentex dentex
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 294 294 357 214 250 167 227 346 375 291
Dicentrarchus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 442 579 527 316 316 379 430 96 529 540
Diplodus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 209 209 413 407 345 2,292 2,706 3,177 2,055 3,036
Eledone spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 668 252 392
Engraulis encrasicolus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 56 58 106 20 106 119 19 55 114 199
Epinephelus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 451 451 669 381 302 236 265 416 334 382
Euthynnus alletteratus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,113 1,343 664 242 204 696 824 333 1,113 752
Ex Mollusca
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Homarus gammarus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1
Lepidopus caudatus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 248 140 263 173 0 26 7 57 423
Lichia amia
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 260 208 176 134 100 101 93 145 160 112
Lithognathus mormyrus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 917 694 661 781 683
Littorina littorea
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loligo spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 159 157 201 214 277 240 230 253 288 348
Lophius spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 32 21 7 6 33 30 44
Merluccius merluccius
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 372 433 710 818 840 744 685 922 537 1,069
Metapenaeus monoceros
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Tunisia 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,158 1,157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugil cephalus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,453 3,527 3,529 2,765 2,223 2,062 1,345 1,309 1,525 238
Mugilidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 712 712 700 516 594 375 932 1,472 2,272 1,383
Mullus barbatus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,378 1,159 1,058 1,168 1,032 1,108 1,287 1,394 1,228 1,250
Mullus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mullus surmuletus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,159 1,402 2,008 1,448 1,506 1,140 1,161 2,406 1,459 1,504
Mustelus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 956 113 427 187 142 128 640 132 826 997
Mytilus galloprovincialis
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nephrops norvegicus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 1 15 2 3 1 4 2
Oblada melanura
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 20 19 40 17 22 24 43 36 29 146
Octopus vulgaris
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 6,417 6,337 7,544 3,350 1,841 1,868 3,460 5,681 3,129 2,349
Orcynopsis unicolor
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Tunisia 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 100 100 100 400 243 440 706 1,010 896 808
Osteichthyes
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 19,518 19,600 5,058 16,251 22,469 18,828 18,813 5,112 12,965 9,617
Ostrea edulis
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 150 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pagellus erythrinus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 3,248 2,776 3,173 2,820 1,981 2,292 2,746 2,506 2,967 3,128
Pagrus pagrus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 192 193 305 237 230 272 254 327 362 388
Palinurus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 24 22 62 62 48 44 40 71 68 61
Parapenaeus longirostris
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 871 1,208 599 354 213 161 641 838 1,014
Penaeus kerathurus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,612 1,059 1,556 1,657 2,287 3,587 3,057 4,367 3,785 4,729
Phycis blennoides
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 127 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectiformes
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 118 118 118 114 177 96 52 110 178 217
Pomatomus saltatrix
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 1,596 3,153 2,049 1,270 653 1,317 1,426 787 748
Psetta maxima
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 638 627 1,534 614 551 460 489 803 836 922
Ruditapes decussatus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 1,383 1,538 1,036 1,343 396 77 57 48
Sarda sarda
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 488 305 643 792 305 413 560 611 855 1,350
Sardina pilchardus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 7,250 7,237 10,775 9,577 13,140 11,940 10,389 10,767 8,907 13,394
Sardinella spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 12,163 12,314 8,832 8,856 7,569 8,591 7,738 8,084 6,327 7,491
Sarpa salpa
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,326 182 1,764 974 972 916 750 1,127 1,151 1,124
Sciaena umbra
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaenidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 179 18 159 116 162 90 164 180 192 114
Scomber japonicus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 689 687 4,910 3,263 2,333 2,562 1,439 4,118 3,233 3,515
Scombroidei
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 3,941 0 20 309 105 115 215 657 6 814
Scorpaenidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 508 378 560 420 428 311 339 472 755 442
Scyliorhinus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 103 87 87 78 84 48 36 72 0 49
Sepia officinalis
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 5,909 5,879 7,053 6,315 5,121 3,517 4,340 6,479 4,935 6,622
Seriola dumerili
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 28 10 122 72 27 59 75 113 75 88
Serranidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,602 138 146 49 121 75 84 130 3,161 748
Solea solea
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 644 647 751 572 493 327 569 642 480 425
Sparidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,853 2,875 4,313 3,262 2,865 2,693 2,381 2,714 1,841 2,973
Sparus aurata
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 319 395 385 330 309 125 107 265 333 409
Sphyraena spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 72 0 70 52 52 36 49 69 100 103
Spicara maena
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 223 374 508 135 203 218 285 505 395 419
Spicara spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 374 219 401 406 345 382 335 485 3,258 1,005
Spongiidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 9 7 10 16 34 15 14 27 21 14
Squalidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 856 1,183 860 674 596 19 806 44 25
Squalus blainville
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squatina squatina
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 10 10 53 18 35 18 34 44 25
Thunnus alalunga
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus thynnus
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 406 1,366 1,195 2,132 2,503 1,897 2,393 2,200 1,745 2,352
Trachinus draco
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 24 8 5 19 46 103 16
Trachurus spp
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,627 2,625 2,503 2,382 3,704 4,116 4,755 6,326 3,899 5,635
Triglidae
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 57 83 83 61 66 79 107 87 115 141
Umbrina cirrosa
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 12 12 29 32 30 29 25 51 32 40
Xiphias gladius
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 176 181 178 354 298 378 352 346 414 468
Zeus faber
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 8 13 16 20 25 19 28 32 107 59
Total: 88,144 85,728 86,497 82,914 85,610 83,355 83,734 87,012 88,081 93,193

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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