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

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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Anguilla anguilla Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	798	537	585	501	709
Argyrops spinifer Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argyrosomus regius Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	40	76	136	127	168	128	106	92
Argyrosomus regius Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	82	676	654	545	547	541	908	615	768	882
Argyrosomus regius Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	31	0	0	0	158	45	0	0	19	82
Ariidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atherinidae Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	347	867	0	927	1,375	1,241	1,326	1,229	1,150	1,180
Atherinidae Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,501	4,459	1,993	2,027	3,740	2,596	5,316	4,066	4,558	3,017
Atherinidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	78
Bagrus bajad Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boops boops Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,073	2,369	2,177	3,118	2,638	2,173	2,609	2,499	1,956	0
Brachyura Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	736	949	848	684	1,026	981	1,063	1,249	3,524
Brachyura Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	10,049	0	4	149	1,177
Caranx spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	5,849	6,919	4,841	14,361	11,823	0	0	0	0	0
Clarias anguillaris Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	19,538	19,610	23,680	19,895	19,608	20,370	22,433	21,618	21,511
Clupeoidei Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	106	40	23	148	60
Crustacea Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	950	557	838	918	1,237
Ctenopharyngodon idellus Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	10,000	15,343	16,553	4,233	707
Cyprinidae Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	928	2,154	1,059	1,261	1,386	2,117	4,515
Decapterus spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dentex dentex Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dicentrarchus labrax Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	419	0	429	727	453	559	662
Dicentrarchus punctatus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,997	293	98	100	604	73	424	119	135	203
Dicentrarchus spp Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	3,404	1,470	2,413	1,272	2,706	2,397	2,233	2,738	815
Diplodus annularis Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Diplodus sargus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	128	116	113	113	0	346	590	382	390	841
Echinodermata Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elasmobranchii Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	770	535	1,152	1,000	1,226	1,172	1,120	1,629	1,211	1,383
Elasmobranchii Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	9	81	32	89	69	137	122	180	135	182
Encrasicholina punctifer Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engraulis encrasicolus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus spp Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,826	906	842	614	604	721	1,010	778	905	1,943
Epinephelus spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	78	0	58	334	247	387	647	689	722	1,215
Epinephelus tauvina Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Erugosquilla massavensis Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Etrumeus teres Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,403
Etrumeus teres Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,135
Euthynnus affinis Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	76	128	43	138	318	755	841	326
Euthynnus alletteratus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	598	574	518	640	648	697	985	725	724	1,442
Eutrigla gurnardus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,034	991	2,015	1,099	1,077	1,070	1,264	1,158	1,067	1,159
Gerres oyena Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lates niloticus Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	2,495	2,730	2,551	3,255	2,572
Lethrinidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	429	425	574	577	1,040
Lethrinus borbonicus Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lethrinus mahsena Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loligo spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lutjanidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	4,875	5,053	4,044	5,165	8,784	4,265
Merluccius merluccius Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	488	530	610	625	598
Mollusca Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	140	233	0	198	0
Mollusca Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mugil cephalus Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	1,880	2,252	6,049	6,567	5,441	0	0	0	0	0
Mugil cephalus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	222	384	620	479	381	0	0	0	0	0
Mugilidae Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	12,371	10,844	6,972	5,840	6,116	15,543	11,836	14,538	15,356	17,041
Mugilidae Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	763	1,255	987	1,152	2,160	2,600	2,896	2,012	2,304	1,995
Mugilidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	10	0	0	0	0	31	67	59	352	1,811
Mullidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	996	583	668	689	777	1,077	716	744	439	876
Mullus spp Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	792	148	999	1,516	2,098	1,512	2,314	2,533	1,681	2,727
Natantia Egypt	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Natantia Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3,189	4,029	2,656	3,818	3,959	3,971	3,164	4,851	5,071	7,099
Natantia Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	594	759	435	614	572	763	644	639	436	1,170
Nemipterus spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oblada melanura Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	67	47
Oreochromis niloticus Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	93,113	93,495	97,679	95,819	122,207	125,307	130,992	128,446	112,811
Osteichthyes Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	156,865	67,728	66,145	65,814	80,906	62,895	55,738	63,547	95,924	83,715
Osteichthyes Egypt	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	6,956	8,922	16,019	10,773	11,535	7,985	7,434	10,125	12,824	9,308
Osteichthyes Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	17,230	8,732	23,770	18,051	18,121	13,361	24,063	30,339	27,923	48,787
Pagrus pagrus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	843	874	775	1,080	1,508	1,021	1,825	1,425	1,230	2,984
Palaemonidae Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	1,023	2,765	1,139	2,352	3,687	3,169	2,286	2,387	2,886	1,388
Panulirus spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perciformes Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	7,131	16,101	5,562	5,600	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plectorhinchus schotaf Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectiformes Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pomadasys stridens Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pomatomus saltatrix Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	101	1	0	37	174	307	147	56	153
Portunus pelagicus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	101	216	110	318	657	0	0	0	0	0
Rastrelliger kanagurta Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	1,363	1,151	1,914	652	1,004
Sardinella spp Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	6,302	8,928	7,072	10,634	8,147	8,935	8,267	10,621	23,920	39,563
Sardinella spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4,307	2,860	1,613	3,763	2,973	2,822	6,833	5,639	4,973	5,383
Sarpa salpa Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scaridae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	227	283	918
Scomber japonicus Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	412	810	185	453	3,041	1,926	2,042	2,392	810	378
Scomberomorus commerson Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	86	144	112	299	270	30	203	194	227	170
Scombroidei Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	530	1,071	594	576	2,004
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	614	659	787	1,067	1,031	1,097	1,365	1,370	1,152	1,449
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	221	172	128	286	486	560	399	414	237	3,525
Serranidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siganus spp Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	246	750	372	379	481
Siganus spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	185	128	129	175	199
Solea solea Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	547	381	763
Solea solea Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	135	287	360	814	710	473	751	762	653	965
Sparidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	86	0	0	0	0	4,113	2,430	2,210	1,318	423
Sparus aurata Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	3,183	1,789	780	1,197	899	908	474	554	672	557
Sparus aurata Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	505	523	335	378	475	451	754	533	553	1,398
Sphyraena spp Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	729	730	0	1,731	1,098	1,721	1,764	1,159
Sphyraena spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	12	3	1	0	3
Spongiidae Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Synodontidae Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Synodontidae Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,445	1,425	822	980	1,134	993	1,307	1,075	941	1,162
Synodontidae Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,884	4,776	5,820	6,073	4,845	4,696	4,151	5,117	7,994	7,213
Synodontis spp Egypt	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Testudinata Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	131	130	231	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachurus mediterraneus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	434	656	346	354	0	433	716	441	402	326
Trichiurus lepturus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	564	914	679	774	711
Trichiurus lepturus Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Tylosurus spp Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	123	48	32	17	28
Variola louti Egypt	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			250,903	284,299	282,169	302,829	311,600	335,300	340,434	371,332	406,204	422,665

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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