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FAO Capture Production in India (t)     n = 133
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Acanthocybium solandri
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 492 389 434 432 350 349 431 439 443 411 353 467
Acanthocybium solandri
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 316 250 279 278 225 225 277 282 285 264 227 300
Ariidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 31,467 40,933 42,719 36,687 37,627 40,814 42,404 55,342 72,755 61,675 50,313 46,611
Ariidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 49,350 51,144 44,509 36,775 40,856 48,407 48,666 56,582 63,501 52,104 40,904 44,024
Ascidiacea
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ascidiacea
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7 9
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 9,408 7,931 8,850 8,816 7,144 7,124 8,801 8,978 9,022 8,387 7,212 9,533
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,724 3,136 3,500 3,485 2,825 2,817 3,480 3,550 3,568 3,315 2,852 3,769
Brachyura
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 6,193 1,841 4,393 4,497 4,405 5,067 6,571 6,210 5,580 5,641 7,541 10,688
Brachyura
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 17,457 16,164 15,591 15,621 15,151 16,619 16,619 29,707 34,213 37,229 33,544 48,890
Bregmaceros mcclellandi
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 1,123 2,095 2,101 2,348 1,046 2,458 1,458 424 419 419 267 547
Bregmaceros mcclellandi
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 159 92 181 138 769 505 814 1,496 2,491 2,485 3,111 4,545
Carangidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5,679 5,909 23,637 37,402 35,507 30,754 37,215 43,671 34,520 47,247 58,176 61,116
Carangidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5,450 7,061 7,926 9,598 15,308 13,078 16,449 21,839 16,218 23,127 22,996 18,139
Caranx spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 22,808 30,894 24,613 31,373 31,319 32,531 37,296 35,026 41,480 43,201 60,064 58,241
Caranx spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 16,763 16,461 15,461 15,859 16,845 16,180 16,106 17,627 9,219 18,494 5,740 21,390
Cephalopoda
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 85,939 44,021 76,149 75,693 56,732 64,564 69,405 62,596 55,108 54,562 96,860 75,365
Cephalopoda
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 10,469 9,250 11,195 13,842 12,560 11,584 11,531 10,975 11,813 12,561 13,593 12,835
Channa spp
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 58,669 58,856 35,966 40,375 37,632 60,521 60,767 58,428 81,674 82,924 87,236 65,994
Chirocentrus spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 6,813 7,646 12,834 6,902 6,503 8,829 10,523 12,898 9,403 9,443 9,329 11,040
Chirocentrus spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 9,261 9,536 9,037 9,441 10,147 10,258 10,411 28,256 28,067 27,948 22,722 19,619
Chlorophyceae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 36,000 24,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 917 2,090 2,090 2,906 2,906 2,562 2,669 2,120 7,193 7,287 2,393 2,304
Clupeoidei
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 36,678 34,325 39,217 35,733 32,250 42,603 42,387 42,102 40,310 37,137 31,591 33,171
Clupeoidei
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 27,205 34,618 30,959 22,323 22,502 19,984 20,231 45,436 51,018 52,500 57,645 55,906
Crustacea
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 112 183 202 381 376 508 356 456 364 354 0 0
Crustacea
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 11,047 26,503 11,271 10,261 17,687 20,304 21,158 14,549 11,220 9,561 7,086 27,203
Crustacea
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,703 4,420 3,793 3,906 4,296 4,123 4,862 22,346 7,906 6,248 14,115 34,216
Cyprinidae
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 152,350 148,622 195,300 201,215 159,633 293,916 296,145 284,274 339,610 326,547 575,773 373,715
Elasmobranchii
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 37,060 28,933 33,310 31,127 24,393 29,237 32,254 42,708 42,176 29,816 21,113 27,113
Elasmobranchii
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 38,997 39,038 33,613 32,644 55,432 31,819 34,113 60,538 45,078 49,931 39,200 46,459
Engraulidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 54,987 62,023 61,992 78,619 68,389 66,221 66,821 69,546 66,112 67,242 66,487 70,959
Engraulidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 13,621 14,274 7,785 13,675 19,228 11,494 14,251 28,570 41,917 38,669 41,049 42,160
Euphausia superba
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,191 0
Euphausia superba
India 		58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euthynnus affinis
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 21,517 17,349 19,361 19,284 15,630 15,586 19,255 19,639 19,736 18,347 15,780 20,853
Euthynnus affinis
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5,210 4,213 4,702 4,683 3,796 3,785 4,677 4,769 4,793 4,456 3,832 5,064
Exocoetidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 114 47 79 79 79 63 75 140 134 170 202 236
Exocoetidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 2,597 2,467 2,704 2,685 2,322 2,211 2,436 4,201 3,582 5,092 5,022 4,739
Harpadon nehereus
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 473 230 60 283 121 1,595 321 504 634 331 331
Harpadon nehereus
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 133,156 141,027 100,302 101,869 135,285 158,778 152,788 185,043 218,590 176,421 133,990 119,732
Harpadon nehereus
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 35,544 34,920 35,382 40,640 35,981 29,486 29,528 26,520 15,513 17,090 21,941 16,554
Hemiramphus spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 1,650 1,318 3,110 2,337 2,246 3,835 5,385 5,804 933 705 894 966
Hemiramphus spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5,993 4,695 5,000 5,175 4,884 4,650 4,839 3,519 25,346 4,291 29,297 5,349
Istiophoridae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 24 7 1,427 1,807 3,645 920 1,693 2,429 2,848 5,197 4,135 4,905
Istiophoridae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 77 650 508 639 1,312 342 631 888 1,026 1,861 1,517 1,787
Istiophorus platypterus
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 721 651 724 722 582 580 720 732 735 685 971 1,157
Istiophorus platypterus
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 946 873 974 971 786 785 971 988 993 923 1,311 1,562
Katsuwonus pelamis
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 7,898 8,856 10,567 9,393 10,604 10,496 12,809 12,324 15,613 13,990 15,945 19,391
Katsuwonus pelamis
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 290 246 562 587 847 639 1,289 1,247 1,614 1,601 1,859 2,320
Lactarius lactarius
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,623 5,992 5,882 4,687 8,387 6,562 7,404 9,188 12,146 6,205 10,151 5,677
Lactarius lactarius
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,438 992 970 964 2,930 2,574 2,717 3,118 1,962 3,523 3,168 4,020
Lampanyctus achirus
India 		58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leiognathidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,551 6,952 13,691 13,181 13,263 13,781 15,749 18,977 16,382 13,501 15,928 10,618
Leiognathidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 44,729 45,610 42,872 42,994 44,828 47,690 50,358 42,866 42,199 42,171 45,725 46,085
Makaira indica
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 127 118 131 131 132 129 165 183 155 152 209 245
Makaira indica
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 158 146 162 162 153 151 195 215 188 184 252 295
Makaira nigricans
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 127 105 163 146 84 165 209 199
Makaira nigricans
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 107 86 136 141 81 147 183 177
Mollusca
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 1,610 1,610 0 0 8,915 669 492 892 790
Mollusca
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 815 1,675 1,240 748 873 1,237 558 3,500 7,916 8,748 847 663
Mollusca
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 981 922 0 0 6,361 4,375 4,375 2,083 2,578 1,076 2,994 2,538
Mugilidae
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 11,195 12,613 2,326 3,160 3,006 4,200 4,784 3,933 9,617 7,532 4,324 4,506
Mugilidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 6,799 6,083 6,569 5,654 5,424 6,662 8,041 7,153 8,247 7,489 7,786 8,082
Mugilidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 10,843 12,054 9,888 10,762 17,114 18,824 19,608 34,385 17,823 22,827 25,171 34,105
Muraenesox spp
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 402 620 337 307 807 1,163 728 289 353 434 493 493
Muraenesox spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5,236 5,058 4,969 4,851 4,262 8,435 7,346 14,797 20,200 12,905 12,296 5,595
Muraenesox spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5,748 6,441 3,576 4,126 5,783 5,287 5,300 6,638 8,887 9,355 7,161 7,066
