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FAO Capture Production in Kenya (t)     n = 49
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Bagrus spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 510 174 78 34 37 127 157 158 107 147
Brachyura
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 90 71 58 69 59 70 112 100 117 135
Carangidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 185 175 141 68 73 76 82 111 86 101
Clarias spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 645 2,115 589 254 581 574 339 1,724 1,532 1,570
Clupeoidei
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 439 338 358 166 162 112 217 189 155 167
Crassostrea spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 11 13 17 8 14 32 16 9 8
Crocodylus niloticus
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (n) 2,540 2,918 2,883 3,721 4,258 2,250 300 1,445 714 3,350
Crustacea
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 95 100 75 48 72 59 185 223 139 104
Cyprinidae
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 167 0 145 136 127 118 0 0 0 0
Cyprinus carpio
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 148 131 189 279 305 360 334 216 48 52
Elasmobranchii
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 279 261 173 152 166 176 191 140 134 131
Ex Mollusca
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 198 216 232 329 329 179 166 149 171 262
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 94 96 61 65 52 67 65 72 55 78
Haplochromis spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 3,802 3,615 3,018 3,506 4,196 4,822 3,914 2,453 2,577 2,731
Holothuroidea
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 86 78 277 14 41 55 15 41 38 15
Istiophoridae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 8 0 0 0 0 0 73 53 38 82
Istiophorus platypterus
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 57 57 70 72 150 116 108 114 98 109
Labeo spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 650 704 212 175 143 605 1,462 355 207 219
Lates niloticus
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 71,930 57,262 77,599 100,037 104,102 102,546 97,145 73,555 76,663 103,014
Lethrinidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 632 666 477 441 353 396 433 361 412 358
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 41 56 56 32 57 345 389 317 30 35
Lutjanidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 213 242 155 129 116 112 147 144 106 151
Makaira indica
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugilidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 140 156 117 116 109 127 153 120 107 146
Natantia
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 474 523 388 208 379 207 378 491 774 513
Octopodidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 79 119 49 78 106 460 117 393 155 169
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 3,614 21,845 8,395 7,886 6,354 7,568 7,635 19,329 19,732 18,203
Oreochromis niloticus
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 37,900 27,024 16,300 12,196 11,319 11,827 10,765 13,953 14,652 17,524
Osteichthyes
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 24,583 19,086 12,001 9,103 2,015 1,215 3,059 745 5,960 4,221
Osteichthyes
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,498 2,124 2,351 2,611 728 1,842 1,187 1,006 1,675 1,774
Panulirus spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 74 66 52 47 44 119 177 136 39 52
Perciformes
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 1,195 982 680 407 418 211 1,247 1,188 1,196 1,366
Perciformes
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 277 299 319 290 114 286 358 351 611 528
Procambarus clarkii
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 87 32 35 41 40 20 13 24 19 21
Protopterus spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 103 123 1,544 146 398 408 164 1,704 1,717 1,600
Rastrineobola argentea
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 46,738 58,098 35,414 42,505 69,134 56,827 49,670 40,315 42,336 48,816
Salmonoidei
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 116 96 88 112 17 196 11 16 24 29
Scomberomorus commerson
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 94 110 75 46 103 74 93 69 139 122
Scombroidei
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seriola spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 95 83 72 44 42 89 79 63 60 78
Siganus spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 662 707 496 440 365 387 404 347 356 304
Sphyraena spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 86 99 53 57 55 65 54 54 71 108
Synodontis spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 37 25 37 28 24 408 418 506
Testudinata
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 200,898 197,724 162,210 182,052 202,577 192,706 180,988 161,054 172,592 205,287

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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