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FAO Capture Production in Saudi Arabia (t) n = 129
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Acanthopagrus berda Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	28	27	40	14	14	27	19	63	48	35	26	49
Acanthopagrus bifasciatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	368	379	421	429	426	378	479	636	577	606	595	589
Acanthopagrus latus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	79	129	149	126	131	139	152	210	249	344	297
Acanthuridae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	5	149	29	13	12	4	3	7	13	17	17	18
Acanthurus sohal Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	18	24	26	56	42	62	17	12	43	50	50	52
Aethaloperca rogaa Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	17	33	20	14	19	37	50	25	31	36	36	37
Alepes djedaba Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	249	214	233	146	147	196	203	267	211	200	200	200
Aphareus rutilans Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	135	209	199	110	138	114	129	195	195	205	205	213
Argyrops spinifer Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,361	1,754	1,430	2,021	1,665	2,006	2,114	1,833	1,917	1,542	1,760	2,606
Arius thalassinus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	554	480	470	574	597	603	562	903	934	1,132	1,153	1,088
Atule mate Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	875	933	26	775	1,069	938	1,397	581	864	1,158	969	1,723
Balistidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bolbometopon muricatum Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	236	253	251	161	210	89	134	254	102	168	142	167
Bothus pantherinus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	84	65	84	96	67	86	124	91	91	77	80	77
Caesionidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	5	19	61	8	44	6	39	39	1	2	2	2
Carangidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,713	1,212	999	1,790	1,393	1,609	1,571	1,608	1,394	1,300	1,300	1,349
Carangoides bajad Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	513	686	762	356	538	617	553	558	979	1,150	1,150	1,150
Carangoides fulvoguttatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	162	128	324	182	156	268	185	175	189	190	190	190
Carangoides malabaricus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	29	12	169	63	69	65	78	67	91	74	98	106
Caranx ignobilis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	93	116	88	55	31	114	35	47	64	69	69	69
Caranx melampygus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	18	50	29	2	6	2	12	11	34	38	38	38
Caranx sexfasciatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	52	52	34	21	115	11	85	97	141	150	150	150
Cephalopholis argus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	18	72	25	11	21	25	61	49	49	55	55	57
Cephalopholis hemistiktos Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	170	324	289	149	187	185	243	229	288	231	229	275
Cephalopholis miniata Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	92	256	302	203	172	323	400	401	459	345	252	231
Chanos chanos Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	64	93	51	49	40	61	89	62	56	46	46	48
Chirocentrus nudus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	10	23	21	48	40	37	70	21	43	29	19	27
Clupeoidei Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	187	267	210	159	155	165	146	243	332	396	196	216
Crenidens crenidens Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	17	0	638	0	100	0	0	78	37	48	35	66
Decapterus russelli Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,136	1,301	1,079	1,128	938	1,124	1,398	1,169	1,003	828	1,076	1,429
Diagramma pictum Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	13	0	159	19	53	38	0	40	34	35	35	35
Elagatis bipinnulata Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	67	0	0	22
Elasmobranchii Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	653	1,027	1,241	1,330	1,191	1,394	1,261	1,533	1,360	923	875	926
Ephippidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	5	2	8	0
Epinephelus areolatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	306	245	289	309	349	346	347	336	291	377	491	473
Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Epinephelus chlorostigma Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	32	35	22	13	6	26	28	29	56	60	60	62
Epinephelus coioides Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	97	136	118	75	50	57	78	128	100	21	5	0
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	243	38	19	29	31	20	30	29	40	48	48	50
Epinephelus morrhua Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	15	29	19	21	14	28	24	31	22	25	25	26
Epinephelus multinotatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	570	1,118	374	372	329	557	396	310	557	486	453	1,036
Epinephelus polylepis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	346	447	310	286	150	220	223	279	346	358	417	394
