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FAO Capture Production in Saudi Arabia (t) n = 129
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Acanthopagrus berda Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acanthopagrus bifasciatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acanthopagrus latus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acanthuridae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	68	113	238	173	253	205
Acanthurus sohal Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aethaloperca rogaa Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alepes djedaba Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aphareus rutilans Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argyrops spinifer Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arius thalassinus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	192	192	201	212	226	303	302	366	315	309
Atule mate Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balistidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	26	8	8
Bolbometopon muricatum Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bothus pantherinus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	26	26	30	30	42	51	58	75	90	84
Caesionidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
Carangidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4,182	4,251	4,444	4,920	5,730	4,547	5,524	5,125	4,795	5,534
Carangoides bajad Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carangoides fulvoguttatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carangoides malabaricus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caranx ignobilis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caranx melampygus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caranx sexfasciatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cephalopholis argus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cephalopholis hemistiktos Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cephalopholis miniata Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chanos chanos Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	10	137	130	70	82	81
Chirocentrus nudus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7
Clupeoidei Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	416	333	346	369	391	259	201	560	108	162
Crenidens crenidens Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Decapterus russelli Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Diagramma pictum Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elagatis bipinnulata Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	415	98	132
Elasmobranchii Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	38	38	40	42	125	465	398	543	697	497
Ephippidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
Epinephelus areolatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus chlorostigma Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus coioides Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus morrhua Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus multinotatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus polylepis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus polyphekadion Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus summana Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epinephelus tauvina Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Euthynnus affinis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	121	162	304	332	256
Gerres oblongus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerres oyena Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerres spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4	4	4	5	164	337	360	438	445	510
Gnathanodon speciosus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grammoplites suppositus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	7
Gymnosarda unicolor Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	226	303	254	351	489	814	1,063	1,014	779	846
Hemiramphus spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Himantura gerrardi Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
Istiophorus platypterus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1
Labridae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	165	108	105	66	155
Lethrinidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	6,453	6,513	7,715	8,281	7,524	6,598	7,314	6,904	6,796	7,233
Lethrinus borbonicus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lethrinus harak Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lethrinus lentjan Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lethrinus mahsena Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lethrinus microdon Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lethrinus nebulosus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lethrinus obsoletus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lethrinus xanthochilus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lutjanidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,423	2,771	2,712	3,019	3,054	1,662	1,704	2,148	2,302	2,022
Lutjanus bohar Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lutjanus gibbus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lutjanus kasmira Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lutjanus quinquelineatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Megalaspis cordyla Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Metapenaeus monoceros Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monotaxis grandoculis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	9	9	10	10	52	65	83	73	107	123
Naso unicornis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nemipteridae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	21	221	131	87	66	49
Nemipterus randalli Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopodidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Osteichthyes Saudi Arabia	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	4,245	4,347	4,098	3,956	3,115	1,484	1,205	822	766	583
Pampus argenteus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	5	41	31	16	14	30
Parastromateus niger Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penaeus semisulcatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penaeus spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	2,902	2,144	3,643	3,028	4,241	5,941	7,423	7,009	7,813	3,612
Perciformes Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perciformes Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plectorhinchus gaterinus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plectorhinchus pictus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plectorhinchus schotaf Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plectropomus areolatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plectropomus pessuliferus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pomacanthus maculosus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14
Pomadasys argenteus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portunus pelagicus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	27	29	169	256	1,126	1,035	1,060	1,371	1,062	959
Priacanthus spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Rachycentron canadum Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	35	33	52	48	71	124	155	155	130	137
Rastrelliger kanagurta Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,579	1,579	1,658	1,741	3,240	3,069	1,549	1,990	2,084	1,995
Rhabdosargus haffara Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sargocentron spiniferum Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	7	40	50	34	53
Scaridae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	153	166	183	242	176	837	777	906	702	655
Scarus ghobban Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scolopsis taeniata Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scomberoides commersonnianus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scomberoides lysan Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scomberoides spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	154	312	349	385	572	456
Scomberoides tol Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scomberomorus commerson Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	8,662	8,768	9,872	10,374	10,851	6,342	5,276	5,511	6,722	6,033
Scomberomorus guttatus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	114	300	303
Scombroidei Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	272	517	343	713	923	771	814	942	859	877
Sepia pharaonis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	20	20	39	35	353	308	565	598	656	760
Serranidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	5,072	4,625	5,731	5,752	5,707	3,514	4,207	4,403	5,053	5,430
Siganus spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,063	868	1,385	1,388	1,887	2,341	2,779	2,173	1,761	1,691
Sillago sihama Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sparidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	692	735	845	1,064	1,910	1,469	1,722	2,481	2,822	2,771
Sparidentex hasta Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sphyraena barracuda Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sphyraena jello Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sphyraena obtusata Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sphyraena spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	1,843	1,801	1,913	1,990	2,249	1,065	1,251	1,246	1,489	1,267
Synodontidae Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	69	69	72	76	195	195	172	188	215	214
Terapon spp Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Thenus orientalis Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	5	5	6	8	23	21	13	18	13	19
Thunnus tonggol Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	234	115	101	181	136
Trachinotus blochii Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	1
Tylosurus crocodilus Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	461	324	96	111	131	140
Valamugil seheli Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	22	143	145	112	29	400	320	369	510	317
Variola louti Saudi Arabia	51 - Indian Ocean, Western	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			40,630	40,289	45,910	48,022	54,612	45,692	47,709	49,395	51,291	46,700

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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