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FAO Capture Production in Sri Lanka (t)     n = 41
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Acanthocybium solandri
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alopias spp
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,100 800 6,600 6,000 6,400 6,237 0 0 0 0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 6,400 5,000 5,000 5,900 9,100 6,160 7,635 8,790 10,358 10,129
Carcharhinidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 9,400 7,400 8,600 13,400 11,800 9,800 11,700 8,500 9,400 9,600
Carcharhinus falciformis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinus longimanus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 22,300 18,400 20,100 20,600 24,900 32,530 38,541 46,278 54,412 59,276
Crustacea
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,500 3,200 3,700 3,300 5,300 6,192 7,149 6,090 7,269 5,486
Elasmobranchii
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,100 2,400 2,900 4,500 3,900 3,255 3,910 2,812 3,169 3,230
Euthynnus affinis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ex Mollusca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holothuroidea
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 51 69 61
Istiophoridae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus platypterus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isurus oxyrinchus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 6,554 4,785 8,250 9,919 8,792 6,937 12,392 11,583 12,933 9,692
Makaira indica
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira nigricans
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 600 500 800 500 800 634 956 592 867 636
Odontoceti
Sri Lanka 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Sri Lanka 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 8,300 8,195 8,390 6,980 7,670 13,245 12,439 12,867 16,435 16,922
Osteichthyes
Sri Lanka 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 2,600 2,000 3,300 3,100 1,600 2,378 50 200 1,174 1,955
Perciformes
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 13,300 11,600 9,100 8,900 8,000 6,891 13,307 15,888 17,876 18,003
Prionace glauca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus commerson
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 4,279 2,798 3,155 3,510 3,465 3,420 4,062 3,773 3,703 4,323
Scomberomorus guttatus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus lineolatus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus spp
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombridae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,600 5,100 6,200 4,900 4,300 7,994 11,018 9,179 7,747 13,388
Scombroidei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,281 2,308 3,467 4,199 3,641 2,911 5,147 6,458 7,876 8,600
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyrnidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus audax
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,841 2,783 4,266 5,244 4,610 3,771 6,908 5,806 5,915 6,555
Thunnus obesus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus tonggol
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 92,155 77,269 93,828 100,952 104,278 112,355 135,309 138,867 159,203 167,856

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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