FAO Capture Production in Peru (t)     n = 77
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Anchoa nasus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 3,868 137,098 6,022 5,914 4,080 308 0 7 8 6 26,752 3,520
Arapaima gigas
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 273 204 155 225 169 171 374 246 232 326 258 227
Argopecten purpuratus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 11,810 2,359 7,732 14,653 15,476 15,185 18,763 24,768 19,618 26,478 62,827 93,050
Astronotus spp
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 188 183 213 186 218 273 254 430 394 574 653 452
Atherinidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 11,215 7,528 11,220 8,235 10,992 9,964 10,464 14,867 9,946 12,618 7,406 11,556
Aulacomya ater
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 13,370 14,700 15,658 10,408 9,619 9,006 5,253 8,769 8,894 11,072 9,022 9,171
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera borealis
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera edeni
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bivalvia
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 956 949 978 407 1,107 1,962 2,899 2,793 1,906 326 765 491
Brachyura
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,794 1,568 2,838 2,631 2,060 2,006 1,256 1,628 1,750 1,894 1,578 1,797
Branchiostegidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 117 1,485 2,507 1,381 53 0 14 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 35 11 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cheilodactylus variegatus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 335 260 356 303 429 371 316 889 278 380 260 251
Cilus gilberti
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 3,692 3,295 5,242 6,244 4,736 6,001 4,200 6,530 9,399 9,204 9,945 9,049
Colossoma macropomum
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 963 904 675 605 900 315 381 403 461 423 425 346
Concholepas concholepas
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,405 522 686 658 2,906 3,529 2,359 2,535 2,757 274 2,237 1,195
Coryphaena hippurus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 11,159 28,025 29,787 35,651 31,456 37,078 33,755 35,333 49,473 57,153 53,359 43,688
Crustacea
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 779 758 1,367 458 480 304 2,398 4,148 172 156 266 21
Cynoscion analis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 5,995 4,107 3,147 4,842 2,483 2,944 1,030 1,983 1,920 2,522 4,138 4,323
Delphinidae
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delphinus capensis
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 20 7 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delphinus delphis
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 20 7 162 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dosidicus gigas
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 53,795 71,834 146,390 153,727 270,368 291,140 434,261 427,591 533,414 411,805 369,822 404,730
Echinodermata
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,626 2,114 2,245 2,066 1,388 3,033 281 1,932 2,438 1,866 1,314 1,552
Elasmobranchii
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 4,307 3,618 3,433 4,458 3,730 3,894 5,231 2,393 1,606 2,762 4,002 3,408
Engraulis ringens
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 9,575,720 6,358,220 8,104,730 5,347,190 8,808,490 8,655,460 5,935,300 6,159,800 6,257,980 5,935,160 3,450,610 7,125,240
Epinephelus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 91 87 313 109 68 80 67 51 68 57 7 103
Ethmidium maculatum
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 19,014 9,085 8,929 8,018 5,527 9,856 3,483 4,984 7,037 10,008 4,878 1,779
Exocoetidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 41,059 5,035 3,198 433 550 85 146 331 295 987 2,676 6,004
Gastropoda
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,768 4,995 2,349 2,369 2,507 3,124 3,695 2,838 4,061 3,308 2,389 2,894
Genypterus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 557 552 1,033 512 563 1,037 813 424 398 444 232 299
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 183 307 0 32 271 274 212 214 114 154 87 103
Isacia conceptionis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 3,251 3,293 5,606 5,385 3,532 3,046 2,141 2,451 3,429 4,699 4,142 3,657
Katsuwonus pelamis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 711 81 1,339 495 918 157 396 331 1,740 3,238 2,810 4,104
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loligo gahi
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 24,548 18,738 6,490 27,441 12,481 10,205 9,093 14,769 4,654 13,178 4,798 2,251
Lutjanus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 204 55 59 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Megaptera novaeangliae
