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FAO Capture Production in Ecuador (t)     n = 111
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Acanthocybium solandri
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aequidens rivulatus
Ecuador
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alopias pelagicus
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alopias spp
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alopias superciliosus
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anadara spp
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anchoa nasus
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bivalvia
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 4,037 3,720 4,255 4,074 4,364 4,550 3,094 1,431 1,655 1,651
Brachyura
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,000 2,200 2,500 2,500 3,000 3,200 2,350 266 674 653
Branchiostegidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brycon dentex
Ecuador
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinus falciformis
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Centropomus spp
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cetengraulis mysticetus
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 98,021 13,576 31,593 24,467 3,871 25,877 63,509 32,720 25,868
Chaetodipterus zonatus
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cherax quadricarinatus
Ecuador
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chloroscombrus orqueta
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaena hippurus
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11,263
Crassostrea gigas
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 15 17 16 16 15 11 3 6 9
Dasyatis longa
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Decapterus macrosoma
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dosidicus gigas
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Engraulis ringens
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Etrumeus teres
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euthynnus lineatus
Ecuador
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 330 150 280 370 180 20 110 230 260 520
Euthynnus lineatus
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,430 910 610 650 320 130 150 90 870 240
Fistularia corneta
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gempylidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Ecuador
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gymnura marmorata
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holothuroidea
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10
Hoplias microlepis
Ecuador
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophoridae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus platypterus
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isurus oxyrinchus
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ecuador
71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ecuador
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1,160 360 350 1,680 2,150 540 8,040 4,160 2,420 6,700
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 6,290 9,110 13,530 11,350 16,670 22,410 15,350 16,020 17,119 25,595
Lobotes pacificus
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 97 90 95 101 255 188 207 138 197
Lutjanus spp
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira indica
Ecuador
71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira indica
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira nigricans
Ecuador
71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira nigricans
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manta birostris
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Megaptera novaeangliae
Ecuador
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius gayi
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mustelus henlei
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mustelus spp
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mytilidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 215 238 315 320 350 215 0 0 0
Octopodidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Odontoceti
Ecuador
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ophidiidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opisthonema libertate
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 17,802 45,003 28,706 63,597 35,992 35,244 36,142 38,089 89,777
Oreochromis niloticus
Ecuador
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Ecuador
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 206 326 524 845 994 867 900 900 578 578
Osteichthyes
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 26,100 82,758 47,507 44,722 38,212 156,670 103,327 78,859 98,803 18,859
Panulirus gracilis
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 250 193 167 170 296 343 319 239 204 205
Penaeus brevirostris
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus californiensis
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus occidentalis
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus spp
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus stylirostris
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus vannamei
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 7,800 8,000 8,000 8,900 6,300 6,023 9,346 9,580 8,100 7,640
Perciformes
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 60 140 210 600 430 780 1,840 2,750 2,500
Physeter macrocephalus
Ecuador
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prionace glauca
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Protrachypene precipua
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudocurimata boulengeri
Ecuador
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda chiliensis
Ecuador
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda chiliensis
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Sarda orientalis
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinops sagax
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 160,891 185,215 69,966 373,341 694,853 627,470 263,456 384,623 244,614
Sciaenidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 570,617 131,862 257,469 96,527 291,686 114,139 107,711 116,625 180,347 145,577
Scomberomorus sierra
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Ecuador
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 30 0 0 10 0 10 190 260 560 210
Scombroidei
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 360 640 550 350 530 170 680 280 320 380
Selene peruviana
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serranidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena ensis
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyrna lewini
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyrna zygaena
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyrnidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squatina californica
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stromateidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Strombus spp
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 8 14 10
Strongylocentrotus spp
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Testudinata
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 367 460 0 0 6 124 715 0 0 0
Tetrapturus audax
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Ecuador
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Ecuador
71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Ecuador
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 380 750 50 620 560 100 7,030 6,810 4,250 6,950
Thunnus albacares
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 5,960 7,220 5,760 7,200 10,570 9,400 10,330 8,880 25,304 17,706
Thunnus obesus
Ecuador
71 - Pacific, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Ecuador
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 290 30
Thunnus obesus
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,660 980 80 350 900 2,310 500 240 285 1,489
Trachurus murphyi
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 24,937 10,000 0 0 0 0 2,312
Trichiuridae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Triglidae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ucides occidentalis
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Veneridae
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
Xiphias gladius
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 629,610 526,280 585,911 336,156 849,174 1,056,676 959,217 610,035 800,393 611,582

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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