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FAO Capture Production in India (t) n = 133
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Acanthocybium solandri India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	181	58	6	8	9	10	10	11	632	302
Acanthocybium solandri India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	37	3	6	6	6	6	7	407	195
Ariidae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	33,030	28,638	26,138	30,763	32,803	31,848	27,249	31,392	36,082	38,432
Ariidae India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	36,243	44,956	47,711	67,422	53,074	42,453	45,876	46,758	36,809	47,664
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)	5,416	3,571	4,954	4,097	5,535	9,093	11,945	9,983	9,586	10,053
Auxis thazard, A. rochei India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	2,115	1,397	1,942	1,613	2,173	3,595	4,700	3,938	3,783	3,977
Brachyura India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	1,235	5,908	25,244	13,859	521	642	369	394
Brachyura India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	3,172	12,157	11,627	2,846	1,026	1,595	1,420	1,299
Bregmaceros mcclellandi India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	812	757	2,300	1,271	753	770	939	971	1,113	458
Bregmaceros mcclellandi India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	116	536	222	113	152	161	36	13	1,138	1,352
Carangidae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	66,492	25,493	25,782	6,180	9,922	13,341	28,831	28,764	21,426	22,589
Carangidae India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	3,133	4,828	5,102	7,249	9,301	9,148	5,394	3,988	4,845	7,327
Caranx spp India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	40,633	70,628	70,976	53,501	48,378	5,263	50,436	33,042	52,315	51,741
Caranx spp India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	12,857	13,718	13,923	11,117	11,731	16,176	17,443	17,791	14,595	13,758
Cephalopoda India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	20,558	49,659	59,938	62,801	84,061	92,334	74,524	108,412	86,337	84,793
Cephalopoda India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	10,349	5,614	12,744	7,622	11,048	11,405	10,596	9,212	9,497	8,916
Channa spp India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	65,273	75,127	90,762	93,933	94,944	105,496	159,065	50,349
Chirocentrus spp India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	20,727	8,762	9,544	8,325	8,942	8,351	5,802	11,921	10,201	4,663
Chirocentrus spp India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	10,091	12,531	12,166	14,050	13,033	12,121	13,708	13,232	4,926	12,848
Chlorophyceae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	50,000	50,500	51,000	52,500	54,000	55,500	57,000	58,500	60,000	48,000
Clupeoidei India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	1,183	1,086	1,481	2,497	1,517	1,143
Clupeoidei India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	43,306	60,031	65,423	28,410	40,006	38,098	51,568	66,868	70,487	63,435
Clupeoidei India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	12,857	14,869	11,273	7,686	14,483	20,943	25,072	24,625	25,906	25,727
Crustacea India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	33	26	803	71	114	85
Crustacea India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	9,447	18,116	17,454	3,839	13,441	11,940	15,333	12,130	12,658	11,272
Crustacea India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	12,711	10,883	11,361	19,111	16,276	11,745	12,714	13,209	18,603	18,475
Cyprinidae India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	274,810	348,436	195,074	258,502	314,939	339,828	220,994	194,608	167,186	177,394
Elasmobranchii India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	28,420	27,831	29,794	32,169	32,514	36,642	93,268	37,588	33,418	34,088
Elasmobranchii India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	22,810	28,094	29,936	44,435	51,175	40,436	38,892	34,403	41,286	42,714
Engraulidae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	81,306	77,074	73,288	23,637	45,989	48,104	67,492	68,198	68,487	54,308
Engraulidae India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	16,418	18,431	13,923	14,323	13,167	12,875	13,202	12,320	12,719	14,435
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	6	0	0	0
Euthynnus affinis India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	32,825	14,406	19,012	14,760	18,552	22,399	24,866	24,698	18,580	23,427
Euthynnus affinis India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	1,129	4,477	5,761	4,218	4,787	5,769	6,025	6,222	4,443	5,774
Exocoetidae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	37	104	104	42	64	82	41	99	57	102
Exocoetidae India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	458	985	1,149	1,895	2,772	2,263	1,845	1,995	555	634
Harpadon nehereus India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	1,380	448	0	0	0	0
Harpadon nehereus India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	124,299	142,418	153,738	142,074	126,396	133,786	159,362	187,887	144,774	146,591
Harpadon nehereus India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	17,936	23,620	23,923	6,595	11,884	25,485	25,750	25,229	35,141	35,229
