FAO Capture Production in Cameroon (t)     n = 37 (See disclaimer below)

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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Ariidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	455	410	589	649	430	209	339	339	345	379	379	379
Bothidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachydeuterus auritus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachyura Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	27	26	20	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Carangidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	4	5	7	10	40	74	74	74	50	26	26	26
Congridae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	8	7	11	16	10	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Cynoglossidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	488	439	788	750	500	155	135	135	225	315	315	315
Drepane africana Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	73	70	30	42	30	13	24	24	24	24	24	24
Elasmobranchii Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	67	146	85	95	500	1,091	1,091	1,091	1,090	952	952	952
Epinephelus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1	1	1	1	15	54	3	3	19	35	35	35
Ethmalosa fimbriata Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	21,609	21,645	21,782	20,226	30,800	41,699	41,593	41,493	41,400	41,400	41,400	41,400
Galeoides decadactylus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	477	462	134	341	180	67	227	227	220	214	214	214
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lutjanus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	337	293	297	280	400	480	485	485	480	487	487	487
Merluccius polli Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nematopalaemon hastatus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	11,700	9,750	11,600	11,500	11,500	11,500	11,500
Osteichthyes Cameroon	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	55,000	52,500	65,000	55,000	65,000	75,000	75,000	74,380	74,700	75,000	75,000	75,000
Osteichthyes Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	954	907	830	674	1,800	2,869	2,869	2,869	3,150	3,570	3,570	3,570
Panulirus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Penaeus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	471	168	280	531	550	557	501	651	500	345	345	345
Pentanemus quinquarius Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,363	3,276	832	1,698	800	5	131	131	333	535	535	535
Polydactylus quadrifilis Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	43	170	75	106	160	216	109	109	75	42	42	42
Polynemidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pomadasys jubelini Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	304	48	342	534	800	1,129	479	579	575	587	587	587
Pseudotolithus elongatus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,400	3,218	1,883	1,453	2,000	2,438	26	26	36	46	46	46
Pseudotolithus senegalensis Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,972	2,679	2,100	1,263	900	431	55	55	500	921	921	921
Pseudotolithus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudupeneus prayensis Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rajiformes Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	150	130	133	139	400	721	721	721	440	162	162	162
Sardinella spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	21,611	21,645	22,540	21,760	11,800	1,805	2,103	2,103	2,100	2,100	2,100	2,100
Sciaenidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,260	2,399	1,946	1,564	800	40	24	24	24	24	24	24
Scombroidei Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1	0	59	36	22	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sparidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	4	34	18	40	80	114	89	89	55	20	20	20
Sphyraena spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	23	293	340	583	580	580	580	580	580	586	586	586
Trichiurus lepturus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	6	59	6	7	400	889	815	815	770	722	722	722
Total:			112,109	121,031	130,135	117,801	129,000	142,345	137,232	138,612	139,200	140,000	140,000	140,000

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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