Natantia
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 15,835 14,569 90,514 90,621 26,108 31,094 31,124 34,712 37,938 36,317 35,325 28,298
Natantia
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 90,734 119,114 122,072 123,639 119,859 121,039 109,848 103,102 100,877 102,796 38,847 105,130
Natantia
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 21,830 22,463 16,244 16,411 33,218 20,551 20,638 37,386 44,475 33,944 56,800 44,625
Osteichthyes
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 549,760 598,798 343,742 308,152 225,711 334,503 372,803 317,211 313,344 317,532 510,483 456,146
Osteichthyes
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 280,616 410,981 418,590 454,347 435,448 410,200 358,207 327,385 380,773 400,208 574,716 385,386
Osteichthyes
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 264,964 286,632 411,561 412,353 272,570 275,572 343,090 174,275 153,518 193,187 136,662 141,247
Penaeus monodon
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 145,857 100,155 123,266 129,750 109,552 126,525 132,202 125,304 128,024 122,015 104,881 112,972
Penaeus monodon
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 58,731 57,868 44,532 47,376 67,623 59,945 60,720 73,902 93,460 70,276 50,650 74,892
Penaeus spp
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 10,873 14,772 4,150 9,242 12,793 15,913 15,908 15,259 20,397 15,107 17,254 17,286
Percoidei
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 58,297 39,928 53,778 38,853 42,436 48,600 52,154 82,884 79,090 84,065 50,116 52,251
Percoidei
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 36,264 38,142 28,548 32,473 37,440 31,251 33,602 39,998 51,810 60,026 60,291 56,743
Phaeophyceae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 10,000 7,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectiformes
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 24,709 11,486 15,570 15,917 13,594 13,580 14,601 22,747 17,697 21,553 13,343 28,677
Pleuronectiformes
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 5,362 3,145 4,493 5,453 5,715 5,574 5,964 10,812 9,677 9,778 20,152 13,465
Polynemidae
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 66 345 345 449 449 537 561 420 2,615 2,541 0 0
Polynemidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2,243 2,313 2,379 1,529 1,825 1,954 2,785 2,948 2,626 2,901 6,673 5,262
Polynemidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,467 3,094 3,848 4,038 10,092 11,108 11,405 10,595 13,288 14,975 10,166 6,794
Rana spp
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,592 0 0 0 0 0
Rastrelliger kanagurta
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 62,026 32,410 38,041 28,380 36,242 39,233 33,047 64,996 33,421 44,967 34,031 61,769
Rastrelliger kanagurta
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 16,795 13,748 14,819 13,602 24,711 21,279 21,384 25,348 29,460 32,499 32,508 38,597
Rhodophyceae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 14,000 9,000 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 0
Rhopilema spp
India 		58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salpidae
India 		58 - Indian Ocean, Antarctic (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella longiceps
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 277,842 287,628 249,601 263,948 248,011 235,852 246,526 249,801 254,856 261,605 262,763 325,338
Sardinella longiceps
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 49,583 55,448 18,210 12,584 25,271 26,802 27,087 29,423 63,758 62,350 57,464 61,335
Sciaenidae
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 213 864 864 842 842 1,020 1,065 601 590 764 1,006 770
Sciaenidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 235,744 212,845 237,869 227,818 198,258 198,214 199,651 173,148 167,545 189,655 185,107 199,215
Sciaenidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 32,116 34,709 36,065 37,160 42,149 36,200 37,135 51,067 65,010 55,060 52,432 62,951
Scleractinia
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 8,750 8,750 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus commerson
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 23,788 19,869 22,173 22,086 17,901 17,850 22,052 22,492 22,602 21,012 18,072 23,882
Scomberomorus commerson
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 13,991 11,693 13,049 12,998 10,536 10,504 12,978 13,237 13,302 12,365 10,636 14,054
Scomberomorus guttatus
