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FAO Capture Production in Namibia (t) n = 80
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Alopias spp Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	2	0	18	17	6	25	3	20	9	17
Antimora rostrata Namibia	58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arctocephalus pusillus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	41,753	44,223	37,670	34,000	31,971	64,167	83,045	34,728	47,115	47,403	47,774	45,915
Argyrosomus hololepidotus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	409	596	288	93	25	27	39	0	3	0	0	0
Ariidae Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	52	11	0	22	3	10	7	0	0	0	0	0
Austroglossus microlepis Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	571	589	644	746	514	586	632	839	578	765	720	458
Beryx spp Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	59	300	232	196	258	316	644	357	0	297	318	65
Brama brama Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	493	684	486	609	874	789	985	95	233	4	50	0
Callorhinchus capensis Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caproidae Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	73	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
Chaceon maritae Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	2,700	2,343	2,471	2,128	2,467	2,413	2,237	4,101	2,100	0	0	175
Channichthyidae Namibia	58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chelidonichthys capensis Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	236	144	234	169	184	245	232	0	0	412	400	35
Chionobathyscus dewitti Namibia	58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Crocodylus niloticus Namibia	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(n)	105	0	0	0	0	400	305	0	0	600	2	200
Dentex macrophthalmus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	287	182	171	104	61	48	106	29	0	0	0	0
Diplodus sargus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	20	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dissostichus eleginoides Namibia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dissostichus eleginoides Namibia	58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0
Dissostichus mawsoni Namibia	58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	108	214	0	0	0
Elasmobranchii Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	769	1,875	0	576	0	181	72	1,718	1,620	130	0	115
Engraulis capensis Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	146	2,133	41,203	1,649	2,212	718	1,103	215	282	28	150	282
Epigonus telescopus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	103	30	28	16	9	0	11	19	18
Etrumeus whiteheadi Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	1,127	1,432	9,650	1,490	4,689	542	4,926	4,526	800	0	0	0
Genypterus blacodes Namibia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Genypterus capensis Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	3,922	6,607	7,926	7,238	7,538	5,620	4,747	5,298	3,677	4,524	5,591	3,125
Gobiidae Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0
Gracilaria spp Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	829	800	968	408	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Helicolenus dactylopterus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	639	891	0	933	695	603	677	0	0	0	0	0
Hoplostethus atlanticus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	1,542	857	2,169	2,109	1,820	317	550	273	0	5	5	1
Illex argentinus Namibia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Istiophoridae Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	3	0	5	9	57	109	50	32	0	0
Isurus oxyrinchus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	1,587	1,998	509	1,415	1,243	1,002	295	120	306	389
Jasus lalandii Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	365	363	358	250	214	248	285	165	196	50	50	156
Katsuwonus pelamis Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	71	2	2
Lithognathus spp Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	56	20	4	3	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	28	775	993	984	567	507	471	704	79	454	280	136
Loligo gahi Namibia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	1,141	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lophius vomerinus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	14,358	12,390	15,174	12,867	8,991	11,087	9,831	0	8,555	0	0	0
Macrouridae Namibia	58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Macrourus spp Namibia	58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Macrourus whitsoni Namibia	58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0
Macruronus magellanicus Namibia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Makaira nigricans Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	10
Merluccius capensis, M.paradoxus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	171,397	173,277	156,499	192,275	173,902	158,060	135,879	125,534	126,284	136,920	146,307	149,808
Merluccius hubbsi Namibia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micromesistius australis Namibia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mola mola Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	2	1	3	20	6	40	3	0	0	0	0
Mugilidae Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	161	117	122	159	120	95	104	113	7	11	18	657
Muraenolepis spp Namibia	58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Notothenia squamifrons Namibia	58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopodidae Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	450	0	0	0	0
Oreosomatidae Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	33	54	335	331	497	83	19	7	0	1	1	0
Osteichthyes Namibia	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	1,500	2,000	2,000	2,500	2,500	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,800
Osteichthyes Namibia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	3,103	2,009	4,125	4,343	6,320	781	12,805	26,480	5,746	0	0	0
Prionace glauca Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	794	117	1,906	2,757	4,410	3,948	1,829	1,359	2,352	2,957
Pseudopentaceros richardsoni Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	20	0	0	11	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudupeneus prayensis Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pterogymnus laniarius Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	8,603	5,898	2,621	2,551	2,706	1,952	1,785	1,333	748	684	700	319
Rajiformes Namibia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rajiformes Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	966	1,204	0	887	236	0	114	0	0	0	0	0
Rajiformes Namibia	58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Rhopilema spp Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	106	44	2,193	139	0	19	0	20	0	0	0	0
Ruvettus pretiosus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	21	11	0	141	88	0	99	198	254
Salilota australis Namibia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sardinella spp Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	406	0	0	0	0	4,994
Sardinops ocellatus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	25,388	7,940	4,176	22,255	28,605	27,266	2,314	23,522	20,699	13,675	14,000	28,691
Scomber japonicus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	1,641	6,329	3,530	4,650	55	2,562	2,854	1,236	0	1,558	1,600	971
Sparidae Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sphyrnidae Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	1	22	55	31	25	0	0	32
Thunnus alalunga Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	2,418	3,419	2,963	3,153	3,329	2,344	5,100	1,196	1,958	4,936	1,320	3,791
Thunnus albacares Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	59	165	88	139	86	135	59	28	11	1	9	89
Thunnus maccoyii Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus obesus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	589	639	273	215	177	307	283	41	146	108	181	289
Thyrsites atun Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	966	1,699	1,890	2,083	2,195	2,736	1,695	4,194	702	2,570	3,457	2,683
Trachurus capensis Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	344,314	309,381	359,183	366,912	314,538	324,486	307,912	201,660	192,654	198,282	198,000	210,157
Trichiurus lepturus Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	346	691	0	491	399	994	742	0	0	0	0	0
Xiphias gladius Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	469	751	504	191	549	832	1,118	1,038	518	394	417	415
Zeus faber Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	4	138	208	105	117	28	50	26	0	25	44	49
Total:			589,739	547,933	622,907	637,660	571,199	553,976	509,585	413,313	372,822	370,348	379,329	413,940

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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