FAO Capture Production in Sri Lanka (t)     n = 41
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Acanthocybium solandri
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alopias spp
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 1,100 2,100 1,400 800 700 2,200 3,300
Carcharhinidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinus falciformis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinus longimanus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 8,000 8,000 9,000 7,100 9,500 11,600 18,300 14,100 14,900 17,000
Crustacea
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 500 500 600 700 1,200 1,000 1,500 1,300 2,100 1,900
Elasmobranchii
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 2,047 3,348 2,481 1,615 3,100 2,500 3,000 3,900 4,300 4,300
Euthynnus affinis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ex Mollusca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holothuroidea
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophoridae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus platypterus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isurus oxyrinchus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 771 890 807 723 720 717 981 1,245 1,410 1,576
Makaira indica
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira nigricans
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 300 400 1,500 2,800 400 400 400 300 300 100
Odontoceti
Sri Lanka 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Sri Lanka 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 900
Osteichthyes
Sri Lanka 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 500 500 0 2,000 800 400 100 100 200 600
Perciformes
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5,000 5,000 6,100 6,000 6,000 7,000 5,000 5,000 7,000 8,000
Prionace glauca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus commerson
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,086 1,414 1,234 1,055 928 801 844 887 1,095 1,302
Scomberomorus guttatus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus lineolatus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus spp
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombridae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,644 2,901 2,084 1,268 1,079 890 1,057 1,223 1,262 1,301
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyrnidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus audax
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 774 1,150 903 655 606 557 720 883 970 1,055
Thunnus obesus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus tonggol
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 20,622 24,103 24,709 25,016 26,433 27,265 32,702 29,638 35,737 41,334

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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