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius gayi
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 83,361 125,065 46,251 7,665 38,651 30,600 29,441 31,634 34,929 47,162 41,108 37,645
Mesodesma donacium
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 10 0 85 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 0 0
Micropogonias spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,056 576 2 7 1,009 774 1,767 2,380 429 457 377 774
Mollusca
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,157 2,138 2,239 4,939 2,902 5,962 3,293 4,823 5,465 2,525 3,509 6,046
Mugilidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 26,314 24,189 19,472 19,137 12,121 6,975 4,233 10,549 16,185 18,595 10,779 13,335
Mustelus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 4,042 4,648 7,015 1,309 3,712 4,806 1,794 3,086 3,265 4,281 5,181 5,890
Octopodidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 819 635 1,415 1,429 1,270 1,077 1,817 1,695 2,921 1,030 2,546 2,511
Odontoceti
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 158 24 140 0 0 0 13 2 0 0 0 0
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 220 191 380 467 456 360 351 368 266 283 291 399
Osteichthyes
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 19,344 22,568 17,941 20,577 23,800 27,569 30,613 28,727 31,438 31,130 32,816 26,412
Osteichthyes
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 89,893 125,959 68,489 27,873 37,733 64,266 38,074 41,269 32,327 41,844 36,524 49,182
Panulirus gracilis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 278 62 20 24 6 175 43 2 0 1 2 2
Paralabrax humeralis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 4,373 2,001 1,522 1,820 1,270 857 712 1,318 1,499 2,481 1,020 1,047
Paralonchurus peruanus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 5,729 4,167 1,886 1,591 2,395 854 880 1,353 1,234 1,091 2,159 1,207
Penaeus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,852 5,988 4,129 4,471 6,514 9,881 12,032 14,496 15,562 17,519 20,337 29,221
Perciformes
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 771 371 684 503 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phocoena spinipinnis
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 39 14 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
Piaractus brachypomus
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 324 487 471 419 440 551 363 309 298 510 290 211
Pleuronectiformes
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 177 313 256 466 413 243 302 204 153 234 288 168
Prochilodus reticulatus
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 10,942 11,220 10,133 10,461 11,705 10,957 5,130 12,150 12,323 12,474 9,635 8,719
Rajiformes
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 4,026 2,034 2,502 2,292 983 672 1,386 974 1,185 1,509 1,440 1,235
Rhinobatos planiceps
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,624 1,060 822 260 28 184 173 112 114 79 47 85
Rhodophyceae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,312 5,505 6,176 7,864 7,418 5,000 3,434 10,786 13,779 5,677 4,368 5,801
Sarda chiliensis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 434 1,287 865 2,191 1,488 3,093 13,365 9,706 42,871 30,648 13,144 14,654
Sardinops sagax
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 226,294 60,298 6,853 8,726 1,541 838 89 56 5 26 17 63
Scomber japonicus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 73,263 176,202 32,698 94,384 62,255 52,895 102,322 62,387 92,989 110,605 20,467 46,946
Scomberomorus sierra
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 930 181 288 341 191 138 155 91 219 326 407 325
Seriolella spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,473 3,192 2,192 1,472 2,361 867 261 630 764 453 314 638
Squatina californica
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 406 510 477 294 187 154 36 62 68 61 45 23
Testudinata
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 22
Thunnus albacares
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,548 4,175 5,967 9,592 4,628 12,080 11,429 4,080 3,840 2,520 12,512 7,739
Trachinotus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,220 632 878 464 1,509 157 931 159 97 177 202 116
Trachurus murphyi
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 296,579 723,733 154,219 217,734 187,369 80,663 277,568 254,426 169,537 74,694 17,559 257,240
Tursiops truncatus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 20 356 278 80 28 27 93 57 112 629 418 1,362
Total: 10,657,267 7,986,208 8,765,188 6,086,059 9,604,522 9,388,485 7,017,488 7,210,541 7,394,537 6,914,447 4,261,092 8,248,456

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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