FAO Catches List

FAO Capture Production in Gambia (t) n = 51
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Alectis alexandrinus Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argyrosomus regius Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
Ariidae Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,711	1,704	673	765	1,119	650	438	372	334	251
Balistidae Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachyura Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caranx rhonchus Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caranx spp Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	115	96	40	66	104	66	43	59	125	113
Clupeoidei Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cynoglossidae Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	612	158	10	138	114	72	92	222	133	148
Drepane africana Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	241	81	30	31	27	20	34	44	42	24
Elasmobranchii Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	913	832	335	377	374	298	302	263	250	387
Elops lacerta Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus spp Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	153	219	102	73	70	87	29	0	39	51
Ethmalosa fimbriata Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,067	3,920	3,605	5,699	4,572	5,023	7,850	3,195	5,317	9,328
Galeoides decadactylus Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Gastropoda Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	20	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	25
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	62	92
Lutjanus spp Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	1,312	62	33
Mugilidae Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	144	190	95	119	180	66	53	152	47	34
Octopodidae Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	290	1,953	1,486
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Gambia	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	21	63	28	22	51	6	12	5	2	20
Osteichthyes Gambia	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500
Osteichthyes Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	367	227	130	213	559	28	195	388	86	44
Pagellus spp Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Palinurus spp Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	88	12	1	1	4	5	20	6	13	12
Parapenaeopsis atlantica Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	122	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penaeus notialis Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	234	275	271	311	504	474	347	4,322	497	323
Pentanemus quinquarius Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plectorhinchus mediterraneus Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	35	30	116	56	16
Polydactylus quadrifilis Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polynemidae Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	470	149	102	180	109	82	55	74	29
Pomadasys jubelini Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	177	244	135	135	155	86	92	181	140	64
Pomatomus saltatrix Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudotolithus elongatus Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	53	278	127	84	145	110	102	59	26	33
Pseudotolithus senegalensis Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	506	721	297	312	396	366	8	14	297	199
Pseudotolithus senegallus Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	294	261	0	217	240	2
Pseudotolithus spp Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	585	1,031	280	309	6	16	483	247	305	136
Rachycentron canadum Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sardinella spp Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	342	22	4	38	0	0	1	6	6	3,516
Scaridae Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sciaenidae Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	278	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Scomber japonicus Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	138	811	596
Sparidae Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	132	0	6	8	0	16	0	0	0	0
Sphyraena spp Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	317	623	146	99	228	114	218	179	58	43
Tetraodontidae Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus albacares Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachinotus spp Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachurus spp Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	367	106	48	51	93	104	127	69	122	80
Trichiuridae Gambia	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			13,265	14,068	9,212	11,653	11,882	10,712	13,262	14,642	13,852	19,789

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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