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

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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Ariidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	100	100	100	100	500	500	1,000	1,000	1,100	700
Bothidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachydeuterus auritus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	3,000	3,500	4,000	4,000	5,000	400
Brachyura Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carangidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Congridae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cynoglossidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	100	100	100	100	300	300	500	500	600	300
Drepane africana Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elasmobranchii Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethmalosa fimbriata Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,700	3,700	3,700	4,000	5,000	7,000	7,000	7,000	8,000	6,000
Galeoides decadactylus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lutjanus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merluccius polli Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nematopalaemon hastatus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Cameroon	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	30,000	30,000	30,000
Osteichthyes Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	3,000	3,000	3,000
Panulirus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penaeus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pentanemus quinquarius Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polydactylus quadrifilis Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polynemidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	100	100	100	100	200	400	400	400	600	300
Pomadasys jubelini Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudotolithus elongatus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudotolithus senegalensis Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudotolithus spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	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
Rajiformes Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	100	200	200	200	300	100
Sardinella spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	4,000	4,000	4,000	4,000	6,000	7,400	7,300	7,400	8,000	7,000
Sciaenidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	2,000	2,500	3,000	3,000	4,000	2,400
Scombroidei Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sparidae Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sphyraena spp Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trichiurus lepturus Cameroon	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			22,000	22,000	22,000	22,300	39,100	43,800	45,400	56,500	60,600	50,200

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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