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FAO Capture Production in Ghana (t) n = 95
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Scientific name | Fishing Area | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Argyrosomus regius Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233 | 2,042 | 118 | 115 | 62 |
Ariidae Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 154 | 64 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Balistidae Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 3 |
Boops boops Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brachydeuterus auritus Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 10,032 | 13,845 | 9,267 | 7,732 | 26,456 | 16,827 | 19,729 | 21,930 | 17,709 | 17,436 | 13,660 | 8,067 |
Brachyura Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 74 | 155 | 156 | 337 | 0 | 2,466 | 1,445 | 868 | 570 | 650 | 848 | 616 |
Carangidae Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Caranx hippos Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 79 | 2,525 | 2,872 | 4,578 | 9,111 | 8,195 | 6,057 | 6,678 | 12,255 | 2,191 | 6,196 | 0 |
Caranx rhonchus Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 3,800 | 147 | 1,605 | 3,200 | 2,016 | 1,585 | 3,518 | 1,071 | 958 | 772 | 473 | 1,800 |
Caranx spp Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chloroscombrus chrysurus Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 6,861 | 6,418 | 5,670 | 7,259 | 5,747 | 8,056 | 9,388 | 9,943 | 9,888 | 2,613 | 7,455 | 10,928 |
Clupeoidei Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 293 | 1,824 | 2,126 | 2,774 | 49 | 445 | 76 | 443 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clupeoidei Ghana |
87 - Pacific, Southeast | (t) | 3,496 | 4,320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cynoglossidae Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 394 | 227 | 144 | 159 | 31 | 82 | 263 | 831 | 542 | 1,275 | 988 | 556 |
Decapterus spp Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 263 | 2,466 | 2,944 | 962 | 1,435 | 861 | 333 | 458 | 367 | 2,715 | 374 | 535 |
Decapterus spp Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dentex angolensis Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 504 | 838 | 990 | 659 | 1,975 | 2,905 | 3,151 | 2,488 | 2,780 | 1,198 | 1,499 | 2,078 |
Dentex angolensis Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dentex congoensis Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 350 | 571 | 445 | 287 | 0 | 1,080 | 664 | 559 | 538 | 123 | 73 | 164 |
Dentex spp Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 892 | 675 | 965 | 605 | 1,056 | 2,623 | 2,400 | 2,100 | 1,666 | 344 | 618 | 600 |
Drepane africana Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 2 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 6,740 | 59 | 0 | 17 |
Elasmobranchii Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 1,670 | 2,092 | 2,451 | 1,308 | 1,170 | 4,292 | 974 | 1,129 | 4,345 | 5,403 | 5,243 | 5,010 |
Elasmobranchii Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engraulis encrasicolus Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 83,501 | 68,175 | 57,639 | 82,930 | 52,629 | 36,400 | 44,854 | 10,081 | 40,612 | 54,408 | 45,051 | 51,171 |
Epinephelus aeneus Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 70 | 60 | 46 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Epinephelus spp Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 94 | 138 | 233 | 206 | 231 | 579 | 609 | 689 | 665 | 986 | 705 | 749 |
Ethmalosa fimbriata Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 963 | 282 | 295 | 128 | 303 | 1,373 | 723 | 198 | 1,805 | 5,468 | 643 | 378 |
Euthynnus alletteratus Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 707 | 730 | 4,768 | 8,541 | 7,060 | 5,738 | 216 | 4,449 | 3,188 | 1,497 | 2,343 | 2,031 |
Exocoetidae Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,348 | 2,200 | 1,053 | 196 | 77 |
Galeoides decadactylus Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 1,947 | 2,892 | 2,204 | 1,976 | 3,098 | 2,242 | 3,135 | 3,416 | 2,318 | 1,197 | 1,786 | 3,514 |
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 55 | 153 | 197 | 201 | 144 | 176 | 144 | 195 | 2,825 | 3,095 | 1,198 | 330 |
Hemiramphus spp Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,544 | 1,476 | 1,020 | 1,420 | 1,734 |
Ilisha africana Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 3,341 | 3,600 | 5,202 | 6,435 | 5,128 | 5,549 | 4,660 | 7,140 | 5,814 | 4,819 | 3,892 | 4,515 |
Illex argentinus Ghana |
41 - Atlantic, Southwest | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Istiophorus albicans Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 275 | 568 | 592 | 566 | 521 | 542 | 282 | 420 | 342 | 358 | 417 | 299 |
Katsuwonus pelamis Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 28,974 | 42,489 | 30,499 | 24,597 | 25,726 | 44,671 | 30,236 | 34,572 | 37,387 | 36,064 | 53,812 | 50,363 |
Lates niloticus Ghana |
1 - Africa-Inland Waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lutjanus spp Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 491 | 447 | 774 | 90 | 756 | 1,249 | 1,230 | 1,444 | 829 | 1,621 | 686 | 511 |
Makaira nigricans Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 639 | 795 | 999 | 415 | 470 | 759 | 405 | 683 | 191 | 140 | 116 | 332 |
Merluccius capensis, M.paradoxus Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Merluccius polli Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,005 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Merluccius spp Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natantia Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 1,446 | 1,361 | 973 | 1,108 | 1,180 | 1,695 | 1,327 | 1,167 | 868 | 2,065 | 1,323 | 889 |
Octopodidae Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 4 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 313 | 290 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
