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FAO Capture Production in Mauritania (t) n = 90
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Acanthocybium solandri Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	52
Alectis alexandrinus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	138	138
Argyrosomus regius Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	600	600	600	1,000	1,400	1,800	1,560	2,170	1,880	2,100	3,227	3,227
Ariidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	500	500	500	900	1,300	1,700	1,340	1,860	1,610	1,800	2,704	2,704
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Brachydeuterus auritus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	147	147
Brotula barbata Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Campogramma glaycos Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	55
Carangidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	200	275	420	470	640	730	380	530	450	500	0	0
Cephalopoda Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	129	150	236	200	189	136	121	95	44	5	16	16
Chaceon maritae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	6	16	5	25	48	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chloroscombrus chrysurus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	50
Clupeoidei Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Congridae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crustacea Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	6	20	5	8	10	1	16	20	0	25	1	1
Cymbium cymbium Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,007	1,007
Cynoglossidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	104	104
Decapterus spp Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	508	508
Dentex spp Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	366	366
Dicentrarchus punctatus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8
Diplodus spp Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	145	278	286	270	250	230	120	160	140	160	237	237
Drepane africana Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	16
Elasmobranchii Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	450	500	500	700	900	1,100	530	730	630	700	10	10
Engraulis encrasicolus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	12,200	16,000	19,000	25,000	33,411	37,429	16,292	17,742	12,567	6,979	5,031	5,031
Ephippidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	33
Epinephelus aeneus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	300	300	250	350	450	550	450	620	540	600	910	910
Epinephelus marginatus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
Ethmalosa fimbriata Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	802	805	801	830	1,150	1,320	690	950	810	900	1,416	1,416
Euthynnus alletteratus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Galeoides decadactylus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Ginglymostoma cirratum Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	18
Gymnura altavela Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	144	144
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	5	5	3	50	100	150	120	160	140	160	7	7
Holothuroidea Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	14
Katsuwonus pelamis Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
Leptocharias smithii Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	111	111
Lichia amia Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	13
Lithognathus mormyrus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,150	1,100	800	580	464	593	203	1,047	624	758	480	480
Lophius spp Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	45	28	36	28	13	7	2	0	0	1	0	0
Merluccius spp Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,558	1,324	817	700	612	360	349	254	112	29	16	16
Mollusca Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1	6	23	10	2	0	5	8	3	0	0	0
Mugilidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,000	2,000	2,000	3,000	4,000	5,000	5,290	7,320	6,340	7,100	11,018	11,018
Mullidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	30	25	25	40	35	30	25	20	15	10	0	0
Muraenidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12
Mustelus mustelus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	100
Myliobatidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natantia Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	779	1,546	1,226	1,200	763	748	1,108	421	45	293	205	205
Octopodidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	13,709	13,576	12,500	12,000	12,104	14,634	12,093	11,525	7,605	12,313	15,801	15,801
Orcynopsis unicolor Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Mauritania	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	10,000	10,000	12,000	12,000	12,000	13,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000
Osteichthyes Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	18,536	21,342	30,531	56,701	90,983	78,661	50,210	73,514	65,580	30,000	7,046	7,046
Pagellus spp Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	74
Palinuridae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	30	25	15	8	1	0	0	2	0	75	103	103
Palinurus spp Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	13
Panulirus spp Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	635	635
Paragaleus pectoralis Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	14
Parapenaeus longirostris Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	400	500	600	800	990	457	346	650	208	0	5	5
Plectorhinchus mediterraneus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94	94
Pleuronectiformes Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	350	300	250	120	170	190	100	130	120	130	34	34
Pomatomus saltatrix Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	67
Pseudotolithus spp Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	268	268
Rachycentron canadum Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	16
Rajiformes Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	300	300	300	700	1,100	1,500	760	1,050	900	1,000	45	45
Rhinobatos cemiculus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	161	161
Rhinoptera marginata Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,166	1,166
Rhizoprionodon acutus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	516	516
Sarda sarda Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sardina pilchardus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,500	3,000	4,500	6,000	8,092	14,779	9,120	22,319	15,276	13,409	16,674	16,674
Sardinella spp Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	10,500	14,000	15,000	16,000	19,231	30,523	14,604	28,785	21,849	89,000	147,651	147,651
Schedophilus velaini Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	406	406
Sciaenidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	280	300	300	290	280	270	140	190	160	184	7	7
Scomber japonicus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	10,000	14,000	16,000	18,000	23,653	14,320	2,889	7,617	6,299	5,096	4,631	4,631
Scomberomorus tritor Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	187	187
Scombroidei Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,100	1,000	900	800	724	522	143	86	122	159	64	64
Scorpaenidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	4,344	4,981	2,342	2,500	2,682	3,097	2,038	2,512	1,294	2,916	2,070	2,070
Serranidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	200	200	160	130	100	70	40	60	50	55	76	76
Soleidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	57
Sparidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	550	550	500	440	399	542	258	173	110	850	158	158
Sparus aurata Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	711	711
Sphyrna lewini Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	257	257
Sphyrnidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	17
Stromateus fiatola Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tetraodontidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	18
Trachurus spp Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	20,000	30,000	32,000	37,000	51,543	79,377	28,162	24,810	34,207	24,413	33,710	33,710
Trichiurus lepturus Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	480	590	700	800	944	1,047	807	677	598	180	275	275
Triglidae Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Umbrina canariensis Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Zeus faber Mauritania	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			114,456	140,142	156,131	199,650	270,733	304,877	165,312	223,207	195,328	216,900	276,238	276,238

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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