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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Penaeus merguiensis Australia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	517
Penaeus merguiensis Australia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	2,541	6,987	2,508	4,058	2,433	4,490	4,347	4,546	3,711	3,608
Penaeus merguiensis Indonesia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	5,813	6,398	6,964	6,953	9,092	9,852	10,318	12,686	16,699	16,998
Penaeus merguiensis Indonesia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	35,517	35,333	40,762	36,972	38,145	40,625	43,596	41,238	45,493	47,181
Penaeus merguiensis Papua New Guinea	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	700	750	800	813	628	858	820	676	1,233	949
Penaeus merguiensis Solomon Islands	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	0	2	2	5	0	0	10	20	40	10
Penaeus merguiensis Thailand	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	2,911	3,236	3,867	4,478	3,283	6,100	6,512	5,464	4,850	4,574
Penaeus merguiensis Thailand	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	8,444	7,752	7,336	8,130	9,108	9,225	7,133	7,169	7,648	8,206
Total:			55,926	60,458	62,239	61,409	62,689	71,150	72,736	71,799	79,674	82,043

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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