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FAO Capture Production in Ghana (t)     n = 95
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Argyrosomus regius
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 22 30 2 68 10 10 2
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 7,566 2,048 6,062 5,632 4,530 4,500 3,256 4,689 0 0
Balistidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 8,225 6,198 7,121 5,536 6,992 6,104 18,610 18,283 3,033 612
Boops boops
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachydeuterus auritus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 9,323 5,981 12,524 10,099 17,370 13,886 22,032 16,627 11,114 9,727
Brachyura
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 5 9 31 10 22 5 239 238 37
Carangidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx hippos
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 9,411 7,317 5,512 9,589 7,373 1,112 4,950 3,278 2,902 2,154
Caranx rhonchus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,889 1,847 6,578 3,970 1,597 1,965 5,310 3,234 4,534 2,633
Caranx spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 6 7 0 0 548 132 140 6 3 44
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,083 2,743 3,532 3,157 2,856 3,151 14,365 5,422 3,558 4,181
Clupeoidei
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 968 325 249 484
Clupeoidei
Ghana 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoglossidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 141 87 306 409 433 197 400 557 265 309
Decapterus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 114 111 163 55 12 4 4 0 117 0
Decapterus spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dentex angolensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 128 0 0 0 0 494 0 422 59
Dentex angolensis
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 1,785 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dentex congoensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 111 36
Dentex spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,180 2,270 2,241 588 1,128 2,039 1,378 1,757 4,443 1,652
Drepane africana
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 98 20 94 19 66 13 1,023 67 121 19
Elasmobranchii
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 754 531 905 265 489 802 510 1,632 1,893 1,845
Elasmobranchii
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Engraulis encrasicolus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 37,908 67,535 37,292 24,392 47,231 27,591 15,209 87,984 75,902 76,348
Epinephelus aeneus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,516 1,276 1,312 367 463 1,014 1,002 800 2,030 1,496
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 799 413 508 443 210 373 408 1,430 1,297 1,400
Euthynnus alletteratus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 4,134 3,287 2,141 5,009 5,966 901 649 5,551 11,588 12,511
Exocoetidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Galeoides decadactylus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,161 1,695 4,093 1,362 1,761 2,582 3,779 3,313 1,781 1,817
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 809 943 661 665 722 360 932 1,285 995 581
Hemiramphus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilisha africana
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 4,276 4,059 3,611 5,074 5,306 7,902 6,873 10,430 4,266 3,963
Illex argentinus
Ghana 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus albicans
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,191 891 1,426 2,408 1,658 1,485 925 1,392 837 465
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 5,812 7,858 18,272 24,376 20,697 19,082 22,268 24,347 26,597 22,751
Lates niloticus
Ghana 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 145 526 284 194 373 644 488 948 1,507 1,298
Makaira nigricans
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 119 129 52 216 166 150 16 5 7 430
Merluccius capensis, M.paradoxus
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 982 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius polli
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 42 2 0 0 2 5 0 2 2 1
Merluccius spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natantia
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 585 490 339 332 217 508 553 1,602 1,177 1,509
Octopodidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 309 0 76
Octopodidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Ghana 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 40,000 40,000 42,000 43,000 41,000 43,000 53,000 55,000 57,630 57,660
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 7,567 12,511 3,757 4,840 4,118 3,946 3,574 5,523 3,778 19,575
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 1,161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pagellus bellottii
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 8,391 12,408 11,475 3,854 8,228 4,286 5,190 7,789 8,533 8,777
Pagellus bellottii
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pagrus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 799 1,467 668 828 2,106 827 722 718 1,239 1,887
Panulirus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 109 168 176 128 204 133 555 754 173 173
Perciformes
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 129 145 442 135 128 114 424 857 307 343
Perciformes
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pomadasys jubelini
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prionace glauca
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,688 1,145 1,889 1,039 1,072 1,199 2,370 2,379 2,369 1,414
Pseudotolithus spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudupeneus prayensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 734 708 798 344 499 360 1,152 737 441 765
Rajiformes
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 455 365 581 772 632 333 219 980 525 484
Rajiformes
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda sarda
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 77 5 71 13 8 10 0 943 0 0
Sardinella aurita
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 21,889 15,886 26,415 45,323 39,000 60,650 48,754 47,407 76,523 65,227
Sardinella maderensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 11,950 13,020 12,566 8,280 14,000 22,000 17,888 27,177 10,546 14,427
Sardinella spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 10,963 9,856 7,005 14,095 8,163 13,981 11,044 9,683 9,618 9,698
Sardinella spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaenidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 69 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 220 363 67 241 739 164 20,136 746 7,604 13,565
Scomber japonicus
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Ghana 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus tritor
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 4,412 1,983 2,982 2,225 3,022 3,000 1,453 0 1,457 1,457
Scombroidei
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 200 242 616 147 423 0 0 0 0 0
Selene dorsalis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 828 1,537 1,329 4,737 2,514 2,489 5,352 4,555 2,594 2,049
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 697 545 1,355 1,642 1,844 2,014 1,355 1,867 1,726 2,776
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Soleidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 3,090 125 2,661 2,073 1,072 508 92
Sparidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,396 1,620 1,140 1,240 822 637 1,803 3,773 3,552 1,485
Sphyrnidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetraodontidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus albidus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 6 45 21 142 54 15 22 6 88 68
Thunnus albacares
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,974 5,510 9,797 7,689 9,039 12,550 11,821 10,830 8,555 7,035
Thunnus obesus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 332 780 791 491 2,162 1,887 1,720 1,178 1,214 2,158
Trachurus murphyi
Ghana 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 3,767 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus trecae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 41 48 121 165 610 812 226 36 356 224
Trichiurus lepturus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,436 1,682 2,941 2,828 830 2,597 2,255 2,157 1,480 1,740
Trichiurus lepturus
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Triglidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 110 5 55 5 15 25 13 123 235 156
Total: 231,566 240,510 244,163 251,503 269,563 276,216 319,818 381,814 362,050 361,675

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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