FAO Capture Production in Egypt (t)     n = 108 (See disclaimer below)

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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Anguilla anguilla Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	2,064	1,979	1,802	781	916	924	3,983	2,055	944	1,238	345	345
Argyrops spinifer Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	462	1,554	584	629	821	210	385	323	323
Argyrosomus regius Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	201	51	67	162	86	79	230	165	125	118	101	101
Argyrosomus regius Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	575	987	1,305	1,252	2,325	1,153	1,877	1,437	977	1,031	896	896
Argyrosomus regius Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ariidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	103	107	98	17	79	89	79	35	35
Atherinidae Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	3,182	5,154	5,941	4,407	2,246	1,985	5,290	7,987	5,459	73	5,661	5,661
Atherinidae Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,732	3,490	3,267	3,560	3,681	5,056	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atherinidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bagrus bajad Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	15,472	19,026	16,437	10,228	7,900	11,952	6,668	5,647	7,202	6,902	6,902
Boops boops Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,450	1,222	1,541	1,288	1,622	3,039	3,980	3,677	3,597	2,711	3,230	3,230
Brachyura Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,725	1,160	2,222	1,456	950	2,307	2,306	4,095	3,525	3,949	3,792	3,792
Brachyura Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,141	744	678	1,998	833	371	331	311	201	297	267	267
Caranx spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	1,049	1,014	1,288	2,251	2,269	1,332	1,405	1,775	1,775
Clarias anguillaris Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	31,506	39,535	39,208	43,109	26,833	25,821	36,771	31,195	32,357	37,806	29,156	29,156
Clupeoidei Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	84	28	8	41	6	52	155	184	146	53	66	66
Crustacea Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	2,473	2,192	2,029	1,469	1,455	2,141	2,591	2,031	2,425	2,911	2,216	2,216
Ctenopharyngodon idellus Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	12,826	17,918	19,528	21,397	28,192	26,534	27,534	26,156	21,189	26,071	21,354	21,354
Cyprinidae Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	1,232	5,040	4,385	6,938	5,978	2,747	4,280	4,795	2,537	3,599	2,740	2,740
Decapterus spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	11,230	10,401	7,935	5,938	6,522	4,909	7,932	6,151	6,151
Dentex dentex Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dicentrarchus labrax Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	626	800	1,336	1,404	942	1,112	1,516	1,550	1,125	1,336	1,326	1,326
Dicentrarchus punctatus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	186	238	556	751	472	640	1,070	759	933	586	587	587
Dicentrarchus spp Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	4,075	3,789	3,310	1,184	1,741	2,215	4,402	4,307	3,965	4,208	2,060	2,060
Diplodus annularis Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	25	854	384	882	1,431	1,792	1,479	1,937	1,937
Diplodus sargus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	812	793	447	455	536	699	974	740	874	845	875	875
Echinodermata Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	20	139	2,310	527	15	5	6	0	9	0	0	0
Elasmobranchii Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,197	2,143	2,020	1,395	1,251	577	3,450	2,388	3,039	2,468	3,056	3,056
Elasmobranchii Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	244	263	202	209	253	51	126	115	80	81	23	23
Encrasicholina punctifer Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	4,205	527	2,375	3,358	3,667	5,336	4,230	3,775	3,775
Engraulis encrasicolus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,256	4,865	3,167	2,988	2,988
Epinephelus spp Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,621	1,123	1,453	1,314	1,119	1,094	1,550	1,493	1,327	1,018	985	985
Epinephelus spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	3,126	3,576	3,687	3,651	4,189	3,094	2,601	2,801	2,582	3,230	2,871	2,871
Epinephelus tauvina Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	397	109	152	153	153
Erugosquilla massavensis Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	300	295	295
Etrumeus teres Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Etrumeus teres Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Euthynnus affinis Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	344	209	313	537	356	135	375	638	160	167	272	272
Euthynnus alletteratus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,128	1,072	1,416	784	706	963	895	1,061	1,587	1,939	1,302	1,302
Eutrigla gurnardus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,078	778	611	379	508	612	1,207	1,104	1,540	1,211	1,383	1,383
Gerres oyena Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	516	735	57	50	50
Lates niloticus Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	3,278	5,328	5,775	9,985	10,341	6,548	9,666	6,860	5,039	15,735	12,294	12,294
Lethrinidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,147	2,696	3,513	3,176	2,858	1,994	2,592	2,551	2,326	2,072	2,854	2,854
Lethrinus borbonicus Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	154	402	402
Lethrinus mahsena Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	23	150	324	172	169	25	119	232	232
Loligo spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	157	167	138	79	120	172	234	280	280
Lutjanidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	8,830	5,014	3,756	542	592	1,000	1,008	1,407	1,200	193	327	327
Merluccius merluccius Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	916	845	1,190	1,845	1,760	2,142	2,262	1,990	1,947	1,692	1,671	1,671
Mollusca Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	4,173	3,243	2,738	1,197	2,093	2,991	2,500	2,990	3,231	3,365	3,365
Mollusca Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,718	361	135	973	811	64	70	238	69	40	49	49
Mugil cephalus Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mugil cephalus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mugilidae Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	16,697	20,688	21,708	29,298	28,861	24,269	31,791	22,023	18,771	16,575	26,513	26,513
