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FAO Capture Production in Libya (t)     n = 58
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Balistes carolinensis
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boops boops
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 400 600 850 1,050 1,250 1,450 1,700
Coryphaena hippurus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crustacea
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dentex dentex
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dicentrarchus punctatus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Diplodus sargus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus marginatus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 600 1,000 1,400 1,700 2,000 2,300 2,700
Euthynnus alletteratus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isurus oxyrinchus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loligo spp
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 184 83 19 1 0 80 64 9 23 0
Loligo spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius spp
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugil cephalus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mullus spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 600 1,000 1,400 1,700 2,000 2,300 2,700
Mustelus spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natantia
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oblada melanura
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Octopodidae
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 5,501 4,806 6,108 130 0 1,365 1,421 34 81 0
Octopus vulgaris
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orcynopsis unicolor
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Libya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 288 389 364 1 0 101 99 158 687 0
Osteichthyes
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,509 1,853 2,145 1,700 1,700 1,700 2,050 2,450 2,950 3,316
Pagellus erythrinus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus kerathurus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus spp
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhinobatidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda sarda
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella aurita
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,293 4,294 4,970 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 4,800
Sarpa salpa
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaena umbra
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaenidae
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 75 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 400 700 1,000 1,250 1,500 1,700 2,000
Scombroidei
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scorpaenidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sepia officinalis
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,294 615 679 19 0 247 276 321 652 0
Seriola dumerili
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siganus spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solea solea
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparidae
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 196 600 111 1 0 102 77 62 209 0
Sparidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 600 1,000 1,350 1,700 2,000 2,300 2,700
Sparisoma cretense
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparus aurata
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spongiidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 6 6 10 8 8 8
Squalidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus thynnus
Libya 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus thynnus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 398 271 310 270 274 300 300 300 300 84
Trachurus spp
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 14 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 400 700 1,000 1,250 1,500 1,700 2,000
Trisopterus luscus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Libya 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 12,752 13,130 14,706 10,122 11,974 15,895 17,937 18,584 21,652 22,000

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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