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FAO Capture Production in Senegal (t) n = 165
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Acanthocybium solandri Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acanthuridae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albula vulpes Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alectis alexandrinus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alestes baremoze Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ariidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,237	5,847	5,503	5,372
Arius spp Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bagrus spp Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balistidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belonidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boops boops Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachydeuterus auritus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachyura Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	100	100	200	300	169	101	148	172	203	80
Branchiostegidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brotula barbata Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carangidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,100	4,200	3,000	4,500	4,553	6,071	8,768	6,018	6,000	6,682
Carcharodon carcharias Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Centrophorus granulosus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cerastoderma edule Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chloroscombrus chrysurus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chrysichthys spp Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Citharinus spp Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clarias anguillaris Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clarias gariepinus Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Congridae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coryphaena hippurus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crocodylus niloticus Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crustacea Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cymbium spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cynoglossidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Decapterus spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,900	2,900	3,400	4,800	4,940	5,073	8,658	8,064	12,240	9,790
Dentex angolensis Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dentex macrophthalmus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dentex spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,800	2,100	1,100	1,600	636	853	559	780	816	0
Dicentrarchus punctatus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Diplodus spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Distichodus spp Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drepane africana Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	184	481	339	546
Elasmobranchii Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	900	1,300	2,400	3,000	3,284	3,307	4,230	5,120	3,777	3,285
Elasmobranchii Senegal	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elasmobranchii Senegal	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elops lacerta Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engraulis encrasicolus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,261	2,870	4,352	0
Epinephelus aeneus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus marginatus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethmalosa fimbriata Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethmalosa fimbriata Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	7,900	10,300	11,900	12,600	13,499	11,036	9,668	10,000	10,000	14,000
Euthynnus alletteratus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	437	1,092	705	1,540	1,446	1,697
Fistularia tabacaria Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Galeoides decadactylus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gastropoda Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	100	1,100	1,400	1,600	3,099	3,564	3,923	5,793	3,500	7,000
Gerres nigri Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gymnarchus niloticus Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hemichromis fasciatus Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hemiramphus spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hepsetus odoe Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heterotis niloticus Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hydrocynus forskahlii Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ilisha africana Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Istiophorus albicans Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	87	112	122	144	107	122	189	160	143	107
Istiophorus platypterus Senegal	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Istiophorus platypterus Senegal	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isurus oxyrinchus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuwonus pelamis Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	81	28	50	56	71	36
Katsuwonus pelamis Senegal	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Labeo spp Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Labridae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lates niloticus Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lepidopus caudatus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lethrinus atlanticus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lichia amia Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithognathus mormyrus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lutjanus spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	680	862	689	426	361
Makaira indica Senegal	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Makaira indica Senegal	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Makaira nigricans Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Makaira nigricans Senegal	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merluccius senegalensis Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mormyridae Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mugil cephalus Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mugilidae Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mugilidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,000	2,700	4,500	6,200	9,524	7,828	7,263	10,243	9,055	8,617
Muraenidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Murex spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mustelus spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natantia Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	108	31	51	24	8	0
Octopodidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orcynopsis unicolor Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	18,000	18,000	15,000	12,000	14,221	19,215	11,154	6,511	5,492	5,368
Osteichthyes Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000
Osteichthyes Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	13,400	20,100	23,600	25,700	29,818	42,050	21,978	14,069	17,320	20,577
Osteichthyes Senegal	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Senegal	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagellus bellottii Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagrus spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Palinurus spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	200	200	200	100	214	279	158	268	454	228
Papyrocranus afer Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parapenaeus longirostris Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penaeus notialis Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,600	4,100	4,900	4,500	4,812	4,293	3,495	3,977	4,611	3,951
Penaeus spp Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perciformes Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plantae aquaticae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	158	360	0	0	51	51
Plectorhinchus macrolepis Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectiformes Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,578	2,270	2,917	3,197	3,086	2,092	5,011	4,802	5,315	5,165
Polydactylus quadrifilis Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polydactylus quadrifilis Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pomatomus saltatrix Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	4,800	5,000	4,200	4,500	11,124	4,980	5,645	10,577	8,992	4,318
Prionace glauca Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pristidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudotolithus elongatus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudotolithus senegalensis Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudupeneus prayensis Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	300	400	500	400	47	802	753	882	1,117	915
Pteroscion peli Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,680	1,485	2,192	2,724
Rachycentron canadum Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rajiformes Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rhinobatidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sarda sarda Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	4	40	164	614	523	159
Sardinella aurita Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	30,300	28,900	36,800	63,300	75,780	71,957	59,047	60,000	60,000	67,000
Sardinella maderensis Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sarotherodon melanotheron Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Schedophilus pemarco Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sciaenidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	5,100	5,500	9,400	13,600	10,125	10,850	11,968	11,909	13,323	11,689
Scomber japonicus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,998	3,176	3,593	2,714
Scomberomorus tritor Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	52	314	1,270	1,188	1,054	1,112
Scombroidei Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scorpaenidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scyllaridae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selene dorsalis Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	719	1,446	2,809	2,664	2,315	2,546
Seriola spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serranidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	5,300	5,500	6,500	7,200	5,942	5,557	5,570	5,000	5,000	7,000
Sparidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	8,900	8,200	9,200	9,800	9,227	9,374	8,361	10,000	10,000	11,733
Sphyraena spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,600	1,500	1,600	3,800	2,114	2,999	2,191	1,903	1,896	920
Sphyrnidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spondyliosoma cantharus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,402	4,562	4,790	4,295
Stromateus fiatola Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Synodontis spp Senegal	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tetraodontidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tetrapturus angustirostris Senegal	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tetrapturus audax Senegal	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tetrapturus audax Senegal	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tetrapturus pfluegeri Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus alalunga Senegal	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus alalunga Senegal	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus albacares Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	115	107	153	90	154	94
Thunnus albacares Senegal	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus albacares Senegal	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus obesus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	15	11	19	16	25	14
Thunnus obesus Senegal	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus obesus Senegal	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachinotus spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachurus spp Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trichiurus lepturus Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Triglidae Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xiphias gladius Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xiphias gladius Senegal	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xiphias gladius Senegal	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zeus faber Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			120,965	134,482	152,839	192,841	217,852	226,152	217,582	216,550	221,045	225,095

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