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FAO Capture Production in Morocco (t) n = 160
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Acanthocybium solandri Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acanthocybium solandri Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alosa spp Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Alosa spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	94	12	7	4	2	0	0	0	4	0
Alosa spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	1	0	7	18	0	0	0
Anguilla anguilla Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	50	30	50	100	150	100	100	400	300	250
Anguilla anguilla Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	4	2	1	4	0	0	0	1	3	0
Anguilla anguilla Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argentina spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argentina spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	145	322
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,045	1,131	332	274	122	645	543	2,614	2,137	494
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,452	1,289	1,644	170	1,726	621	1,673	562	1,140	682
Bivalvia Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	4	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boops boops Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,121	603	393	324	393	504	500	510	290	603
Boops boops Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,548	1,888	1,195	1,766	1,799	2,877	2,641	2,000	2,951	3,276
Brachyura Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	51	30	46	28	56	46	292	286	236	400
Brachyura Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	1	0
Campogramma glaycos Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Campogramma glaycos Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Citharidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Citharidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Conger conger Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,969	1,551	1,849	1,446	1,963	1,922	2,213	1,604	1,386	1,350
Conger conger Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3	2	1	3	5	5	5	5	2	9
Corallium rubrum Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	7	11	9	4	3	3	2	2	1	1
Corallium rubrum Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
Crustacea Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3	1	2	4	1	1	2	1	0	1
Crustacea Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	39	25	36	32	22	17	27	13	17	13
Cyprinidae Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	350	250	230	500	1,000	900	800	800	900	1,200
Dicentrarchus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	167	153	138	169
Dicentrarchus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Diplodus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,132	1,803	1,641	1,063	1,194	837	1,300	1,002	975	1,065
Diplodus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	6	4	4	5	15	92	66	47	9	11
Elasmobranchii Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,739	1,233	1,146	1,423	1,108	1,615	2,816	1,210	2,234	2,111
Elasmobranchii Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3	39	46	31	44	21	50	45	11	19
Engraulis encrasicolus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	10,326	19,124	16,654	10,353	7,516	10,489	12,042	24,272	40,442	39,627
Engraulis encrasicolus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	209	455	404	93	379	691	405	683	550	593
Epinephelus aeneus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus caninus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	22	50	94	37	21	25	47	46	29
Epinephelus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	10	20	15	11	12	5	5	4	7	6
Euthynnus alletteratus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	367	57	370	44	43	230	588	195	189	67
Euthynnus alletteratus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	14	8
Galeorhinus galeus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,095	1,501	2,105	1,588	1,538	1,665	1,417	1,958	1,570	704
Halobatrachus didactylus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Homarus gammarus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	12	7	3	1	6	7	18	12	14	7
Homarus gammarus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	1	1
Istiophorus albicans Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isurus oxyrinchus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuwonus pelamis Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,197	254	559	310	248	4,981	675	4,509	2,481	848
Katsuwonus pelamis Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	2	0	43	9	4	5	10
Lithognathus mormyrus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithognathus mormyrus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	7,947	9,900	12,917	18,487	12,313	19,872	20,000	8,987	11,350	8,079
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	17	37	40	25	122	32	10	2	2	3
Lophius spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	118	129	223	269	350	348	410	320	290	176
Lophius spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	118	140	191	143	92	107	129	113	83	66
Maja squinado Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maja squinado Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Makaira nigricans Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merluccius merluccius Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	6,234	5,986	5,799	3,735	5,090	6,038	3,086	2,473	1,232	2,581
Merluccius merluccius Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	65	68	106	66	77	95	84	74	96	37
Mollusca Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Mollusca Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	639	660	359	277	356	172	200	273	1,800	1,750
Mollusca Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	19	7	2	1	3	8	53	2	120	176
Mugilidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,194	1,541	1,208	1,819	787	1,609	1,517	2,570	2,865	3,450
Mugilidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	18	9	8	7	44	27	30	58	42	20
Mullus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	466	404	372	346	319	431	266	528	385	434
Mullus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	403	285	354	374	254	343	416	374	421	396
Muraenidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mytilidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	9	0	0	0	2	8	10	6	7	0
Mytilus galloprovincialis Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	9	33	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	14
Natantia Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	5,134	5,837	5,626	6,387	8,425	8,947	8,950	7,268	9,860	8,905
Natantia Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	102	190	136	83	74	196	388	8	910	935
Nephrops norvegicus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3	4	3	2	1	3	6	3	4	2
Nephrops norvegicus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1
Octopodidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	52,330	65,000	60,291	63,813	56,239	57,765	58,600	38,089	42,465	84,464
Octopodidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	8	72	78	71	25	69	36	98	68	115
Oncorhynchus mykiss Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	10	12	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orcynopsis unicolor Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	369	486	423	348	598	524	2,003	246	28	626
Orcynopsis unicolor Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	37	14	1	14	23	23	13	3	2	1
Osteichthyes Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	1,000	1,000	1,500	1,000	600	500	600	900	500	700
