FAO Capture Production of Penaeus merguiensis (t)     n = 8 (See disclaimer below)

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Penaeus merguiensis Australia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penaeus merguiensis Australia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penaeus merguiensis Indonesia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	2,530	1,610	1,106	708	1,033	4,827	3,379	9,498	9,298	5,209
Penaeus merguiensis Indonesia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	20,417	20,672	26,354	24,696	24,816	22,707	15,595	14,848	22,299	26,411
Penaeus merguiensis Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	100	100	300	100	422	297	462	432	548	634
Penaeus merguiensis Solomon Islands	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penaeus merguiensis Thailand	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	200	731	1,751	3,149	8,230	8,258
Penaeus merguiensis Thailand	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	9,600	10,600	4,800	9,200	8,900	10,707	8,400	8,179	10,624	9,398
Total:			32,647	32,982	32,560	34,704	35,371	39,269	29,587	36,106	50,999	49,910

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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