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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Portunus pelagicus Australia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	364	348	270	308	644	607	522	740	865	717
Portunus pelagicus Australia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	1,567	1,666	1,802	2,573	4,047	4,590	4,816	4,507	4,390	3,732
Portunus pelagicus Australia	81 - Pacific, Southwest	(t)	421	498	686	627	662	788	800	761	745	628
Portunus pelagicus Bahrain	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	589	600	914	690	821	807	1,047	1,289	1,017	2,179
Portunus pelagicus China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t)	14,669	16,757	13,714	15,000	20,000	25,168	51,288	42,281	42,711	45,603
Portunus pelagicus Egypt	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	101	216	110	318	657	0	0	0	0	0
Portunus pelagicus Indonesia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	718	916	1,179	768	1,542	1,975	1,830	2,683	3,745	4,453
Portunus pelagicus Indonesia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	4,632	6,605	5,287	6,470	6,787	8,909	9,728	12,705	8,625	9,823
Portunus pelagicus Iran (Islamic Rep. of)	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,992	1,583	1,490
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	1,232	732	73	55	34	32	1
Portunus pelagicus Philippines	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	13,870	15,907	41,287	26,151	26,128	29,536	27,660	30,358	23,919	34,076
Portunus pelagicus Qatar	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	64	56	28	52	30	39	47	47	69	39
Portunus pelagicus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	27	29	169	256	1,126	1,035	1,060	1,371	1,062	959
Portunus pelagicus Taiwan Province of China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t)	4,242	3,173	2,166	1,579	1,690	2,808	1,391	1,141	966	511
Portunus pelagicus Thailand	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	4,366	4,878	4,470	6,118	4,930	5,781	5,696	5,173	9,397	7,386
Portunus pelagicus Thailand	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t)	30,402	31,190	31,784	33,641	35,157	35,414	36,219	34,916	37,281	33,864
Portunus pelagicus United Arab Emirates	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	47	45	47	50	58	47	56	60	60	62
Total:			76,079	82,884	103,913	95,833	105,011	117,577	142,215	140,058	136,467	145,523

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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