FAO Capture Production in Tanzania (t)     n = 65 (See disclaimer below)

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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Acanthuridae Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	309	309
Ariidae Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	880	850	800	800	750	794	891	843	782	700	4,728	4,728
Bagrus spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	2,300	2,000	2,000	1,500	1,000	2,100	900	520	442	757	1,821	1,821
Caesionidae Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	585	585
Carangidae Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,000	2,000	1,880	1,900	1,800	1,600	1,600	1,711	1,642	1,698	2,013	2,013
Carcharhinus falciformis Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	2	5	5	9	9
Carcharhinus longimanus Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	2	5	5	12	12
Chirocentrus nudus Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	397	397
Chirocentrus spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clarias spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	2,000	2,500	2,000	2,000	2,300	2,100	3,018	527	600	392	401	401
Crocodylus niloticus Tanzania, United Rep. of	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(n)	1,302	1,589	1,369	1,469	1,560	1,427	1,100	1,556	1,784	790	601	601
Elasmobranchii Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,400	1,500	1,500	1,550	1,841	1,247	1,449	1,354	1,400	1,405	1,443	1,443
Epinephelus spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	450	500	550	500	500	529	500	629	758	910	1,680	1,680
Ex Mollusca Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	250	437	325	896	317	300	277	270	331	330	330	330
Gerres oblongus Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	636	636
Grampus griseus Tanzania, United Rep. of	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haplochromis spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	9,000	8,500	7,500	7,600	8,000	7,000	8,000	8,857	4,570	9,835	12,146	12,146
Hemiramphus spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,250	1,300	1,200	1,125	1,200	1,751	1,751	716	728	647	988	988
Holothuroidea Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	372	340	65	75	10	14	0	0	0	0	0	0
Istiophoridae Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	984	734	685	650	535	786	861	1,041	1,295	1,326	1,334	1,334
Istiophorus platypterus Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	12	11	15	15	13	16	16
Isurus oxyrinchus Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	69	55	55	65	56	54	54
Katsuwonus pelamis Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Labridae Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	3,100	3,500	3,000	2,800	2,800	2,080	633	1,271	1,158	1,308	1,625	1,625
Lates niloticus Tanzania, United Rep. of	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	90,000	96,000	92,000	98,500	98,500	124,278	95,500	95,160	94,197	101,073	97,177	97,177
Lates spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,477	4,792	7,749	10,132	10,132
Lethrinidae Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	7,500	7,850	7,800	7,500	8,000	7,000	1,071	3,932	3,664	3,060	4,359	4,359
Loligo duvauceli Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	633	633
Makaira indica Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Makaira nigricans Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	2
Mugilidae Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	400	250	200	200	200	291	291	202	228	250	322	322
Mullidae Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	436	436
Nemipterus spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	400	400	600	650	750	794	616	880	1,002	900	1,127	1,127
Octopodidae Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	600	650	800	1,700	1,600	1,334	703	882	829	1,121	1,316	1,316
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	40,000	45,000	43,000	50,000	51,725	35,314	44,379	38,297	35,622	38,676	44,694	44,694
Osteichthyes Tanzania, United Rep. of	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	87,700	86,354	84,356	98,755	110,515	104,774	118,722	132,441	43,233	31,483	16,050	16,050
Osteichthyes Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,021	2,035	1,995	1,595	2,470	5,624	10,949	3,591	3,881	3,562	1,896	1,896
Panulirus ornatus Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	495	495
Penaeus spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,100	2,000	2,000	1,700	1,300	1,800	1,800	1,656	1,041	1,016	1,463	1,463
Percoidei Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	300	200	100	100	100	145	637	629	621	603	0	0
Prionace glauca Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	370	397	426	529	458	372	372
Psettodes erumei Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	52	75	60	50	50	52	955	629	603	507	727	727
Rachycentron canadum Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	867	867
Rajiformes Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	3,400	3,500	2,500	2,500	2,300	2,350	1,170	2,005	2,004	2,050	2,707	2,707
Rastrelliger kanagurta Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4,500	5,000	5,250	5,000	5,000	5,500	5,600	3,895	3,735	3,850	4,335	4,335
Rastrineobola argentea Tanzania, United Rep. of	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92,480	85,268	87,107	95,431	95,431
Rhodophyceae Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	5,000	5,000	4,500	2,500	240	52	278	214	277	280	287	287
Sardinella spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	14,500	15,500	14,000	14,200	15,000	15,500	3,095	12,221	11,832	14,300	8,015	8,015
Scomberomorus spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	973	711	1,014	450	652	757	783	1,002	1,156	1,164	1,190	1,190
Scombroidei Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	607	417	402	419	1,040	901	2,046	1,371	1,513	1,529	1,644	1,644
Seriola spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	75	60	50	50	50	52	880	913	946	720	1,328	1,328
Siganus spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	3,425	3,000	3,200	3,250	3,000	3,600	1,481	1,792	1,902	2,100	2,494	2,494
Sousa chinensis Tanzania, United Rep. of	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	5	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sphyraena spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	25	25	25	25	50	52	1,373	1,037	1,057	890	1,451	1,451
Stenella attenuata Tanzania, United Rep. of	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stenella longirostris Tanzania, United Rep. of	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	18	1	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stolothrissa, Limnothrissa spp Tanzania, United Rep. of	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	40,000	43,000	43,000	43,500	40,000	45,000	22,000	8,866	12,967	10,986	15,191	15,191
Tetrapturus angustirostris Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Tetrapturus audax Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	4	3	3
Thunnus alalunga Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	82	67	75	39	34	70	70
Thunnus albacares Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	700	800	700	650	650	545	622	120	125	121	133	133
Thunnus obesus Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	3	30	12	18	17	10	10
Tursiops aduncus Tanzania, United Rep. of	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	12	11	15	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tursiops truncatus Tanzania, United Rep. of	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xiphias gladius Tanzania, United Rep. of	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	494	573	575	535	469	480	480
Total:			322,014	336,551	324,232	351,294	363,688	376,700	335,437	426,114	326,812	334,860	346,748	346,748

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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