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FAO Capture Production in Cameroon (t)     n = 37
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Ariidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,484 1,239 1,312 722 543 465 235 598 598 505
Bothidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachydeuterus auritus
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 6,041 7,285 5,950 4,188 4,495 3,631 2,657 3,342 3,342 3,291
Brachyura
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 27 32 62 26 24 18 30 22 22 20
Carangidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 318 135 128 115 93 65 62 28 28 18
Congridae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 39 65 93 35 16 9 8 6 6 35
Cynoglossidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 765 837 962 732 219 233 435 607 607 834
Drepane africana
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 295 306 285 266 213 186 147 174 174 93
Elasmobranchii
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 113 70 80 67 51 37 22 37 37 68
Epinephelus spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 39 12 89 18 9 7 17 2 2 1
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000
Galeoides decadactylus
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 335 143 1,099 1,071 905 908 766 679 679 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 243 182 164 130 45 68 68 0
Lutjanus spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1 1 13 2 3 2 0 0 0 4
Merluccius polli
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
Nematopalaemon hastatus
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Cameroon 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 21,000
Osteichthyes
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,034
Panulirus spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 4
Penaeus spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 432 338 564 911 859 661 830 879 1,042 1,179
Pentanemus quinquarius
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 372 660 829 829 0
Polydactylus quadrifilis
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 450 377 281 451 421 745 114 148 148 0
Polynemidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 0 0 680
Pomadasys jubelini
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus elongatus
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,090 682 879 570 486 413 1,104 1,665 1,665 140
Pseudotolithus senegalensis
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 109 41 62 0 18 9 9 14 14 10
Pseudupeneus prayensis
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 416 367 383 278 294 233 130 127 127 170
Sardinella spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 18,000 18,027 18,058 18,033 18,065 18,047 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000
Sciaenidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 6,770 6,543 8,803 6,522 5,333 4,740 3,673 2,363 2,363 2,623
Scombroidei
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2 15 1 1 2 0 0 4 4 0
Sparidae
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 249 236 463 4 30 19 0 0 0 58
Sphyraena spp
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 66 10 176 82 55 37 36 43 43 25
Trichiurus lepturus
Cameroon 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Total: 81,045 79,761 83,012 77,277 75,299 73,969 71,980 70,636 70,799 69,829

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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