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FAO Capture Production in Pakistan (t) n = 61
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Ariidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	17,771	10,269	11,259	7,382	7,161	9,146	10,821	10,887	11,372	10,053
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	64	27	4
Babylonia spirata Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bivalvia Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachyura Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	65	415	1,247
Carangidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	8,261	5,807	7,529	4,295	5,933	6,955	7,796	6,237	10,122	9,448
Caranx spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	3,987	5,187	8,416	3,220	3,819	3,530	2,459	2,707	2,071
Carcharhinidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	23,745	18,193	15,581	8,127	9,853	15,142	14,823	15,241	18,090	16,814
Chirocentrus dorab Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	7,461	9,581	10,572	353	228	3,498	1,120	1,230	999	1,002
Clupeoidei Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34,375	34,927	33,843
Coryphaena hippurus Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	751	399	1,136	747	777	835	1,002
Cynoglossidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	427	994	1,313	655	715	1,393	1,513	1,526	1,382	1,363
Decapterus spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,209	1,205	1,145
Drepane punctata Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	95	82	700	0	0	0	0
Eleutheronema tetradactylum Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	325	2,002	2,166	276	484	367	392	422	321	564
Engraulidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,630	3,200
Epinephelus spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	583	3,300	5,463	1,488	1,688	2,531	2,193	1,730	2,442	2,402
Euthynnus affinis Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	1,309	1,225	1,067	2,937	1,407
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,334	4,339	5,069	2,768	2,839	5,160	5,300	4,985	6,090	4,432
Harpadon nehereus Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	556	410	410	270	230
Istiophoridae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	941	709	522	520	144	1,636	266	226	471	1,728
Istiophorus platypterus Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	321	454	650	480
Katsuwonus pelamis Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	134	446	5,156	733	694	0	105	325	1,337	7,478
Lactarius lactarius Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	326	650	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lates calcarifer Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	457	1,895	3,018	825	872	1,560	605	500	420	325
Lethrinidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,098	831	815
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	170	77	112
Lutjanus argentimaculatus Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,050	2,313	3,514	940	1,017	1,215	1,093	1,033	932	853
Megalaspis cordyla Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,950	2,430	2,300
Metapenaeus spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	6,755	5,400	4,697	5,101	14,824	10,137	10,231	11,213	8,834	7,340
Mugilidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4,751	7,018	8,017	1,068	1,157	1,083	1,734	1,699	1,970	1,510
Muraenesox spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	350	3,065	3,921	795	740	1,753	1,362	1,608	1,417	1,474
Nemipterus spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	81	0	311	139	90	90	71
Osteichthyes Pakistan	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	41,120	50,710	53,140	53,859	62,106	66,588	75,493	83,131	89,748	95,299
Osteichthyes Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	7,911	2,812	3,248	163,788	182,540	171,600	173,744	140,696	130,006	136,522
Panulirus spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	48	273	155	805	799	189	127	214	236	361
Parapenaeopsis spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	12,413	18,000	15,845	16,501	5,058	8,486	8,751	8,923	14,504	12,680
Parastromateus niger Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,694	3,273	3,975	2,935	2,942	3,689	4,013	660	680	542
Penaeus monodon Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	156	152	138	134	183	174	181	224	141	80
Penaeus spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	6,619	6,448	5,862	5,766	8,371	7,888	7,679	9,494	5,968	3,392
Pristidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	49
Rachycentron canadum Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	606	1,405	1,971	1,384	1,134	887	769	674	523	777
Rajiformes Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	41,230	44,705	53,221	10,116	10,999	14,360	12,543	11,838	11,010	9,669
Rastrelliger kanagurta Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rhinobatidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,553	1,206	1,101
Sardinella longiceps Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	52,320	56,346	46,001	6,427	7,434	10,861	16,004	12,343	16,382	19,811
Saurida tumbil Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	70	65
Sciaenidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	18,658	16,657	17,987	10,645	10,863	15,824	13,462	11,998	12,539	10,846
Scomberomorus commerson Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,963	7,490	7,535	8,243	7,148	7,582	8,010	8,088	10,497	6,834
Scombroidei Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,535	8,387	10,445	21
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	49	152	63	80	137	134	107	134
Sillaginidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	102	360	859	486	624	228	312	350	310	290
Solenidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sparidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	847	3,099	5,901	2,836	2,525	4,874	4,419	3,471	3,750	3,211
Sphyraena spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,062	3,606	3,209	2,036	1,360	1,664	1,259	1,134	997	1,008
Stromateidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	858	119	3,767	3,696	3,314
Tenualosa ilisha Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4,427	3,923	6,032	1,592	1,527	2,078	1,975	1,843	1,528	875
Thunnus albacares Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,093	1,330	2,480	8,560
Thunnus tonggol Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	5,503	8,212	5,677	2,925	3,257	5,268	3,275	3,402	3,010	4,856
Trichiuridae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	500	134	208	241	144	1,236	0	0	0	0
Trichiurus lepturus Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,587	5,000	6,642	1,362	3,530	6,083	3,484	1,456	1,564	1,511
Total:			274,111	312,249	331,289	336,902	364,657	399,904	407,232	419,236	438,645	436,521

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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