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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Portunus pelagicus Australia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	100	100	100	125	80	130	175	141	125
Portunus pelagicus Australia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	400	300	400	400	401	442	395	473	492	440
Portunus pelagicus Australia	81 - Pacific, Southwest	(t)	100	100	100	100	176	178	148	177	225	226
Portunus pelagicus Bahrain	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	30	25	23
Portunus pelagicus China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portunus pelagicus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	8	0	0
Portunus pelagicus Indonesia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	60	295	1,375	1,391	974	1,079
Portunus pelagicus Indonesia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	400	300	400	400	423	298	803	1,192	1,054	1,662
Portunus pelagicus Iran (Islamic Rep. of)	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portunus pelagicus Israel	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portunus pelagicus Kuwait	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portunus pelagicus Philippines	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portunus pelagicus Philippines	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	8,800	8,300	9,900	9,800	11,683	12,065	10,479	9,658	13,264	17,412
Portunus pelagicus Qatar	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portunus pelagicus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portunus pelagicus Taiwan Province of China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portunus pelagicus Thailand	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	400	500	500	500	100	252	184	2,026	4,279	3,746
Portunus pelagicus Thailand	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	13,500	14,800	15,800	16,700	24,100	18,607	19,131	21,224	20,481	23,597
Portunus pelagicus United Arab Emirates	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			23,600	24,400	27,200	28,000	37,068	32,225	32,677	36,354	40,935	48,310

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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