Hemiramphus spp India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,227	1,096	913	582	747	3,828	1,057	1,172	1,312	1,928
Hemiramphus spp India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	3,543	7,573	5,128	2,876	2,870	4,846	5,061	4,402	3,360	3,461
Istiophoridae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	9	5	9	9	6	22	14	23	84	95
Istiophoridae India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	8	6	8	16	2	58	38	54	331	345
Istiophorus platypterus India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	716	330	517	645	679	655	601	587	608	877
Istiophorus platypterus India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	24	444	697	868	917	872	802	782	773	1,123
Katsuwonus pelamis India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	5,799	6,215	7,126	7,764	7,619	8,726	8,743	7,977	11,239	10,023
Katsuwonus pelamis India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	102	176	201	220	272	275	237	193	240
Lactarius lactarius India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	8,004	4,249	4,238	3,169	3,934	4,517	6,401	7,056	7,995	5,503
Lactarius lactarius India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	2,313	1,699	2,492	1,778	2,376	2,570	529	886	1,533	1,324
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)	10,540	7,896	7,865	10,919	9,348	7,192	10,343	12,341	9,115	8,934
Leiognathidae India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	41,470	40,116	41,454	44,490	51,638	56,202	58,239	55,028	36,953	46,528
Makaira indica India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	225	60	94	117	124	117	108	105	101	149
Makaira indica India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	4	74	117	145	153	146	134	130	126	185
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)	1,400	4,150	3,130	934	1,385	2,409	15,299	4,750	2,718	1,217
Mollusca India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	407	43	0	0	0	1,000
Mugilidae India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	2,855	3,319	9,852	9,424	4,205	3,833
Mugilidae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4,622	4,088	3,807	3,761	5,616	5,255	5,747	7,623	5,760	6,104
Mugilidae India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	19,816	25,652	27,287	11,043	9,518	6,791	8,666	9,824	9,492	9,935
Muraenesox spp India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	55	849	490	447	270	494
Muraenesox spp India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	11,126	5,727	5,198	14,884	6,317	6,230	6,514	7,327	5,820	5,414
Muraenesox spp India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	5,479	2,504	3,174	4,326	4,111	2,466	4,097	4,192	5,189	8,182
Natantia India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	6,083	7,746	13,186	17,396	7,836	7,630
Natantia India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	102,310	130,944	99,547	86,919	95,120	85,016	113,259	90,528	97,570	90,957
Natantia India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	21,070	14,190	20,246	29,167	24,174	20,984	28,736	26,428	15,638	22,077
Osteichthyes India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	317,539	123,130	73,642	195,021	88,484	92,964	224,990	245,595	225,100	330,448
Osteichthyes India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	185,801	261,107	248,037	420,487	401,948	471,259	218,584	280,839	237,218	263,929
Osteichthyes India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	130,187	104,068	134,131	105,478	145,864	137,342	183,679	185,516	227,737	200,606
Penaeus monodon India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	72,588	103,530	109,703	133,063	184,476	140,028	112,342	106,622	167,904	168,942
Penaeus monodon India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	20,073	16,310	20,867	41,611	35,159	36,261	38,251	39,489	36,661	54,761
Penaeus spp India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	10,421	18,564	14,645	20,558	8,783	7,830
Percoidei India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	18,384	47,912	47,809	10,563	8,922	11,273	89,717	58,969	52,230	53,600
Percoidei India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	27,824	30,244	33,470	33,640	32,090	26,710	26,162	28,741	10,268	36,350
Phaeophyceae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	15,000	16,000	16,000	16,000	16,000	16,000	16,000	16,000	16,000	13,000
Pleuronectiformes India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	22,299	19,446	24,572	20,724	27,043	18,533	17,456	21,696	17,460	12,840
Pleuronectiformes India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	5,675	4,435	4,932	4,764	4,084	6,148	6,741	7,556	6,202	5,184
Polynemidae India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	467	416	243	229
Polynemidae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	3,346	12,767	20,493	7,186	5,417	3,837	1,584	1,535	1,544	2,780
Polynemidae India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	2,629	6,015	5,093	5,610	5,707	5,810	5,001	5,144	5,977	7,049
Rana spp India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rastrelliger kanagurta India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	105,701	70,161	78,834	113,309	180,680	168,757	267,692	157,541	142,669	138,086
