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FAO Capture Production in Liberia (t)     n = 78
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Albula vulpes
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alopias vulpinus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 397 328 298 462 403 167 267 192 165 160
Balistidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belonidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachydeuterus auritus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 92 46 42 87 39 157 168 234 133 187
Brotula barbata
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 167 523 472 175 492 430 818 845 580 516
Caranx rhonchus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 102 126 89
Carcharhinus falciformis
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 191 488 441 227 345 583 506 719 764 607
Congridae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 99
Coryphaena hippurus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crustacea
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dalatias licha
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dentex spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 500 809 820 1,103 1,167 653 626 1,866 1,715 534
Drepane africana
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 303 49 21
Echeneidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 155 107 96 359 268 279 250 274 115 149
Epinephelus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 441 51 49 203 72 190 278 160 74 40
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 282
Exocoetidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Galeoides decadactylus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 72 149 266 378 176 75 37 62 29 37
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 65 93 84 46 106 65 253 187 162 65
Hemiramphus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilisha africana
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 13 46 43 55 93 95 67 118 109 220
Istiophoridae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 129 78 68 94 74 103
Istiophorus albicans
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isurus oxyrinchus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Liberia 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lepidopus caudatus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lichia amia
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 729 12 200
Makaira nigricans
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius polli
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 20 3 3 4 5 0 0 0 16 0
Mobulidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugilidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natantia
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 9 7 191 12 181 222 218 211
Octopodidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Liberia 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000
Osteichthyes
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,710 1,744 2,230 2,463 1,628 1,509 2,367 2,100 1,978 1,896
Panulirus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 24 22 66 15 14 74 43 84 0
Parapenaeus longirostris
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pentanemus quinquarius
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 65 33 611 197 1,031 882 148 125
Pomadasys jubelini
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prionace glauca
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pristidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus elongatus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus senegalensis
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 894 884 1,239 1,588 1,084 507 1,298 1,852 2,122 2,134
Pseudupeneus prayensis
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 21 68 62 41 50 65 26 29 38 24
Rajiformes
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 182 44 55 81 77 92 113 101 116 132
Rhinobatidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 546 1,553 1,399 1,375 1,109 687 606 514 914 562
Sciaenidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 113 419 376 413 444 303 442 520 102 345
Scomber japonicus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 72 55 50 151 159 164 339 279 150 188
Scombroidei
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Selene dorsalis
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 62 15 14 2 4 0 7 0 0 0
Soleidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 210 185 164 347 281 186 481 417 361 390
Sparidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 284 26 37 72 404 143 271 15 80 43
Sphyraena spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 366 801 723 824 677 440 433 644 515 572
Sphyrnidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spondyliosoma cantharus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 24 34 36 3 8 0 6 0 0 13
Squalidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stromateus fiatola
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 298 110 687 817 685 476
Testudinata
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Tetrapturus albidus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Liberia 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 182 441 395 396 284 235 233 265 229 206
Thunnus obesus
Liberia 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus trecae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 1 1 246 27 18 0 0 0 0
Trichiurus lepturus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 7 29 28 17 4 0 0 116 52 141
Xiphias gladius
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 5 38 34 53 0 24 16 30 19 35
Total: 11,791 13,004 13,553 15,277 14,650 11,478 16,053 18,731 16,053 14,802

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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