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 11,976 10,272 11,464 11,419 9,255 9,228 11,401 11,628 11,687 10,864 9,343 12,348
Scomberomorus guttatus
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 7,355 6,312 7,044 7,017 5,687 5,670 7,005 7,145 7,180 6,675 5,742 7,587
Scomberomorus lineolatus
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 1,509 1,896 2,115 2,107 1,707 1,702 2,103 2,145 2,156 2,004 1,724 2,278
Scomberomorus lineolatus
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 901 1,132 1,263 1,257 1,019 1,016 1,256 1,280 1,288 1,197 1,029 1,360
Scombroidei
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siluroidei
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 64,179 57,999 60,549 61,309 34,743 82,279 82,326 84,750 118,257 113,108 200,391 105,002
Sphyraena spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 350 148 3,306 2,054 1,662 1,724 1,760 1,925 2,546 2,663 5,045 4,309
Sphyraena spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 3,812 4,717 4,767 5,256 5,959 3,961 4,438 1,907 22,893 8,958 7,836 8,073
Stromateidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 10,417 9,112 19,009 11,850 9,461 24,280 18,388 22,280 22,763 24,295 22,377 22,305
Stromateidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 14,974 15,545 16,526 15,819 21,507 15,170 16,020 24,945 22,807 19,912 18,243 20,259
Synodontidae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,029 1,768 3,308 3,157 4,929 5,515 5,266 7,821 2,426 10,308 11,325 5,996
Synodontidae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,041 1,960 2,201 2,293 3,516 2,386 2,644 2,802 1,627 1,705 2,436 2,042
Tenualosa ilisha
India 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 41,129 64,599 38,984 36,724 20,391 15,409 16,216 11,721 14,233 12,381 8,252 5,087
Tenualosa ilisha
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 3,896 4,277 5,525 2,306 3,534 3,513 4,151 5,227 3,765 3,216 12,867 7,485
Tenualosa ilisha
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 43,604 44,502 43,675 37,234 38,362 26,740 26,585 16,666 16,604 14,391 61,988 22,973
Tetrapturus audax
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 62 42 56 46 32 36 63 62
Tetrapturus audax
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 54 36 49 45 32 38 54 54
Thunnus alalunga
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 75 81 80 111 53 77 105 113
Thunnus alalunga
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 76 70 75 115 56 86 92 103
Thunnus albacares
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,838 3,686 5,982 5,742 5,634 7,185 7,592 10,785 8,245 8,664 10,703 11,190
Thunnus albacares
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1,033 476 1,172 1,033 2,431 3,681 5,450 7,510 5,955 6,100 10,512 11,136
Thunnus obesus
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2 0 0 0 2,369 1,412 2,580 2,031 902 1,880 1,554 1,409
Thunnus obesus
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 1 0 0 0 1,562 867 1,688 1,554 798 2,033 1,397 1,277
Thunnus tonggol
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5,735 4,656 5,196 5,175 4,195 4,183 5,168 5,270 5,297 4,924 4,235 5,597
Thunnus tonggol
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 812 658 734 731 593 591 730 745 748 696 598 791
Trachinotus spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 12 11 12 15 12 29 31 31 31 17 221 225
Trachinotus spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 0 0 0 0 2,028 1,526 2,538 1,737 12,819 2,194 15,852 2,222
Trichiuridae
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 100,570 86,652 118,633 90,668 91,346 95,109 110,204 80,848 62,736 74,786 124,981 101,397
Trichiuridae
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 20,026 15,046 14,914 10,213 13,373 19,859 20,281 25,568 24,724 25,997 19,629 29,756
Upeneus spp
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 8,457 14,748 15,457 18,895 8,116 10,063 11,452 13,816 11,978 11,988 11,188 9,480
Upeneus spp
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 2,079 1,988 3,088 3,028 4,749 3,488 3,507 4,877 19,735 22,028 20,553 19,022
Xiphias gladius
India 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 172 155 171 170 479 427 560 515 364 539 646 656
Xiphias gladius
India 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t) 117 52 33 34 277 227 319 332 203 396 451 427
Total: 3,666,332 3,777,092 3,736,603 3,712,149 3,391,009 3,691,362 3,839,245 3,859,293 4,099,223 4,066,752 4,689,309 4,301,525

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