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FAO Capture Production in Sierra Leone (t)     n = 59
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Albula vulpes
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 106
Ariidae
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 470 880 869 859 856 858 860 973 52 62
Balaenoptera borealis
Sierra Leone 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Sierra Leone 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balistidae
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 195 0
Brachydeuterus auritus
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 350 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 90 100 100 100 100 14 15 140 83 107
Carangidae
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 158 0
Caranx spp
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 170 481 475 469 468 467 470 474 18 7
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 40 731 722 705 711 713 700 0 315 0
Conger conger
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 348 0
Crassostrea spp
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crustacea
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoglossidae
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 120 361 356 352 351 377 380 585 206 714
Decapterus spp
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 39 277
Drepane africana
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 40 0 0 0 0 12 10 293 657 214
Elasmobranchii
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 120 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 68 41
Engraulis encrasicolus
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 220 187 185 183 182 182 180 182 150 43
Epinephelus goreensis
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 120 102 196 63 76 290
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 21,000 22,372 22,096 21,838 21,771 21,738 21,700 21,807 21,840 22,400
Galeoides decadactylus
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 600 0 0 328 327 392 390 921 758 716
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 210 803 793 784 781 800 800 1,086 433 413
Ilisha africana
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 570 3,101 3,065 3,027 3,017 3,013 3,010 3,009 3,110 5
Illex argentinus
Sierra Leone 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 209 187 525 401 114 166 121 90 143 0
Lutjanus spp
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 20 0 0 0 0 3 3 155 0 1,728
Merluccius polli
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 40 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugilidae
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 120 615 608 590 599 598 600 597 150 233
Octopodidae
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 980 1,605 2,744 777 143 381 912 777 328 188
Osteichthyes
Sierra Leone 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 15,000 13,000 14,000 14,000 15,000 15,000 14,500 14,500 14,190 14,480
Osteichthyes
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Pagrus spp
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 400 240 250 221 220 239 240 933 713 752
Panulirus spp
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 10 20 20 10 10 2 4 57 29 51
Penaeus spp
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 950 574 570 573 169 868 973 2,147 1,690 2,155
Pentanemus quinquarius
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 120 1,822 1,799 1,778 1,773 1,770 1,750 1,768 1,744 1,784
Polydactylus quadrifilis
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 638 636 635 640 679 75 61
Polynemidae
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 60 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus elongatus
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,880 4,692 4,633 3,637 3,625 3,650 3,600 3,330 389 410
Pseudotolithus senegallus
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 80 0 0 357 356 364 360 393 90 48
Pseudotolithus spp
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 587 585 677 680 1,210 687 869
Pseudupeneus prayensis
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0
Pteroscion peli
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
Rajiformes
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 280 1,442 1,424 1,408 1,403 1,401 1,400 1,404 15 10
Sarda sarda
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 10 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Sardinella spp
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 6,370 7,893 7,796 7,705 7,681 7,669 7,670 7,661 7,450 7,850
Scombroidei
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 80 615 608 601 599 598 254 2,618 4,980 2,166
Selene dorsalis
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,823 1,515 2,392 835 127 602 1,621 1,626 600 512
Sparidae
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,649 1,758 1,772 2,836 37 885 2,565 1,967 522 500
Sphyraena spp
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 220 697 688 680 678 681 680 772 237 124
Thunnus alalunga
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus thynnus
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachinotus spp
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 10 0 0 0 0 3 3 63 279 7
Trachurus trecae
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 5 45 14 8 0 4 11 44 40 5
Trichiurus lepturus
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 204 75
Xiphias gladius
Sierra Leone 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 56,536 65,741 68,510 66,288 62,439 64,870 67,304 72,628 63,065 59,407

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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