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FAO Capture Production in Liberia (t)     n = 78
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Albula vulpes
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 104
Alopias vulpinus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151
Ariidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 93 52 114 59 63 7 77 0 4 31
Balistidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
Belonidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 90
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) 44 19 13 22 10 28 0 35 38 32
Brotula barbata
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 530 279 108 216 46 4 10 66 48
Carangidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 13 256 170 97 96 76 62 30 178 394
Caranx rhonchus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 111 435
Carcharhinus falciformis
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110
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) 155 110 229 121 115 75 189 147 383 386
Congridae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 52 72 87 42 81 70 41 117 85 128
Coryphaena hippurus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 20 48
Crustacea
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 12 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) 33 92 105 84 92 313 336 0 0 0
Drepane africana
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2 0 2 8 12 30 15 0 70 256
Echeneidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Elasmobranchii
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 21 18 23 100 309 358 207 338 210 39
Epinephelus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 45 4 12 9 6 22 0 5 110 71
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 13 20 34 14 26 9 70 17 33 123
Exocoetidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 8 10 0
Galeoides decadactylus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 19 0 15 13 11 26 0 0 0 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 7 1 16 13 180 196 105 99 85 216
Hemiramphus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 85
Ilisha africana
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 149 33 104 44 36 6 124 26 63 242
Istiophoridae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 18 20 38 27 112 120 145 71 781 513
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 0 410 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 2 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 64 0 1 24 13 1 9 22 137 410
Makaira nigricans
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 122 59 37
Merluccius polli
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0
Mobulidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 342 802
Mugilidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 22 18 63
Natantia
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 59 97 66 205 116 110 28 73 100 252
Octopodidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 176 2 61 23
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) 424 1,907 1,306 710 598 134 362 430 1,022 775
Panulirus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 4 6 10 0 8 26 4
Parapenaeus longirostris
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 50
Pentanemus quinquarius
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 47 88 63 50 25 134 36 155 138 118
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 76
Pristidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 39
Pseudotolithus elongatus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 100 40 7 109 282 233 535
Pseudotolithus senegalensis
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 79 40 20 0 266 200 490
Pseudotolithus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 513 1,710 1,016 800 646 1,008 364 0 0 0
Pseudupeneus prayensis
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 6 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 33 25 29 50 56 33 12 38 50 80
Rhinobatidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 175
Sardinella spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 303 112 410 330 222 876 199 485 620 1,112
Sciaenidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3 0 6 7 4 87 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 13 50 52 37 12 134 24 8 45 218
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) 0 2 13 14 8 0 0 0 12 8
Soleidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 153 214 169 131 112 158 48 150 149 217
Sparidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 30 41 18 42 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 43 58 93 42 31 202 35 112 318 442
Sphyrnidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127
Spondyliosoma cantharus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 110 105 334 299 307 382 143 236 248 573
Testudinata
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 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 41 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 185 310 369
Thunnus albacares
Liberia 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 16 13 42 65 53 57 105 340 108 112
Thunnus obesus
Liberia 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 310 0 0 0
Trachurus trecae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 5 3 3 3 12 0 0 0 0
Trichiurus lepturus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 9 4 7 6 2 12 7 10 9 33
Xiphias gladius
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3 0 7 14 26 28 112 543 21 39
Total: 6,463 9,619 8,888 7,778 7,721 8,829 8,308 8,491 10,697 14,682

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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