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FAO Capture Production in Venezuela (t)     n = 93
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Acanthocybium solandri
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 57 77 175 66 125 147 113 106 136 100
Arca spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 9,015 18,634 12,806 8,262 20,187 12,446 10,994 18,036 17,966 27,279
Ariidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 5,194 5,687 5,384 5,184 4,991 4,269 2,186 2,586 3,307 5,327
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,176 944 509 1,171 1,478 1,746 1,614 1,828 2,515 2,542
Brachyura
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 2,165 1,305 1,391 2,127 3,920 4,932 6,156 4,202 3,706 3,704
Caiman crocodilus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104,260 153,032 138,684
Callinectes sapidus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,353
Carangidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 43 19 7 38 7 7 20 20 9 42
Caranx spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 2,535 3,943 3,006 2,619 2,717 3,520 2,666 2,449 3,724 4,549
Carcharhinidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 4,181 4,675 4,409 5,319 6,238 5,507 7,190 5,929 7,415 5,702
Caretta caretta
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Centropomus undecimalis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,204 1,235 1,302 1,697 1,088 860 614 723 814 932
Cetengraulis edentulus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 5,005 4,159 5,930 5,057 2,438 3,721 595 210 1 14
Characidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 5,059 4,442 3,549 6,508 7,588 4,388 5,621 9,189 10,936 8,639
Chelonia mydas
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaena hippurus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaena hippurus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crassostrea rhizophorae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 16 575 1,240 755 727 783 530 464 318 484
Cynoscion spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 12,442 14,050 12,089 10,179 12,076 16,049 13,132 13,775 12,479 12,853
Cyprinus carpio
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 2,240 2,582 2,191 3,115 2,599 2,102 2,131 2,318 1,650 1,772
Eretmochelys imbricata
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euthynnus alletteratus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 721 791 311 573 644 1,050 1,123 1,467 1,236 1,374
Euthynnus lineatus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 10 0 0 0 50 20 10 20 0
Euthynnus lineatus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerreidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 110 0 30 280 15 6 9 6 1,092 28
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 4,024 7,253 3,674 4,998 6,186 5,737 5,919 6,018 3,789 4,659
Istiophoridae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 29 0
Istiophorus albicans
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 58 72 57 119 81 81 77 80 22 24
Isurus oxyrinchus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,890 4,900 12,645 12,778 16,526 11,070 8,088 7,580 3,849 3,002
Katsuwonus pelamis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 2,110 1,270 750 670 2,640 3,970 7,350 3,670 8,210 9,370
Katsuwonus pelamis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,070 2,060 1,440 2,330 4,550 3,170 3,030 6,640 2,480 5,160
Loligo spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 757 826 1,330 1,927 2,594 1,910 1,367 1,362 2,671 3,299
Lutjanidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 4,959 4,799 4,357 7,247 5,547 5,641 5,752 5,591 4,033 4,215
Makaira nigricans
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 81 106 83 172 117 219 218 60 76 149
Micropogonias furnieri
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 3,317 4,450 3,566 3,155 3,339 3,275 3,965 4,104 3,357 4,297
Mollusca
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 23 31 990 272 25 41 64 168 237 2,056
Mugil cephalus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 2,979 2,577 3,312 3,397 3,377 4,640 4,429 3,662 3,466 5,115
Mugil liza
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,934 2,363 3,783 2,011 1,923 1,522 1,266 1,740 2,117 3,241
Octopodidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 453 232 698 1,423 1,127 765 1,726 1,212 950 1,828
Ocyurus chrysurus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 820 200 211 212 262 473 351 388 464 674
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opisthonema oglinum
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,723 869 1,527 1,326 276 389 668 617 301 1,015
Osteichthyes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 5,452 4,553 6,517 6,992 7,810 6,804 7,902 6,992 8,062 8,156
Osteichthyes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 7,053 7,396 8,972 13,465 22,232 28,256 25,199 21,578 27,841 27,387
Osteichthyes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panulirus argus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 209 951 302 241 203 202 964 184 201 805
Penaeus spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 8,070 5,080 4,747 5,484 5,212 5,953 6,623 6,074 5,606 8,625
Peprilus spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 83 85 55 35 28 112 71 84 140 102
Perciformes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 4,558 5,502 5,873 4,610 2,145 805 1,114 2,183 2,524 3,645
Perciformes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 903 1,560 308 578 1,060 172 69 207 380 326
Perna perna
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 40 458 344 243 460 575 442
Pleuronectiformes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pomatomus saltatrix
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 533 486 348 349 364 336 432 414 549 1,233
Prionace glauca
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prochilodus spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 860 733 978 691 651 566 636 1,068 1,464 1,347
Sarda chiliensis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda sarda
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 861 833 864 554 748 774 1,401 1,020 1,153 1,783
Sardinella aurita
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 51,764 27,974 52,521 41,078 48,455 53,795 79,894 82,759 59,275 69,191
Scomber japonicus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 111 181 467 471 1,106 506 584 213 321 606
Scomberomorus brasiliensis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 2,791 2,375 1,677 2,121 1,870 1,997 1,538 1,471 1,743 1,987
Scomberomorus cavalla
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,361 1,566 1,905 1,910 924 833 933 940 1,335 1,128
Scombroidei
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 878 891 399 406 13 0 0
Scombroidei
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 40 0 60 80 40 10
Selar crumenophthalmus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,171 2,034 2,551 2,474 2,166 2,472 2,023 1,780 1,608 1,889
Selene setapinnis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,500 1,713 1,422 1,515 596 1,085 839 1,136 1,010 1,146
Seriola spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 157 215 345 204 124 169 147 222 348 413
Serranidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 163 159 83 78 158 109 62 65 61 140
Siluroidei
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 5,422 4,351 4,932 6,509 5,675 4,978 6,363 11,260 11,712 5,961
Sparidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 723 783 675 544 369 347 247 312 432 636
Sphyrna lewini
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Strombus spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 49 0 0 0 5 5 3 225
Testudinata
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Testudinata
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus albidus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 113 142 113 234 155 155 151 154 42 47
Tetrapturus pfluegeri
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 300 331 137 823 1,076 467 172 26 137 41
Thunnus albacares
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 5,397 4,500 14,426 26,576 21,879 21,169 11,755 11,137 10,949 15,567
Thunnus albacares
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 2,170 1,720 1,640 1,460 3,720 11,840 23,900 26,520 33,300 35,240
Thunnus albacares
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 4,980 5,390 2,880 7,060 6,660 10,140 6,470 9,070 6,520 9,920
Thunnus atlanticus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 947 1,448 1,240 652
Thunnus obesus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 661 1,684 999 4,284 4,142 2,918 1,136 349 332 115
Thunnus obesus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 20 0 0 0 0 20 20 40 10 0
Thunnus obesus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,290 2,160 910 990 1,680 660 1,060 220 140 200
Trachinotus spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 85 92 126 105 44 66 59 65 103 155
Trichiurus lepturus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,614 1,426 1,222 3,069 1,145 1,586 1,945 2,720 1,694 1,823
Veneridae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 5 22 58 1 215 138 201 302 278 425
Xiphias gladius
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 192 24 25 35 23 51 84 86 2 4
Total: 187,933 181,157 210,879 230,445 259,432 264,715 284,639 298,867 284,505 327,170

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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