Octopodidae Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Ghana |
1 - Africa-Inland Waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Osteichthyes Ghana |
1 - Africa-Inland Waters | (t) | 74,500 | 74,500 | 74,500 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 83,168 | 84,756 | 85,000 | 88,700 | 90,000 | 90,000 |
Osteichthyes Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 22,235 | 40,993 | 26,234 | 722 | 4,542 | 18,380 | 6,460 | 11,313 | 10,409 | 6,390 | 5,456 | 5,384 |
Osteichthyes Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Osteichthyes Ghana |
87 - Pacific, Southeast | (t) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pagellus bellottii Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 2,916 | 3,206 | 3,132 | 3,458 | 4,922 | 8,729 | 7,820 | 9,106 | 6,429 | 3,899 | 4,832 | 4,252 |
Pagellus bellottii Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pagrus spp Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 2,189 | 2,624 | 2,266 | 461 | 556 | 169 | 650 | 3,742 | 458 | 769 | 742 |
Panulirus spp Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 39 | 342 | 97 | 28 | 127 | 49 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 128 | 64 | 90 |
Perciformes Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Perciformes Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pomadasys jubelini Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 95 | 694 | 343 | 53 | 41 | 92 | 132 | 33 | 31 | 69 | 189 | 65 |
Prionace glauca Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pseudotolithus spp Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 739 | 1,070 | 1,067 | 593 | 1,126 | 1,837 | 1,336 | 1,504 | 1,229 | 1,441 | 1,958 | 1,470 |
Pseudotolithus spp Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pseudupeneus prayensis Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 39 | 285 | 278 | 194 | 427 | 151 | 673 | 1,007 | 1,836 | 1,933 | 1,055 | 857 |
Rajiformes Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 231 | 814 | 969 | 35 | 409 | 707 | 752 | 19 | 600 | 1,051 | 21 | 25 |
Rajiformes Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sarda sarda Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sardinella aurita Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 102,043 | 67,321 | 64,300 | 78,840 | 82,396 | 64,389 | 70,672 | 40,759 | 24,904 | 19,479 | 36,724 | 21,504 |
Sardinella maderensis Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 14,970 | 15,906 | 13,755 | 15,578 | 27,052 | 14,241 | 21,384 | 10,218 | 15,772 | 6,269 | 11,311 | 10,719 |
Sardinella spp Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 18,358 | 8,345 | 1,553 | 2,819 | 4,245 | 445 | 416 | 443 | 0 | 409 | 1,827 | 1,208 |
Sardinella spp Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sciaenidae Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,126 | 54 | 1,337 | 2,388 | 267 | 187 | 0 | 0 |
Scomber japonicus Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 28,465 | 14,338 | 7,018 | 6,764 | 6,010 | 5,921 | 2,895 | 4,079 | 4,133 | 3,525 | 4,055 | 18,062 |
Scomber japonicus Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scomber japonicus Ghana |
87 - Pacific, Southeast | (t) | 1,148 | 855 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scomberomorus tritor Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scombroidei Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,785 | 2,217 |
Selene dorsalis Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 738 | 1,100 | 690 | 1,319 | 1,479 | 3,180 | 2,066 | 2,038 | 684 | 868 | 450 | 882 |
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 1,805 | 2,866 | 3,649 | 5,500 | 3,687 | 2,218 | 2,763 | 2,544 | 2,526 | 1,878 | 3,131 | 1,804 |
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Soleidae Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 296 | 582 | 639 | 1,881 | 1,171 | 435 | 492 |
Sparidae Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 1,238 | 532 | 969 | 356 | 1,121 | 6,380 | 5,449 | 5,100 | 4,922 | 4,527 | 3,497 | 4,034 |
Sparidae Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sphyraena spp Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 759 | 1,156 | 1,193 | 1,242 | 3,541 | 3,185 | 5,146 | 55 | 101 | 717 | 8,385 | 3,384 |
Sphyrnidae Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tetraodontidae Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tetrapturus albidus Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Thunnus albacares Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 17,662 | 33,546 | 23,675 | 18,457 | 15,054 | 17,493 | 11,931 | 15,463 | 14,250 | 18,355 | 12,511 | 10,754 |
Thunnus obesus Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 5,910 | 12,041 | 7,106 | 13,557 | 14,901 | 13,916 | 9,141 | 13,267 | 9,269 | 10,554 | 6,769 | 4,439 |
Trachurus murphyi Ghana |
87 - Pacific, Southeast | (t) | 2,472 | 1,157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trachurus spp Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 2,183 | 2,109 | 504 | 2,417 | 2,714 | 893 | 134 | 400 | 116 | 293 | 194 | 867 |
Trachurus spp Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trachurus trecae Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 572 | 1,540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trichiurus lepturus Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 1,664 | 1,849 | 3,154 | 3,717 | 1,760 | 2,894 | 3,262 | 7,303 | 1,331 | 574 | 1,483 | 2,783 |
Trichiurus lepturus Ghana |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Triglidae Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 37 | 0 | 35 | 32 | 45 | 64 | 13 | 7,858 | 53 | 45 | 53 |
Xiphias gladius Ghana |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 117 | 531 | 372 | 734 | 343 | 55 | 32 | 65 | 177 | 132 | 116 | 60 |
Total: | 452,070 | 447,180 | 371,242 | 390,770 | 399,388 | 391,866 | 375,087 | 330,486 | 359,831 | 321,815 | 351,205 | 333,524 |