FAO Capture Production of Portunus pelagicus (t)     n = 19 (See disclaimer below)

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Portunus pelagicus Australia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	810	1,007	1,027	1,255	1,211	1,305	1,146	1,230	1,156	1,033	1,267	1,244
Portunus pelagicus Australia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	4,751	5,482	4,935	4,372	4,744	4,063	3,668	3,560	3,664	3,222	2,963	2,932
Portunus pelagicus Australia	81 - Pacific, Southwest	(t)	377	318	272	396	198	160	182	0	0	0	0	0
Portunus pelagicus Bahrain	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,380	2,556	2,828	3,522	4,169	3,246	3,695	3,248	4,656	4,142	3,912	3,042
Portunus pelagicus China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t)	48,120	50,691	52,732	67,703	65,004	53,966	54,865	68,588	64,059	60,704	67,151	70,165
Portunus pelagicus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portunus pelagicus Indonesia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	3,920	3,694	3,157	3,747	3,760	3,808	3,909	5,286	4,018	3,634	4,504	6,430
Portunus pelagicus Indonesia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	10,133	18,346	16,831	26,783	18,094	14,952	22,777	25,135	34,820	31,376	38,498	35,981
Portunus pelagicus Iran (Islamic Rep. of)	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,235	1,144	938	722	679	1,504	900	1,791	955	2,807	1,399	731
Portunus pelagicus Israel	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	126	115	115
Portunus pelagicus Kuwait	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	20	20
Portunus pelagicus Philippines	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	5	67	69	216	353	264	226	258	286	259	279	224
Portunus pelagicus Philippines	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	36,303	38,083	32,947	33,020	34,345	34,377	31,051	33,536	33,718	30,020	29,751	29,273
Portunus pelagicus Qatar	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	26	21	17	35	56	74	65	128	159	140	83	84
Portunus pelagicus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,021	1,212	1,318	1,569	1,745	2,729	2,977	3,839	3,810	3,840	3,695	4,076
Portunus pelagicus Taiwan Province of China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t)	1,966	1,703	1,030	1,377	1,509	1,459	1,460	1,452	1,365	603	7,467	7,623
Portunus pelagicus Thailand	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	6,652	7,171	7,467	9,549	7,411	9,304	7,972	7,583	7,417	8,630	8,574	8,460
Portunus pelagicus Thailand	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	37,219	29,134	21,407	22,825	22,113	18,567	23,860	16,638	16,156	15,132	14,262	12,122
Portunus pelagicus United Arab Emirates	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,710	1,969	353	437	470	512	419	479	926	907	978	923
Total:			156,628	162,598	147,328	177,528	165,861	150,290	159,172	172,751	177,165	166,597	184,918	183,445

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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