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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Portunus pelagicus Australia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	132	108	89	158	278	293	413	528	554	327
Portunus pelagicus Australia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	444	558	761	638	530	559	788	1,006	1,056	1,349
Portunus pelagicus Australia	81 - Pacific, Southwest	(t)	327	310	344	276	206	217	306	391	410	520
Portunus pelagicus Bahrain	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	41	123	143	132	162	518	154	185	191	367
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)	5	0	27	77	1	2	0	59	66	55
Portunus pelagicus Indonesia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	1,275	582	539	704	683	627	594	1,162	1,168	1,141
Portunus pelagicus Indonesia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	1,943	3,464	4,263	4,982	4,498	5,308	4,246	4,306	4,137	4,208
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)	14,260	18,871	12,329	26,047	17,983	15,572	16,698	13,108	16,510	14,165
Portunus pelagicus Qatar	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	37	44	33	7	9	32	49	22
Portunus pelagicus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	20	20	20	30	29	266	266	282	96
Portunus pelagicus Taiwan Province of China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	1,846	3,878	4,336	4,687	6,153	8,111	6,094
Portunus pelagicus Thailand	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	5,032	5,243	4,086	3,100	3,746	3,528	6,312	5,307	4,970	5,492
Portunus pelagicus Thailand	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	24,302	23,230	20,946	21,858	18,618	18,705	24,120	29,400	32,132	29,969
Portunus pelagicus United Arab Emirates	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	50	30	36	36	30	39	43	50	47
Total:			47,761	52,559	43,614	59,918	50,682	49,731	58,632	61,946	69,686	63,852

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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