FAO Catches List
FAO Capture Production in Libya (t)     n = 58
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Balistes carolinensis
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boops boops
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,850 2,000 2,150 2,300 2,500 2,550 2,600 2,700 2,800 2,900
Coryphaena hippurus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crustacea
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dentex dentex
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dicentrarchus punctatus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Diplodus sargus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus marginatus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,750 2,800 2,850 2,900 2,950 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000
Euthynnus alletteratus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 52 0
Isurus oxyrinchus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loligo spp
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loligo spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius spp
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugil cephalus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mullus spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,950 3,200 3,450 3,700 4,000 4,100 4,200 4,200 4,300 4,300
Mustelus spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natantia
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oblada melanura
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Octopodidae
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Octopus vulgaris
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orcynopsis unicolor
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Libya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 126 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 3,772 4,230 4,464 4,755 5,128 5,510 5,988 6,103 6,117 10,900
Pagellus erythrinus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus kerathurus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus spp
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhinobatidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda sarda
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 71 70 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella aurita
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 5,100 5,500 6,000 6,400 7,000 7,100 7,500 7,900 8,100 8,500
Sarpa salpa
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaena umbra
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaenidae
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,150 2,350 2,550 2,750 3,000 3,050 3,200 3,400 3,400 3,500
Scombroidei
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scorpaenidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sepia officinalis
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seriola dumerili
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siganus spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solea solea
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparidae
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,950 3,200 3,450 3,700 4,000 4,100 4,200 4,300 4,400 4,500
Sparisoma cretense
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparus aurata
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spongiidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Squalidae
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 508 1,085 500 400 400 400 400 400
Thunnus thynnus
Libya 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 312 0 0 0 576 477 511 450
Thunnus thynnus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 328 370 425 635 1,422 1,540 812 552 820 745
Trachurus spp
Libya 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus spp
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 2,150 2,350 2,550 2,750 3,000 3,050 3,500 3,800 4,000 4,400
Trisopterus luscus
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Libya 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Libya 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Total: 24,726 26,028 28,820 31,085 33,500 34,400 35,976 36,877 37,911 43,595

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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