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FAO Capture Production in Tonga (t)     n = 17
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Crustacea
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1 3 3 3 6 1 3 7 4 1
Holothuroidea
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1
Lutjanidae
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makaira indica
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 5
Makaira nigricans
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 5
Megaptera novaeangliae
Tonga 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 1 0
Osteichthyes
Tonga 		6 - Oceania - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1,573 1,670 1,700 1,800 1,930 2,100 2,330 2,400 2,400 2,400
Phaeophyceae
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 420 420 200 200 200 200 200 48 18 36
Tetrapturus audax
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 10 10 10 11 12 14 13 11
Thunnus alalunga
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 106 143 135 174 206 252 242 195
Thunnus albacares
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 81 48 55 44 33 32 26 27
Thunnus obesus
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 18 17 28 15 12 14 6 12
Xiphias gladius
Tonga 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 5 5 6 6 6 8 7 6
Total: 1,994 2,093 2,134 2,237 2,385 2,561 2,814 2,790 2,731 2,699

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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