Epinephelus polyphekadion Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	27	13	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus summana Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	32	54	22	26	18	26	31	33	80	35	35	36
Epinephelus tauvina Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	958	1,113	1,173	1,992	786	902	738	671	859	768	940	1,173
Euthynnus affinis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	230	357	194	1,015	740	1,147	1,566	1,201	1,529	2,189	2,257	2,430
Gerres oblongus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	89	178	35	98	2	0	46	46	58	61	61	61
Gerres oyena Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	367	484	268	348	402	530	625	623	567	496	545	393
Gerres spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	72	0	182	68	18	0	0	20	25	27	27	27
Gnathanodon speciosus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	441	585	831	756	651	807	1,021	707	910	571	488	672
Grammoplites suppositus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	5	4	13	16	37	41	48	19	98	50	49	46
Gymnosarda unicolor Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	19	82	31	46	80	70	131	72	89	92	92	95
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	7	503	4	30	41	66	24	34	40	35	82	106
Hemiramphus spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	45	29	29
Himantura gerrardi Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4	37	22	68	25	20	39	38	29	36	37	35
Istiophorus platypterus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	14	22	7	25	12	9	18	3	3	2	2	2
Labridae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	91	153	111	82	78	69	69	72	72	85	85	85
Lethrinidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	3,297	4,139	4,187	4,260	4,459	4,396	4,011	4,503	4,113	4,386	4,224	3,741
Lethrinus borbonicus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	673	722	908	686	729	651	723	482	420	598	618	738
Lethrinus harak Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	37	30	10	21	18	15	33	70	41	42	42	44
Lethrinus lentjan Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,180	2,660	2,395	2,526	2,238	2,443	2,574	2,683	2,297	2,990	2,460	3,126
Lethrinus mahsena Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	445	435	411	428	275	446	462	391	477	427	427	443
Lethrinus microdon Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	44	59	88	87	36	70	46	59	141	172	142	144
Lethrinus nebulosus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	110	261	201	144	91	192	280	245	340	246	246	255
Lethrinus obsoletus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	181	278	527	264	247	257	356	313	333	308	308	320
Lethrinus xanthochilus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	62	98	19	23	82	32	17	34	23	35	35	35
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	375	341	360	271	520	476	352	414	352	350	350	363
Lutjanidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	231	620	219	245	234	400	224	278	200	244	242	244
Lutjanus bohar Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	257	351	345	355	348	236	314	308	319	340	341	480
Lutjanus gibbus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	876	607	873	539	539	356	340	291	381	284	330	219
Lutjanus kasmira Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	10	24	296	19	14	4	29	25	16	18	18	18
Lutjanus quinquelineatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	138	177	10	294	315	360	340	459	439	299	305	308
Megalaspis cordyla Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,334	1,046	916	0	0	34	47	47	0	5	5	5
Metapenaeus monoceros Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	474	448	561	1,235	651	825	1,123	994	1,614	545	2,505	514
Monotaxis grandoculis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	40	219	96	39	29	44	104	52	50	59	59	59
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	72	88	110	97	121	180	261	197	142	158	144	116
Naso unicornis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	126	191	133	145	113	138	182	179	163	210	210	218
Nemipteridae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	22	60	0	0	0	193	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nemipterus randalli Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	6	26	25	0	6	6	0	0	0	0
Octopodidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Saudi Arabia	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	604	947	625	600	1,293	698	801	971	1,278	908	1,091	1,250
Pampus argenteus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	8	21	22	5	5	5	2	3	8	9	10	9
Parastromateus niger Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	39	4	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penaeus semisulcatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4,632	3,050	6,420	4,487	6,568	7,399	7,488	8,643	10,551	9,083	7,571	6,354
Penaeus spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	533	496	37	217	60	92	10	51	28	460	30	25
Perciformes Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perciformes Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plectorhinchus gaterinus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	701	513	463	310	295	241	293	312	316	263	256	219
