FAO Capture Production in Peru (t)     n = 77
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Anchoa nasus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arapaima gigas
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argopecten purpuratus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 900 300 200 100 200 200 700 300 400 300
Astronotus spp
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atherinidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,100 1,100 1,100 900 800 300 1,000 2,000 1,800 1,700
Aulacomya ater
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 3,700 3,300 3,700 3,000 3,600 3,900 4,400 5,500 5,300 8,400
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 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 0 462 305
Balaenoptera edeni
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 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
Bivalvia
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 100 100 100 100 200 200 100 200 300 200
Branchiostegidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,600 2,600 2,900 2,300 1,400 1,500 2,100 1,600 1,600 1,200
Caranx spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cheilodactylus variegatus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 200 100 100
Cilus gilberti
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 17,900 11,300 9,700 7,700 2,400 1,900 6,300 7,400 6,300 7,400
Colossoma macropomum
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Concholepas concholepas
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaena hippurus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crustacea
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoscion analis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 3,900 2,900 2,600 2,600 2,800 4,200 5,300 2,100 2,600
Delphinidae
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delphinus capensis
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delphinus delphis
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dosidicus gigas
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Echinodermata
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 100 100 0 0 0 800 200 100 200 100
Engraulis ringens
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 3,313,100 5,010,900 6,691,500 6,634,800 8,863,400 7,242,400 8,529,800 9,824,600 10,262,700 8,960,500
Epinephelus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 200 200 600 500 1,000 1,300 1,300 600 800
Ethmidium maculatum
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 7,600 7,600 10,900 7,900 14,600 7,000 13,400 18,400 11,900 13,000
Exocoetidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gastropoda
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 200 100 200 200 200 100 300 100 400
Genypterus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 100 200 100 0 500 0 200 500 800 300
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isacia conceptionis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 300 400 500 400 200 300 300 500 600 700
Katsuwonus pelamis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 18,900 19,600 12,700 16,900 7,100 8,500 6,400 13,800 6,500 11,900
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loligo gahi
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 100 0 300 700 400 400 800
Lutjanus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 200 200 200 200 100 0 100 0 0 200
Megaptera novaeangliae
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius gayi
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19,600 17,900 15,300
Mesodesma donacium
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micropogonias spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 3,100 3,800 3,500 2,000 3,500 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 200 100 400
Mugilidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,400 2,300 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,200 900 500 700 800
Mustelus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 6,300 2,600 4,300 4,300 4,700 5,400 7,000 11,900 15,300 9,500
Octopodidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Odontoceti
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 1,000 3,000 2,000 2,000 4,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000
Osteichthyes
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,700 3,000 4,200 6,200 5,100 5,200 21,600 28,700 7,800 5,900
Panulirus gracilis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paralabrax humeralis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 4,100 4,100 4,300 3,800 4,600 4,500 3,100 4,900 4,800 6,800
Paralonchurus peruanus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 500 600 700 1,800 3,200 3,900 3,200 2,800 4,100 4,100
Penaeus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 100 300 200 300 900 400 400 300 300 700
Perciformes
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phocoena spinipinnis
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 3,451 3,602 3,301 3,241 2,066 1,289 1,365 645 2,000 2,000
Piaractus brachypomus
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectiformes
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 200 300 200 200 400 200 700 1,400 1,000 600
Prochilodus reticulatus
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 600 800 800 600 1,000 900 1,500 4,900 5,900 3,400
Rhinobatos planiceps
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 200 200 300 500 800 1,900 2,500 1,200
Rhodophyceae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 300 500 500 500 500 500 500 1,000 1,000 1,000
Sarda chiliensis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 96,900 105,600 90,300 90,700 80,600 62,300 71,400 63,600 54,300 59,300
Sardinops sagax
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 2,700 3,000 2,200 10,200 7,400 1,900 2,100 1,800 1,100
Scomber japonicus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 9,400 11,700 13,300 7,900 2,000 3,800 7,600 13,400 7,200 7,200
Scomberomorus sierra
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 500 300 300 200 400 400 1,300 400 700 500
Seriolella spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 3,900 3,700 3,200 6,100 5,700 3,800 5,400 5,600 6,000 5,800
Squatina californica
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 200 200 0 0 100 0 400 800 800 500
Testudinata
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 8,300 9,000 10,900 11,200 9,500 3,200 5,500 3,400 3,500 4,000
Trachinotus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 200 100 100 100 100 300 500 400 400
Trachurus murphyi
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 300 200 700 200 1,700 2,600 4,300 3,100 2,800 4,200
Tursiops truncatus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 400 300 400 200 900 300 200 1,300 800 1,200
Total: 3,502,400 5,216,000 6,883,800 6,821,500 9,037,200 7,384,900 8,712,000 10,056,700 10,443,400 9,146,500

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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