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FAO Capture Production in Ghana (t)     n = 95
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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) 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 24 6 0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balistidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 8 198 9 11 2 17 0 1 0
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) 20,278 11,670 11,024 11,940 18,216 14,807 13,552 19,816 12,059 12,724
Brachyura
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 322 86 75 195 462 218 399 576 271 145
Carangidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx hippos
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 5,254 4,723 5,321 4,399 5,603 4,422 2,884 2,207 2,891 3,906
Caranx rhonchus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 12,791 4,568 2,472 2,213 4,040 3,483 3,301 3,337 2,753 2,275
Caranx spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 40 51 108 31 14 57 13 11 1 0
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 7,867 7,342 5,153 6,742 4,644 2,482 2,466 3,847 7,264 7,611
Clupeoidei
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,049 1,109 1,443 620 312 236 477 1,060 162 132
Clupeoidei
Ghana 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoglossidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 272 427 195 247 231 407 295 339 347 284
Decapterus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 4,170 2,162 993 1,235 963 1,760 1,462 1,654 2,989 3
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) 405 261 284 428 183 591 489 490 1,416 1,767
Dentex angolensis
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dentex congoensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 180 98 151 364 112 43 102 119 392 1,272
Dentex spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,714 1,010 840 1,192 813 1,372 1,584 1,084 1,278 1,874
Drepane africana
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 59 7 18 20 7 34 6 46 4 24
Elasmobranchii
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,347 951 914 1,981 1,171 1,115 1,106 709 1,764 3,998
Elasmobranchii
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Engraulis encrasicolus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 74,668 65,490 85,384 81,350 60,519 65,497 98,341 82,724 44,644 32,107
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) 1,035 470 225 385 169 306 426 478 1,361 181
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,367 1,378 2,408 1,138 573 1,073 1,197 9,762 158 766
Euthynnus alletteratus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 14,795 11,500 11,608 359 994 513 113 2,025 359 306
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) 1,663 2,433 1,826 2,120 3,247 1,969 3,146 1,477 774 586
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 526 543 449 659 575 523 1,191 43 108 389
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) 6,688 7,014 4,951 2,995 2,810 3,051 7,343 4,305 3,632 3,262
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) 395 463 297 693 450 353 303 196 351 305
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 24,251 25,052 18,967 20,225 21,258 18,607 19,602 26,336 34,183 40,216
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) 975 842 635 895 716 626 328 181 294 163
Makaira nigricans
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 324 126 123 236 441 472 422 491 447 624
Merluccius capensis, M.paradoxus
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius polli
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 34 3
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) 2,637 1,204 2,236 1,148 1,507 2,228 1,554 1,602 1,448 87
Octopodidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 139 147 334 43 73 55 137 67 103 19
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) 58,000 57,000 56,000 52,000 54,700 60,000 73,580 70,000 74,500 74,500
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 38,527 31,441 18,840 23,620 19,552 19,946 25,128 27,896 43,399 115,933
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 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) 5,870 5,315 8,724 7,915 5,635 4,505 7,541 7,933 10,029 13,265
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) 2,283 1,214 1,200 1,862 834 1,546 1,448 1,347 1,682 0
Panulirus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 130 71 218 369 510 230 134 203 65 0
Perciformes
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 614 321 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 434 303 87
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) 1,602 1,557 2,340 1,301 1,104 698 1,128 1,995 962 937
Pseudotolithus spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudupeneus prayensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 570 470 247 163 190 65 586 1,035 553 247
Rajiformes
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 232 189 231 272 296 338 261 185 172 869
Rajiformes
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda sarda
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella aurita
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 45,588 52,744 125,814 92,735 69,895 67,835 118,408 49,394 55,965 57,170
Sardinella maderensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 15,490 8,465 14,410 16,984 12,467 13,211 13,619 14,183 15,468 12,105
Sardinella spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,841 2,216 1,435 1,333 7,545 14,074 20,070 35,985 33,264 19,664
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 7,654 23,715 11,982 4,286 9,769 12,473 15,590 19,883 30,160 15,482
Scomber japonicus
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 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) 1,500 2,778 899 466 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Selene dorsalis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,357 946 1,202 882 501 976 907 712 381 469
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,981 3,566 1,541 1,673 2,396 2,891 2,967 3,355 3,288 4,095
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 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 58 160 239 443 165 157 220 129 316 3,986
Sparidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,633 2,229 1,753 1,970 1,095 1,372 1,763 1,684 872 2,591
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) 31 17 14 22 1 2 1 3 7 6
Thunnus albacares
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 11,988 9,254 9,331 13,283 9,984 9,268 11,720 15,437 17,657 25,268
Thunnus obesus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 5,031 4,090 2,866 3,577 4,738 5,517 5,805 9,829 13,370 17,764
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 5,289 3,201 10,512 4,892 1,904
Trachurus spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus trecae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,991 1,774 762 1,893 2,741 4,215 7,714 6,962 11,690 9,964
Trichiurus lepturus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,519 1,789 4,341 1,445 1,140 1,823 2,543 2,866 2,047 1,267
Trichiurus lepturus
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Triglidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 22 6 7 140 14 8 0 76 0 53
Xiphias gladius
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 146 73 69 121 51 103 140 44 106 121
Total: 395,872 362,538 423,425 372,619 335,437 352,844 476,733 447,088 442,642 492,776

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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