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FAO Capture Production in Sri Lanka (t)     n = 41
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Acanthocybium solandri
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 223 248 263 374 347 270 184 164 151 221
Alopias spp
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 229 296 431 647 1,041 1,095 988 1,576 1,369 2,038
Ariidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,408 1,559 2,016 2,795 3,689 3,802 4,918 6,349 6,080 2,982
Carangidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 7,722 8,975 8,948 10,878 8,000 6,910 6,088 6,900 8,500 8,680
Carcharhinidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 8,990 10,589 9,060 14,841 14,200 9,616 10,370 0 0 0
Carcharhinus falciformis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,540 1,991 2,904 4,356 7,010 7,376 6,654 10,615 9,220 13,726
Carcharhinus longimanus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 335 433 632 947 1,525 1,604 1,447 2,309 2,005 2,985
Clupeoidei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 27,958 33,426 35,097 37,379 38,870 49,785 48,221 47,200 50,800 51,370
Crustacea
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5,098 5,965 7,783 7,599 4,900 1,800 2,502 2,360 880 3,080
Elasmobranchii
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,359 4,004 3,751 6,028 6,410 4,905 4,995 7,718 11,055 8,883
Euthynnus affinis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 749 796 970 852 1,769 1,845 2,053 2,616 2,443 1,484
Ex Mollusca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 93 122 236 746 723 431 603 653
Holothuroidea
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 62 65 65 65 92 100 150 272 203 170
Istiophoridae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 1 2,634 1,836 2,120 2,856 2,026 33
Istiophorus platypterus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 679 806 908 1,213 2,282 1,685 2,335 2,944 2,079 3,611
Isurus oxyrinchus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 15 19 28 42 68 71 64 102 89 132
Katsuwonus pelamis
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 19,495 21,990 25,786 29,692 35,755 33,915 40,503 47,750 47,283 60,185
Makaira indica
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 352 424 547 672 837 626 664 817 576 952
Makaira nigricans
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 955 1,156 1,501 1,869 2,354 1,743 1,869 2,329 1,643 2,761
Mollusca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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) 26,765 19,832 17,500 15,000 9,500 15,000 22,250 27,250 29,900 28,520
Osteichthyes
Sri Lanka 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,930
Osteichthyes
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 42,784 57,987 39,935 41,544 44,135 28,207 36,404 22,516 31,197 29,353
Perciformes
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 6,688 8,658 9,870 15,277 10,585 7,088 8,968 9,100 9,210 10,440
Prionace glauca
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 585 757 1,104 1,656 2,665 2,804 2,529 4,035 3,505 5,217
Scomberomorus commerson
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,897 3,660 3,535 3,422 3,314 3,115 2,335 2,518 2,716 2,562
Scomberomorus guttatus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 3 30 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus lineolatus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus spp
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75
Scombridae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 10,500 12,000 13,557 10,854 16,450 17,642 17,700 20,000 20,900 21,350
Scombroidei
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5,039 5,585 6,070 7,077 7,826 14,177 12,710 11,196 11,700 12,460
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 241 200 200 200 250 300 300 300 300 365
Sphyrnidae
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 210 271 396 594 956 1,006 907 1,447 1,257 1,871
Tetrapturus audax
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5 6 9 12 16 11 13 17 12 23
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) 9,929 11,934 14,185 16,478 21,045 16,499 21,061 25,898 24,721 30,730
Thunnus obesus
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 20 3 10 9 107 709 206 299 292 84
Thunnus tonggol
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 2 3 3 8 43 3 2 2 1 0
Xiphias gladius
Sri Lanka 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 100 182 282 1,940 866 879 955 1,286 912 1,068
Total: 185,938 213,821 207,346 234,325 249,571 236,424 262,465 270,741 283,025 310,351

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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