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FAO Capture Production in Cameroon (t) n = 37
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Ariidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	505	490	313	334	600	976	886	640	370	520
Bothidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachydeuterus auritus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,291	3,200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachyura Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	20	19	42	40	40	32	18	20	20	20
Carangidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	18	18	30	5	5	6	5	5	2	2
Congridae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	35	34	13	14	10	5	6	6	5	5
Cynoglossidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	834	810	701	653	700	753	748	700	594	455
Drepane africana Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	93	90	96	39	50	111	72	75	78	94
Elasmobranchii Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	68	66	157	92	80	59	48	50	55	86
Epinephelus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1	1	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	0
Ethmalosa fimbriata Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	18,000	17,480	16,000	16,000	18,600	24,000	24,000	23,500	23,000	23,500
Galeoides decadactylus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	542	350	600	949	810	500	13	150
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	21	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lutjanus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	4	4	2	1	300	510	511	400	320	337
Merluccius polli Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	18	17	12	7	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)	22,000	22,000	22,000	23,000	27,000	30,000	35,000	40,000	45,000	50,000
Osteichthyes Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,034	3,033	3,000	3,000	3,740	0	0	0	0	0
Panulirus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Penaeus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,092	933	489	462	520	514	571	450	635	326
Pentanemus quinquarius Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	2,100	1,777	1,500	610	584	1,000	2,368	1,778
Polydactylus quadrifilis Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	69	39	50	76	54	40	12	34
Polynemidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	680	660	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pomadasys jubelini Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	534	533	400	337	345
Pseudotolithus elongatus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	140	136	4,202	1,005	3,500	4,436	4,371	4,400	4,400	1,900
Pseudotolithus senegalensis Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	2,686	2,540	2,600	2,900	3,200
Pseudotolithus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	10	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudupeneus prayensis Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rajiformes Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	170	165	77	70	100	160	186	170	161	211
Sardinella spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	18,000	17,490	16,008	16,006	18,600	24,002	24,002	23,500	23,000	23,500
Sciaenidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,623	2,560	6,046	2,300	3,000	3,679	3,539	3,500	3,500	3,500
Scombroidei Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3	3	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Sparidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	58	56	1	14	0	0	2	2	5	5
Sphyraena spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	25	24	30	16	20	27	37	30	5	28
Trichiurus lepturus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	16	15	5	5	2	1	4	10	16	1
Total:			70,742	69,318	71,975	65,257	79,020	94,131	98,529	102,000	106,800	110,000

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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