Rastrelliger kanagurta India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	16,508	25,035	24,542	34,418	25,642	28,476	25,834	32,831	41,750	41,292
Rhodophyceae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	15,000	16,000	18,000	19,000	20,000	21,000	22,000	23,000	24,000	19,000
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	7	0	0	0
Sardinella longiceps India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	222,730	135,922	131,974	72,676	30,136	33,351	65,370	120,214	110,288	122,254
Sardinella longiceps India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	44,548	44,535	57,041	64,765	66,179	72,565	71,343	91,846	63,063	25,461
Sciaenidae India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	201	174	3,271	748	667	686
Sciaenidae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	201,378	220,431	238,172	247,198	277,827	242,660	250,080	270,961	233,160	280,556
Sciaenidae India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	19,697	22,832	25,041	28,554	30,639	44,743	46,207	41,505	41,413	36,510
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)	13,936	11,113	16,014	14,050	23,212	25,721	21,239	22,994	26,259	22,754
Scomberomorus commerson India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	2,756	6,773	9,721	8,438	13,902	15,372	12,551	13,520	15,507	13,347
Scomberomorus guttatus India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	9,192	12,583	10,996	14,165	15,047	21,422	18,841	13,690	13,155	12,500
Scomberomorus guttatus India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	4,499	7,743	6,765	8,714	9,255	13,174	11,580	8,414	8,088	7,679
Scomberomorus lineolatus India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,040	1,208	1,398	1,433	3,073	3,230	3,318	3,532	3,107	2,323
Scomberomorus lineolatus India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	520	721	835	856	1,835	1,929	1,981	2,109	1,855	1,386
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	63,724	71,152
Sphyraena spp India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,161	4,226	4,224	3,036	2,893	4,692	4,202	3,588	9,903	9,926
Sphyraena spp India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	4,330	4,044	4,057	3,335	4,760	4,378	4,671	4,239	5,062	5,010
Stromateidae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	23,092	30,452	24,134	22,416	30,925	34,723	19,529	18,036	15,200	14,897
Stromateidae India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	9,968	12,277	7,399	22,395	31,998	23,255	17,967	18,695	18,119	16,288
Synodontidae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	6,312	13,443	13,835	16,883	18,062	21,436	16,520	11,252	12,012	11,539
Synodontidae India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	2,043	2,264	2,383	2,302	2,466	2,553	3,150	2,276	753	1,375
Tenualosa ilisha India	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	39,298	47,255	36,478	49,441	48,302	44,519	53,729	44,810
Tenualosa ilisha India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4,369	3,778	3,543	3,682	3,072	2,552	3,837	3,634	3,077	3,076
Tenualosa ilisha India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	22,939	31,476	36,939	40,857	36,311	40,714	48,452	47,524	48,475	41,468
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)	3,735	3,761	2,666	4,092	4,398	5,792	5,595	5,461	4,702	5,791
Thunnus albacares India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	2,423	591	390	1,195	732	1,484	1,012	962	1,290	1,486
Thunnus obesus India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	4	4
Thunnus obesus India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	6	2
Thunnus tonggol India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	733	3,484	2,587	3,975	3,558	4,828	5,104	5,465	5,720	5,603
Thunnus tonggol India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	441	497	367	564	504	685	719	769	805	793
Trachinotus spp India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	35,580	49,874	53,087	3,649	6,765	5,706	3,697	2,533	2,329
Trachinotus spp India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	260	420	782	0	1,043	2,132	1,078	0	205	0
Trichiuridae India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	28,041	24,738	32,048	25,568	44,583	25,409	38,771	129,662	58,595	92,334
Trichiuridae India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	15,669	10,843	12,501	11,730	20,884	25,173	15,170	16,456	14,801	22,872
Upeneus spp India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	15,453	25,907	26,616	9,620	12,213	11,316	10,300	6,148	7,061	7,186
Upeneus spp India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	11,189	10,753	8,654	8,151	7,768	7,553	7,829	9,722	10,199	10,706
Xiphias gladius India	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	318	78	123	153	161	157	144	141	154	219
Xiphias gladius India	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	4	22	33	50	37	95	72	87	357	400
Total:			2,782,557	2,824,733	2,844,102	3,062,712	3,257,607	3,265,240	3,447,947	3,523,448	3,373,492	3,472,149

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