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FAO Capture Production in Cameroon (t) n = 37
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Ariidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,500	1,670	1,100	1,058	960	1,059	1,064	1,087	1,448	1,452
Bothidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachydeuterus auritus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	6,600	6,600	7,479	7,137	5,608	4,984	4,695	5,681	5,893	5,913
Brachyura Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	17	28	25	27	20	19	35	27	27
Carangidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	44	96	107	141	233	356	477	309	312
Congridae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	30	19	64	14	17	48	53	38	38
Cynoglossidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	900	784	773	782	790	771	857	807	745	749
Drepane africana Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	500	340	223	266	261	252	265	334	287	290
Elasmobranchii Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	300	186	137	107	106	105	128	143	108	110
Epinephelus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	20	12	15	21	29	33	35	37	38
Ethmalosa fimbriata Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	18,000
Galeoides decadactylus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	318
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lutjanus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	10	5	2	1	2	3	13	1	1
Merluccius polli Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nematopalaemon hastatus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Cameroon	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	30,000	25,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000
Osteichthyes Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,640	3,290	3,406	476	430	230	435	604	714	3,000
Panulirus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	1	1	2	4	5	7	8	4	4
Penaeus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	940	1,759	2,360	2,358	1,960	1,696	1,816	2,438	980	975
Pentanemus quinquarius Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polydactylus quadrifilis Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	450
Polynemidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	600	449	552	596	692	887	929	1,037	764	2,000
Pomadasys jubelini Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudotolithus elongatus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	600	515	652	1,002	675	742	1,014	1,020	2,040	2,045
Pseudotolithus senegalensis Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudotolithus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	100	100	84	68	69	49	101	73	106	106
Pseudupeneus prayensis Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	3	3	3	0	5	0	0	0	0
Rajiformes Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	900	895	493	862	453	444	351	345	404	407
Sardinella spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	8,420	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	18,000
Sciaenidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,000	2,742	2,761	2,370	3,216	4,536	7,996	5,664	4,651	6,669
Scombroidei Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	9	13	42	15	3	5	2	2	2
Sparidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	800	170	152	207	238	160	215	235	244	243
Sphyraena spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	66	51	51	55	51	60	76	65	65
Trichiurus lepturus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			68,800	64,700	60,400	57,600	55,736	66,280	70,397	70,167	68,867	81,214

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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