Plectorhinchus pictus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	39	41	35	19	28	28	45	1	1	1	1	1
Plectorhinchus schotaf Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	91	140	152	155	176	164	195	216	188	151	80	88
Plectropomus areolatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	363	341	299	152	299	349	411	338	426	400	400	415
Plectropomus pessuliferus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	377	305	406	234	253	351	385	340	342	330	330	343
Pomacanthus maculosus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1	9	8	25	52	52	52	18	49	59	117	44
Pomadasys argenteus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	500	193	89	95	93	173	172	305	269	265	266	275
Portunus pelagicus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,021	1,212	1,318	1,569	1,745	2,729	2,977	3,839	3,810	3,840	3,695	4,076
Priacanthus spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rachycentron canadum Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	137	188	279	282	190	237	264	258	279	180	161	145
Rastrelliger kanagurta Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,510	1,921	3,491	3,297	3,111	3,003	3,226	4,081	3,914	3,950	3,950	3,900
Rhabdosargus haffara Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	532	712	897	1,089	1,087	1,021	1,226	1,320	1,232	1,284	1,330	1,233
Sargocentron spiniferum Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	46	97	96	135	114	160	146	67	53	54	54	54
Scaridae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	423	541	359	248	241	259	322	310	348	360	360	374
Scarus ghobban Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	98	54	62	46	64	76	47	87	59	100	96	83
Scolopsis taeniata Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	122	41	93	150	161	240	724	854	732	751	898	550
Scomberoides commersonnianus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	279	451	393	51	659	494	729	479	570	485	324	416
Scomberoides lysan Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	28	0	209	0	0	5	31	28	26	26	27
Scomberoides spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scomberoides tol Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	213	13	623	431	184	215	212	232	252	262	262	272
Scomberomorus commerson Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	5,454	6,399	5,381	6,023	5,365	5,547	5,386	4,961	4,356	4,802	3,728	3,441
Scomberomorus guttatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	338	320	505	437	422	824	1,310	1,106	963	1,009	750	553
Scombroidei Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	725	1,098	1,331	125	79	81	71	89	131	135	135	140
Sepia pharaonis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	364	406	649	993	938	1,231	2,301	1,314	1,985	1,799	1,372	1,518
Serranidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,505	2,011	1,712	1,229	1,936	1,650	1,556	1,917	1,517	1,536	1,395	1,552
Siganus spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,833	1,998	1,972	2,151	2,276	2,402	2,393	1,984	1,890	2,075	2,170	1,702
Sillago sihama Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	24	18	65	22	132	53	75	84	176	96	65	54
Sparidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	113	229	20	188	172	40	54	7	43	45	45	47
Sparidentex hasta Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	72	72	107	82	65	104	65	70	122	100	210	169
Sphyraena barracuda Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	303	642	744	384	798	1,011	1,526	1,195	1,077	1,546	1,262	969
Sphyraena jello Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	43	416	75	35	54	55	82	91	76	68	68	68
Sphyraena obtusata Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	38	29	71	102	97	59	73	137	168	192	142	154
Sphyraena spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,179	406	438	1,057	484	591	585	611	603	600	600	623
Synodontidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	145	178	129	168	179	126	130	229	111	166	166	172
Terapon spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	12	1	16	7
Thenus orientalis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	8	15	41	17	29	43	57	37	47	3	0	2
Thunnus tonggol Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	99	190	210	358	288	233	190	272	242	222	222	230
Trachinotus blochii Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	87	44	33	30	59	32	59	39	64	131	92	30
Tylosurus crocodilus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	107	136	244	183	180	192	242	258	169	195	145	117
Valamugil seheli Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	316	414	372	344	322	334	283	519	464	338	197	225
Variola louti Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	261	254	376	188	181	306	404	384	388	415	415	431
Total:			49,080	55,331	57,211	55,440	55,418	60,421	65,485	66,221	68,898	67,664	65,145	64,481

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