Mugilidae Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,396	2,085	5,696	4,383	4,152	3,525	3,012	4,543	4,660	4,733	4,713	4,713
Mugilidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,365	3,760	3,326	3,515	2,705	1,799	1,244	1,125	1,159	599	339	339
Mullidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	914	2,590	1,684	1,947	1,836	713	990	988	1,237	925	806	806
Mullus spp Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,611	1,717	1,957	1,133	1,200	1,478	3,428	4,396	2,939	3,058	3,577	3,577
Natantia Egypt	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natantia Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	4,408	3,668	4,685	2,473	3,278	2,950	3,272	4,806	10,746	10,632	10,563	10,563
Natantia Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,655	1,704	1,366	1,761	2,014	1,957	1,604	918	961	774	683	683
Nemipterus spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,081	4,974	3,050	4,205	4,454	4,027	3,417	2,278	3,456	4,135	2,894	2,894
Oblada melanura Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	158	70	77	53	53	56	95	77	0	0	47	47
Oreochromis niloticus Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	131,276	145,291	138,450	150,182	140,561	116,461	90,127	102,574	91,272	105,041	130,330	130,330
Osteichthyes Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	34,196	21,810	18,931	16,393	14,393	14,632	15,421	12,544	34,845	25,685	15,014	15,014
Osteichthyes Egypt	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	4,109	3,637	4,035	2,846	1,993	4,136	10,487	6,137	7,432	7,550	6,513	6,513
Osteichthyes Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	22,770	23,885	28,274	3,227	8,098	9,082	6,433	2,033	1,104	1,406	1,119	1,119
Pagrus pagrus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,847	575	1,231	758	906	1,553	2,058	2,072	2,738	2,801	3,183	3,183
Palaemonidae Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	2,411	2,450	2,326	2,674	5,089	4,464	5,029	4,792	5,409	6,176	3,023	3,023
Panulirus spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	14	41	27	2	45	12	25	1	1
Perciformes Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plectorhinchus schotaf Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	33	55	55
Pleuronectiformes Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	21	0	0
Pomadasys stridens Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	1,139	1,060	799	559	518	1,476	484	667	667
Pomatomus saltatrix Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	326	468	549	420	393	343	638	653	862	560	776	776
Portunus pelagicus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rastrelliger kanagurta Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	430	1,442	2,782	2,269	1,899	1,467	1,139	878	1,080	1,383	1,492	1,492
Sardinella spp Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	19,689	20,037	12,106	10,270	12,268	14,976	14,764	20,191	17,389	11,917	8,971	8,971
Sardinella spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	5,705	4,343	5,431	4,779	3,704	2,887	2,367	2,193	3,281	7,295	4,701	4,701
Sarpa salpa Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scaridae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	2,040	1,334	1,481	2,038	1,947	1,844	1,370	1,090	1,090
Scomber japonicus Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	3,561	2,747	1,614	2,741	1,083	553	645	1,047	647	382	119	119
Scomberomorus commerson Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	340	374	418	449	493	721	294	405	181	174	349	349
Scombroidei Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,676	778	1,301	903	986	426	1,087	1,564	1,810	1,689	1,578	1,578
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,503	1,554	1,734	1,516	1,441	1,697	2,561	3,224	3,301	2,473	2,957	2,957
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,043	1,365	854	2,536	1,751	1,139	666	880	1,387	613	276	276
Serranidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	948	1,233	1,278	1,976	1,976
Siganus spp Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	624	904	923	717	610	745	1,248	1,146	1,102	945	1,008	1,008
Siganus spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	42	1,402	665	335	391	593	243	860	1,298	478	710	710
Solea solea Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	2,490	2,134	1,858	834	609	1,116	1,498	1,980	2,209	1,780	1,842	1,842
Solea solea Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,012	1,041	898	758	645	778	1,094	919	1,157	738	860	860
Sparidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4,741	3,545	2,827	4,500	3,872	865	709	2,110	1,327	728	797	797
Sparus aurata Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	1,727	1,711	1,506	459	751	534	1,173	1,517	1,383	1,317	641	641
Sparus aurata Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	751	601	974	914	602	800	1,396	1,367	1,322	1,481	1,431	1,431
Sphyraena spp Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,191	1,085	995	889	763	994	782	671	529	919	615	615
Sphyraena spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,199	485	260	288	319	275	438	881	485	650	873	873
Spongiidae Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Synodontidae Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	28	17	57	71	26	0	0	0	0	0	0
Synodontidae Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,265	1,037	900	675	645	1,112	1,746	1,971	1,862	1,600	1,960	1,960
Synodontidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	10,543	7,913	5,736	5,700	4,892	2,188	4,162	3,151	4,116	4,381	3,915	3,915
Synodontis spp Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	2,678	3,937	5,520	6,037	1,929	1,454	2,038	1,843	1,903	2,297	1,871	1,871
Testudinata Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachurus mediterraneus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	525	1,351	1,122	823	848	697	1,101	1,376	1,113	874	854	854
Trichiurus lepturus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	809	1,107	1,096	694	588	782	1,294	1,235	1,749	1,549	1,812	1,812
Trichiurus lepturus Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2	0	0	0	0	41	2	0	4	3	0	0
Tylosurus spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	11	28	0	121	141	662	435	375	141	208	284	284
Variola louti Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	785	1,283	859	989	989
Total:			384,314	428,633	425,162	431,123	393,494	349,553	375,894	372,491	373,815	387,398	385,209	385,209

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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