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FAO Capture Production in India (t)     n = 133
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Acanthocybium solandri
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Acanthocybium solandri
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 14,000 14,000 14,000 16,500 15,400 13,300 16,500 19,500 21,200 14,400
Ariidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 4,800 4,000 4,800 6,800 6,300 5,400 6,800 7,900 8,700 5,900
Ascidiacea
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ascidiacea
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 292 54 60 50 128 165 226 130 179 230
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 301 56 61 65 145 204 281 170 210 269
Brachyura
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bregmaceros mcclellandi
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5,000 5,000 5,000 14,600 9,800 3,200 1,300 1,100 3,900 3,800
Bregmaceros mcclellandi
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5,000 5,000 5,500 4,100 7,600 10,400 32,300 8,000 12,000 7,000
Caranx spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 4,000 4,000 4,200 3,100 5,800 7,900 24,300 6,000 9,100 5,400
Cephalopoda
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 400 600 200
Cephalopoda
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 200 100
Channa spp
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chirocentrus spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,300 3,000 2,500 3,900 3,200 3,100 3,000
Chirocentrus spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 2,400 1,900 3,000 2,600 2,400 2,400
Chlorophyceae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 20,000 20,000 10,000 18,800 22,500 29,800 34,200 36,900 18,800 19,400
Clupeoidei
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 20,000 20,000 10,000 21,200 25,300 33,700 38,500 41,600 21,100 21,800
Crustacea
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crustacea
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crustacea
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyprinidae
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 15,000 15,000 22,000 9,200 9,300 11,800 12,700 13,400 14,100 13,600
Elasmobranchii
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 15,000 15,000 16,000 6,700 6,700 8,600 9,200 9,700 10,200 9,900
Engraulidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 15,000 15,000 10,000 14,600 16,000 13,000 13,600 8,800 17,000 16,600
Engraulidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 10,000 15,000 10,000 14,500 15,800 12,700 13,400 8,400 16,300 16,000
Euphausia superba
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euphausia superba
India 		58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euthynnus affinis
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 3,154 532 542 537 1,462 2,173 2,524 1,803 1,794 1,796
Euthynnus affinis
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 556 93 96 118 282 458 534 397 360 357
Exocoetidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 100 0 400 300 100 100 200
Exocoetidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 400 200 2,900 2,200 900 300 1,500
Harpadon nehereus
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harpadon nehereus
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 40,000 40,000 40,000 44,900 35,700 103,100 127,600 118,300 66,500 56,600
Harpadon nehereus
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 500 500 500 400 400 1,000 1,300 1,200 700 600
Hemiramphus spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hemiramphus spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophoridae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophoridae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus platypterus
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 100 80 78 79 76 86 78 74 71 73
Istiophorus platypterus
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 88 70 68 68 66 75 68 65 62 63
Katsuwonus pelamis
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 389 382 381 380 382 384 387 387 386 379
Katsuwonus pelamis
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 2
Lactarius lactarius
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lactarius lactarius
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lampanyctus achirus
India 		58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leiognathidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 7,000 7,000 7,300 4,200 9,300 5,700 12,400 11,700 13,300 12,300
Leiognathidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 7,000 7,000 7,000 5,200 11,300 6,900 15,100 14,300 16,300 15,000
Makaira indica
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 32 25 25 25 24 27 25 24 22 23
Makaira indica
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 16 13 13 13 12 14 13 12 11 12
Makaira nigricans
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira nigricans
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugilidae
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugilidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 500 400 200
Mugilidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 500 300 100
Muraenesox spp
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Muraenesox spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 40,000 40,000 40,000 47,600 18,200 33,100 14,200 6,700 9,600 6,800
Muraenesox spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,000 3,000 3,000 4,700 1,800 3,300 1,400 700 1,000 700
Natantia
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natantia
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 60,000 70,000 67,000 79,800 135,700 93,800 140,500 120,400 76,300 59,400
