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FAO Capture Production in Oman (t) n = 63
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Ariidae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	193	395	376	140	499	372	679	1,024	1,161
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	539	130	210	354	391	786	613	846	611	583
Carangidae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	2,514	2,612	2,113	2,123	3,607	2,708	3,216	2,323	2,556
Caranx spp Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	3,437	647	647	1,914	1,773	3,392	2,927	3,896	2,957	2,552
Coryphaena hippurus Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	24	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
Decapterus russelli Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	947	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Delphinidae Oman	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Delphinus delphis Oman	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elagatis bipinnulata Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elasmobranchii Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,595	3,058	5,248	4,540	3,503	6,566	5,870	6,342	4,805	4,020
Engraulidae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	8,960	7,525	1,983	1,000	1,272	2,073	1,017	1,189	941	485
Epinephelus spp Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,876	2,339	2,789	2,075	3,735	4,031	3,409	3,366	5,345	4,829
Euthynnus affinis Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,831	1,137	1,439	701	1,113	2,064	2,335	2,388	1,731	1,522
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	301	461	376	478	526	1,122	803	1,111	713	627
Haliotis spp Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	116	49	42	34	36	43	43	40	40	29
Hemiramphus spp Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Istiophorus platypterus Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	739	216	715	540	357	664	581	1,261	591	399
Katsuwonus pelamis Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	372	775	408	730	227	320
Kogia sima Oman	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lethrinidae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,880	3,270	2,877	4,358	3,521	6,013	4,087	5,767	6,630	6,954
Lutjanidae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	602	862	554	387	254	689	426	657	474	597
Makaira indica Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Megalaspis cordyla Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mugilidae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	168	90	90	100	1,207	98	79	139	176	158
Mullidae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mysticeti Oman	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natantia Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	358	155	155	380	451	340	276	376	65	356
Nemipteridae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,478	943	988	639	415	260	233	2,068	466	1,166
Osteichthyes Oman	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,015	5,425	4,685	2,980	1,422	2	101	355	432	1
Panulirus spp Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,499	874	546	701	623	608	397	263	336	180
Perciformes Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	13,829	2,304	4,245	4,818	6,232	5,175	7,529	4,554	6,938	8,760
Perciformes Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	31,603	52,042	39,796	8,447	7,788	1,269	2,045	2,949	6,055	10,790
Physeter macrocephalus Oman	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Platycephalidae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectiformes Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pomatomus saltatrix Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Priacanthus spp Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pseudorca crassidens Oman	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rachycentron canadum Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	223	105	112	202	104	234	103	180	115	124
Rajiformes Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	191	297	297	288	188	538	372	359	189	289
Rastrelliger kanagurta Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	671	1,406	964	1,955	1,282	2,122	1,712	2,207	1,994	2,024
Sarda orientalis Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	298	224	155	788	370	498	162	134
Sardinella gibbosa Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sardinella longiceps Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	29,204	30,267	33,053	26,741	16,765	20,650	21,710
Sciaenidae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,719	495	2,023	3,444	3,859	4,070	3,709	5,468	2,218	2,121
Scomberoides spp Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	281	518	1,019	823	703	528	693
Scomberomorus commerson Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	7,836	3,567	3,616	3,143	3,764	6,185	5,243	5,944	3,145	3,390
Scombroidei Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,176	0	178	477	588	240	184	366	124	99
Sepia pharaonis Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,206	1,801	2,141	1,948	2,584	2,945	5,036	6,148	4,080	7,478
Siganus spp Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	204	75	110	116	69	142	59	259	122	97
Sousa chinensis Oman	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sparidae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4,516	3,400	5,052	4,922	5,770	5,090	4,692	4,322	4,016	6,098
Sphyraena spp Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,607	2,266	1,645	1,580	1,713	2,244	1,948	2,023	1,789	2,347
Stenella longirostris Oman	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stromateidae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Synodontidae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus albacares Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	14,084	8,996	13,419	11,366	20,707	28,477	20,718	15,905	14,897	7,377
Thunnus tonggol Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	6,658	4,266	5,065	6,705	5,088	3,967	5,316	5,020	4,379	4,798
Trachinotus spp Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trichiuridae Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,853	5,036	3,906	2,971	3,883	8,163	8,132	10,384	4,767	1,776
Tursiops truncatus Oman	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tylosurus spp Oman	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	510	0	0	779	508	201	252	116	209
Total:			119,783	116,454	109,218	105,772	118,572	139,861	121,618	118,995	106,171	108,809

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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