FAO Capture Production in Sao Tome and Principe (t)     n = 36
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Acanthocybium solandri
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 20
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 23 32
Balistidae
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boops boops
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx hippos
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx spp
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 10 17 108 34 28 14 17 17 18 19
Crustacea
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 11 0 1 4 4 4 4
Decapterus spp
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drepane africana
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elagatis bipinnulata
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 27 130 134 170 203 230 241 238 247 265
Epinephelus spp
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 11 188 22 38 25 33 32 33 35
Euthynnus alletteratus
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 30 36
Exocoetidae
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 118 294 419 204 174 268 248 245 254 273
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 4 58 114 122 78 1 1 1 1
Hemiramphus spp
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 38 235 294 227 183 292 287 283 293 315
Istiophorus albicans
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 86
Katsuwonus pelamis
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 33 90 78 103 18 20 20 20 195 196
Lichia amia
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 9 39 18 16 42 23 23 23 24 26
Makaira nigricans
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 19
Mollusca
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 13 899 652 59 81 66 22 21 22 24
Osteichthyes
Sao Tome and Principe
1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,514 160 196 2,494 2,590 2,266 1,232 1,217 1,261 1,355
Pagellus spp
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 29 72 236 155 389 77 87 86 89 96
Polynemidae
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 4 3 18 14 31 71 74 73 76 82
Sciaenidae
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 10 56 21 24 63 93 72 71 73 78
Scomberomorus tritor
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
Scombroidei
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 103 215 236 233 0 0
Serranidae
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparidae
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 8 50 51 146 35 43 35 35 36 39
Sphyraena spp
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3 1 24 25 34 26 21 21 22 24
Tetrapturus albidus
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 16
Thunnus albacares
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 31 97 193 194 177 180 180 178 298 299
Thunnus obesus
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8
Xiphias gladius
Sao Tome and Principe
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 216 207
Total: 1,847 2,158 2,688 4,012 4,444 3,988 2,833 2,798 3,369 3,559

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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