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FAO Capture Production in Pakistan (t) n = 61
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Ariidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	14,550	27,253	27,648	37,840	42,112	45,444	49,428	54,437	55,934	51,665
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	1	2	2	36	36	49	54	56	59
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)	364	390	437	480	650	877	3,200	3,989	5,680	5,109
Carangidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	10,833	9,750	9,628	13,111	13,760	16,495	15,957	19,002	18,689	17,779
Caranx spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,223	2,651	2,852	3,933	4,003	4,631	3,972	5,391	6,523	8,407
Carcharhinidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	23,138	26,338	27,773	28,780	30,226	32,288	34,447	31,179	35,357	32,535
Chirocentrus dorab Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	766	888	865	1,070	1,204	2,289	1,580	1,931	2,051	2,266
Clupeoidei Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	43,838	42,084	42,141	43,475	18,111	31,426	27,576	26,650	25,487	26,934
Coryphaena hippurus Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,297	1,300	1,577	1,875	2,054	2,570	1,841	1,658	1,892	3,109
Cynoglossidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,373	1,589	2,041	2,024	1,963	1,982	2,205	2,390	2,149	2,037
Decapterus spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,648	1,110	1,200	1,675	1,875	1,920	1,010	1,225	3,505	4,661
Drepane punctata Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eleutheronema tetradactylum Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	435	590	512	753	653	812	516	1,783	969	0
Engraulidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	11,650	10,325	14,544	29,260	19,098	17,564	14,091	16,113	13,165	15,154
Epinephelus spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,908	3,621	4,863	6,255	7,617	8,600	9,793	10,474	13,991	17,355
Euthynnus affinis Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,884	1,798	1,812	1,933	1,716	1,449	2,351	2,571	2,684	2,715
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4,252	4,929	4,491	5,417	4,849	5,537	5,268	6,010	6,221	8,147
Harpadon nehereus Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	210	200	187	170	121	98	101	95	91	72
Istiophoridae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,290	2,357	2,400	2,245	2,932	2,684	2,834	2,198	2,264	2,340
Istiophorus platypterus Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	642	691	998	731	855	910	980	41	45	46
Katsuwonus pelamis Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	7,555	7,511	8,200	8,950	8,134	7,089	4,140	4,480	4,372	4,505
Lactarius lactarius Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	2	3	2	3	2	4	5	0
Lates calcarifer Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	312	250	237	210	193	187	214	209	196	204
Lethrinidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	767	1,027	1,010	1,466	1,660	1,643	1,549	1,911	2,334	3,323
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,635	3,148	3,225	3,317	3,126	2,832	2,600	4,460	3,300	5,062
Lutjanus argentimaculatus Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	938	1,108	1,222	2,178	2,524	3,145	2,002	2,394	3,192	3,195
Megalaspis cordyla Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,400	2,550	4,525	5,863	3,369	6,511	3,000	2,100	1,100	1,450
Metapenaeus spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	8,750	9,080	8,238	9,468	7,120	6,981	7,602	6,801	6,204	6,791
Mugilidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	6,017	6,751	10,176	22,485	19,039	17,280	17,631	18,935	17,580	12,336
Muraenesox spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,890	7,389	8,335	9,484	5,725	4,692	4,904	5,637	5,627	8,377
Nemipterus spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	122	324	368	526	752	952	825	884	3,192	7,166
Osteichthyes Pakistan	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	103,158	103,153	109,087	109,185	118,703	121,405	142,092	167,530	163,524	179,865
Osteichthyes Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	68,559	64,079	54,764	31,359	40,725	14,742	16,311	21,042	35,352	39,473
Panulirus spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	470	799	502	507	669	615	724	765	782	1,077
Parapenaeopsis spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	13,666	16,406	12,693	18,632	16,023	12,919	14,047	16,722	14,689	12,889
Parastromateus niger Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	694	800	1,295	1,961	2,199	3,066	2,221	2,322	2,109	2,917
Penaeus monodon Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	127	151	124	157	138	132	141	140	122	138
Penaeus spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	5,378	6,423	5,273	6,663	5,883	5,591	5,982	5,975	5,189	5,874
Pristidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	84	21	2	32	28	23	0	0	0	0
Rachycentron canadum Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	802	1,066	1,281	1,459	1,541	2,306	1,574	1,449	1,254	1,136
Rajiformes Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	15,665	17,498	16,532	16,093	18,481	16,445	15,563	15,769	17,576	20,780
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)	1,156	1,241	1,438	1,500	1,442	1,208	1,422	1,481	1,564	1,643
Sardinella longiceps Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	63,743	65,858	74,553	92,704	65,050	55,177	52,290	51,930	44,079	30,629
Saurida tumbil Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	71	81	82	96	67	43	45	28	22	0
Sciaenidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	12,270	14,449	16,606	19,740	22,808	25,201	19,934	20,428	19,625	24,665
Scomberomorus commerson Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	5,941	6,272	12,133	12,252	7,157	8,618	10,108	12,009	12,232	11,734
Scombroidei Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,092	458	500	635	0	0	1,990	1,500	1,592	4,610
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,254	2,424	2,507	2,945	3,356	2,455	3,308	4,528	3,225	5,146
Sillaginidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	280	320	317	321	365	423	289	266	218	201
Solenidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sparidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,885	3,332	3,284	3,939	3,866	3,358	3,097	3,058	1,255	4,220
Sphyraena spp Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,254	1,401	1,578	2,485	2,923	2,324	2,878	2,683	2,664	3,520
Stromateidae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	3,183	3,082	2,552	3,103	2,985	4,156	2,799	3,786	4,089	4,605
Tenualosa ilisha Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	935	861	823	796	658	476	562	597	611	502
Thunnus albacares Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	3,156	6,480	23,394	30,817	4,604	5,140	5,250	3,838	3,795	8,884
Thunnus tonggol Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	6,052	4,962	2,770	2,510	5,807	5,006	4,121	5,360	5,220	5,600
Trichiuridae Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trichiurus lepturus Pakistan	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,474	4,123	4,755	3,474	6,320	6,093	9,073	11,583	12,337	31,623
Total:			469,036	502,743	540,354	608,344	537,277	525,849	537,489	589,795	596,980	654,530

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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