Natantia
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 10,000 10,000 9,100 10,900 18,500 12,800 19,100 16,400 10,400 8,100
Osteichthyes
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 192,090 195,441 194,320 214,112 214,591 215,240 262,828 323,829 271,609 197,832
Osteichthyes
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 4,130 0 0 9,102 3,707 10,973
Osteichthyes
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 193 0 0 108 2,304 5,845
Penaeus monodon
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus monodon
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus spp
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Percoidei
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,200 2,300 3,400 4,000 3,300 5,700 4,500
Percoidei
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,300 2,500 3,700 4,300 3,500 6,200 4,900
Phaeophyceae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectiformes
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 3,600 3,600 5,800 4,400 1,500 5,100 8,300 3,400 11,700 9,500
Pleuronectiformes
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 400 400 600 400 200 500 800 300 1,200 900
Polynemidae
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polynemidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 700 500 1,200 6,100 4,700 7,700 3,000 4,000
Polynemidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 700 500 1,100 5,700 4,300 7,100 3,000 3,700
Rana spp
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rastrelliger kanagurta
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 80,000 83,500 132,300 65,800 26,200 21,200 15,300 82,800 114,700 57,800
Rastrelliger kanagurta
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 10,000 6,300 10,000 4,900 2,000 1,600 1,100 6,200 8,600 4,400
Rhodophyceae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhopilema spp
India 		58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salpidae
India 		58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella longiceps
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 10,000 10,000 10,700 51,700 33,900 30,400 7,400 191,500 123,600 69,200
Sardinella longiceps
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 100 100 0
Sciaenidae
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaenidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,700 43,900 26,000 34,400 18,000 15,400 12,200
Sciaenidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 15,000 17,000 17,400 13,800 29,300 17,300 23,000 12,000 10,200 8,200
Scleractinia
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus commerson
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 1,845 1,604 1,792 1,708 2,631 2,099 5,290 3,949 3,520 2,892
Scomberomorus commerson
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,185 1,031 576 732 1,112 898 2,281 1,724 1,540 1,208
Scomberomorus guttatus
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2,240 1,667 2,088 937 1,113 1,554 2,377 1,543 1,262 1,274
Scomberomorus guttatus
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,547 2,640 1,654 989 1,159 1,641 2,528 1,659 1,360 1,311
Scomberomorus lineolatus
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 26 58 37 14 52 44 195 67 93 58
Scomberomorus lineolatus
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 9 21 6 3 12 11 48 17 23 14
Scombroidei
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siluroidei
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 100 2,100 200 1,700 300 400 500
Sphyraena spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 100 2,000 200 1,700 200 400 500
Stromateidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 15,000 15,000 10,000 16,800 15,300 11,200 10,400 13,300 13,600 14,300
Stromateidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5,000 5,000 2,000 3,700 3,300 2,500 2,300 2,900 3,000 3,100
Synodontidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Synodontidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tenualosa ilisha
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tenualosa ilisha
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11,400 15,000
Tenualosa ilisha
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,900 10,400
Tetrapturus audax
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus audax
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 255 101 93 102 152 211 244 273 318 152
Thunnus albacares
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 381 93 77 93 188 297 359 414 496 187
Thunnus obesus
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus tonggol
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 15 12 13 11 13 12 13 12 13 14
Thunnus tonggol
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 28 23 23 24 25 27 29 26 27 28
Trachinotus spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachinotus spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trichiuridae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 30,000 30,000 30,000 31,500 16,600 18,300 13,700 21,500 23,500 17,800
Trichiuridae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 25,000 25,000 25,000 24,800 13,000 14,400 10,800 16,900 18,400 14,000
Upeneus spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 900 1,100 800 8,000 2,300 1,700 1,100
Upeneus spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 300 400 300 2,600 800 500 400
Xiphias gladius
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 45 36 35 35 34 38 35 33 32 33
Xiphias gladius
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Total: 721,907 735,342 758,648 796,204 802,891 811,968 983,173 1,199,329 1,027,509 782,432

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