Osteichthyes Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	33,837	31,945	30,931	38,141	40,527	40,909	39,098	76,396	57,937	42,540
Osteichthyes Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	917	677	527	998	2,279	2,885	40	1,189	1,013	3,061
Pagellus acarne Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagellus bellottii Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagellus erythrinus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagellus erythrinus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagellus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pagrus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	66	73	65	67	13	16	60	9	100	102
Pagrus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3	1	2	1	2	5	8	4	1	0
Palaemonidae Morocco	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Palinurus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	93	33	10	3	5	13	28	58	31	38
Palinurus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3	7	6	3	3	1	6	3	3	3
Phycis blennoides Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	14	39	69	48	24	31	62	45	27	20
Phycis spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	276	357	279	407	397	400	377	230	325
Plantae aquaticae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plectorhinchus mediterraneus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	253	632	1,479	1,524
Plectorhinchus mediterraneus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectiformes Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	4,490	4,945	5,175	3,266	3,348	3,709	3,800	4,180	4,896	5,848
Pleuronectiformes Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	15	11	16	22	17	37	41	57	21	25
Pomatomus saltatrix Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	9	11	19	3	9	11	20	54	161	47
Pomatomus saltatrix Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	4	8	14	17	4	1	7	20	2	0
Psetta maxima Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Psetta maxima Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rajiformes Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,157	1,128	1,107	892	1,262	1,643	1,265	1,350	1,187	1,348
Rajiformes Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	41	29	31	40	37	27	26	30	21	54
Rhodophyceae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	6,000	7,489	7,783	7,108	5,357	7,858	7,625	8,094	7,049	5,920
Sarda sarda Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	492	794	1,068	1,246	584	699	894	1,259	1,557	1,390
Sarda sarda Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	69	69	31	25	93	37	67	45	39	120
Sardina pilchardus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	325,845	351,827	298,352	364,710	476,947	556,152	376,925	487,496	426,723	416,171
Sardina pilchardus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	20,011	18,822	23,890	17,478	15,371	14,762	16,437	10,325	9,325	14,544
Sardinella aurita Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sardinella maderensis Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sardinella spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	604	995	1,823	251	12	19	40	18	15	83
Sardinella spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	568	532	971	912	1,176	3,005	3,000	2,168	1,317	661
Sarpa salpa Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sarpa salpa Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sciaenidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,544	1,745	1,469	926	1,381	904	868	1,540	1,263	2,462
Sciaenidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	0
Scomber japonicus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	27,107	10,985	14,252	16,970	38,215	28,350	16,154	28,018	11,261	16,438
Scomber japonicus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	621	171	1,663	1,341	980	1,756	834	757	360	1,597
Scombroidei Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	82
Scombroidei Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71
Scorpaenidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	208	190	242	227	201	212	164	201	195	257
Scorpaenidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	10	37	23	10	6	7	10	25	4	6
Scyllaridae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scyllarides latus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	13,712	17,000	8,837	9,074	14,209	12,131	12,500	16,625	14,536	20,011
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	129	153	205	215	139	265	178	162	132	157
Solea solea Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	819	857	1,106	1,152	1,342	1,451	1,276	1,633	1,520	2,602
Solea solea Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	64	55	51	63	65	94	64	42	23	20
Sparidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	5,180	4,994	8,137	8,447	8,195	8,396	9,788	10,326	11,265	9,358
Sparidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,095	843	835	885	1,131	1,336	1,200	54	36	830
Sparus aurata Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Sparus aurata Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spondyliosoma cantharus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	189	153	284	143	151	103	300	78	165	187
Spondyliosoma cantharus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	12	14	37	31	9	53	86	64	17	7
Thunnus alalunga Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus alalunga Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus albacares Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus obesus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	700
Thunnus thynnus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	408	531	562	415	720	678	1,035	2,068	2,341	1,591
Thunnus thynnus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,149	925	205	79	1,092	1,035	586	535	687	636
Trachinus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachinus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachurus spp Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	13,855	11,433	17,987	24,881	23,717	23,130	10,660	8,694	7,440	10,950
Trachurus spp Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3,571	3,304	3,631	3,916	5,073	7,344	4,811	3,818	2,496	1,849
Trichiurus lepturus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,252	1,168	1,706	3,475	3,519	5,450	3,880	8,340	8,064	6,602
Trichiurus lepturus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	83	1	4	17	1	0
Triglidae Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,091	1,465	1,540	1,765	1,798	2,002	2,269	2,211	2,827	3,148
Triglidae Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	23	27	37	36	24	9	17	5	7	12
Trisopterus luscus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,884	2,281	1,907	1,926	1,795	2,083	765	388	138	573
Trisopterus luscus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3	2	3	1	2	5	5	5	8	21
Umbrina canariensis Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,207	878	1,394	1,418
Umbrina canariensis Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xiphias gladius Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	91	110	69	39	36	79	462	267	191	119
Xiphias gladius Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,249	1,706	2,692	2,589	2,654	1,696	2,734	4,900	3,228	3,238
Zeus faber Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	344	362	520	529	478	558	459	587	564	619
Zeus faber Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	4	3	7	4	5	3	2	3	3	1
Total:			568,939	595,891	550,937	624,511	754,327	848,951	640,002	783,294	706,987	740,285

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