FAO Capture Production in Sierra Leone (t)     n = 59 (See disclaimer below)

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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Albula vulpes Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	91	0	106
Ariidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	470	880	869	859	856	858	860	973	52	62
Balaenoptera borealis Sierra Leone	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Sierra Leone	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balistidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	195	0
Brachydeuterus auritus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	350	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachyura Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	90	100	100	100	100	14	15	140	83	107
Carangidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	158	0
Caranx spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	170	481	475	469	468	467	470	474	18	7
Chloroscombrus chrysurus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clupeoidei Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	40	731	722	705	711	713	700	0	315	0
Conger conger Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	348	0
Crassostrea spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crustacea Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cynoglossidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	120	361	356	352	351	377	380	585	206	714
Decapterus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	112	39	277
Drepane africana Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	40	0	0	0	0	12	10	293	657	214
Elasmobranchii Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	120	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	68	41
Engraulis encrasicolus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	220	187	185	183	182	182	180	182	150	43
Epinephelus goreensis Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	120	102	196	63	76	290
Ethmalosa fimbriata Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	21,000	22,372	22,096	21,838	21,771	21,738	21,700	21,807	21,840	22,400
Galeoides decadactylus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	600	0	0	328	327	392	390	921	758	716
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	210	803	793	784	781	800	800	1,086	433	413
Ilisha africana Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	570	3,101	3,065	3,027	3,017	3,013	3,010	3,009	3,110	5
Illex argentinus Sierra Leone	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	209	187	525	401	114	166	121	90	143	0
Lutjanus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	20	0	0	0	0	3	3	155	0	1,728
Merluccius polli Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	40	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mugilidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	120	615	608	590	599	598	600	597	150	233
Octopodidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	980	1,605	2,744	777	143	381	912	777	328	188
Osteichthyes Sierra Leone	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	15,000	13,000	14,000	14,000	15,000	15,000	14,500	14,500	14,190	14,480
Osteichthyes Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Pagrus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	400	240	250	221	220	239	240	933	713	752
Panulirus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	10	20	20	10	10	2	4	57	29	51
Penaeus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	950	574	570	573	169	868	973	2,147	1,690	2,155
Pentanemus quinquarius Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	120	1,822	1,799	1,778	1,773	1,770	1,750	1,768	1,744	1,784
Polydactylus quadrifilis Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	638	636	635	640	679	75	61
Polynemidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	60	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Pseudotolithus elongatus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,880	4,692	4,633	3,637	3,625	3,650	3,600	3,330	389	410
Pseudotolithus senegallus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	80	0	0	357	356	364	360	393	90	48
Pseudotolithus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	587	585	677	680	1,210	687	869
Pseudupeneus prayensis Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	0
Pteroscion peli Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
Rajiformes Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	280	1,442	1,424	1,408	1,403	1,401	1,400	1,404	15	10
Sarda sarda Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	10	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Sardinella spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	6,370	7,893	7,796	7,705	7,681	7,669	7,670	7,661	7,450	7,850
Scombroidei Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	80	615	608	601	599	598	254	2,618	4,980	2,166
Selene dorsalis Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,823	1,515	2,392	835	127	602	1,621	1,626	600	512
Sparidae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,649	1,758	1,772	2,836	37	885	2,565	1,967	522	500
Sphyraena spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	220	697	688	680	678	681	680	772	237	124
Thunnus alalunga Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus obesus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachinotus spp Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	10	0	0	0	0	3	3	63	279	7
Trachurus trecae Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	5	45	14	8	0	4	11	44	40	5
Trichiurus lepturus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	204	75
Xiphias gladius Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			56,536	65,741	68,510	66,288	62,439	64,870	67,304	72,628	63,065	59,407

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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