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FAO Capture Production in Pakistan (t)     n = 61
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Ariidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 39,168 38,215 38,500 30,339 30,390 26,341 28,696 28,150 28,246 23,926 32,318 34,273
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 42 52 31 35 42 58 45 52 56 62 75 89
Babylonia spirata
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 555 377 731 662 674 625 568 730
Bivalvia
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 240 255 478 465 433
Brachyura
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5,187 5,099 6,060 4,619 5,079 4,439 4,218 4,048 4,098 4,840 4,695 8,343
Carangidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 16,545 15,988 16,400 11,047 5,050 4,978 6,459 8,549 8,624 8,769 8,754 2,341
Caranx spp
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 9,111 8,928 9,200 31,126 6,008 3,322 4,930 5,005 5,012 9,072 7,572 7,043
Carcharhinidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 28,245 27,118 27,000 18,697 18,857 12,250 10,681 8,489 8,496 5,917 4,754 4,660
Chirocentrus dorab
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2,775 2,604 2,720 2,118 2,218 1,279 1,157 1,203 1,288 1,151 1,228 1,324
Clupeoidei
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 24,810 24,306 24,500 23,700 19,470 16,382 16,854 16,234 16,254 14,818 17,323 18,959
Coryphaena hippurus
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 1,954 1,869 1,875 3,742 2,949 2,705 2,453 2,536 2,612 2,072 2,268 2,179
Cynoglossidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2,124 1,915 1,980 1,369 979 907 906 909 1,002 1,010 1,025 1,041
Decapterus spp
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,600 4,355 4,400 3,561 3,794 4,765 6,134 5,841 5,914 5,498 4,316 0
Drepane punctata
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eleutheronema tetradactylum
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 63 55 60 69 1,329 540 494 545 561 509 568 671
Engraulidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 15,191 15,001 15,400 16,029 8,972 7,155 6,937 6,007 6,016 6,053 6,112 6,224
Epinephelus spp
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 16,012 15,928 16,000 14,415 13,023 12,609 14,053 14,411 14,562 14,300 13,989 13,769
Euthynnus affinis
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2,340 1,817 1,210 1,400 1,753 1,922 2,136 2,243 2,281 2,385 4,487 4,572
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 9,961 9,752 9,850 5,186 5,200 4,603 3,884 3,844 3,913 1,414 2,000 2,067
Harpadon nehereus
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 65 55 64 67 55 51 50 45 49 44 44 38
Istiophoridae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2,215 1,122 995 1,001 985 3,107 3,095 3,350 3,375 3,050 3,133 2,919
Istiophorus platypterus
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,308 3,405 3,102 3,062 3,318 3,579 4,680 4,702 4,882 5,102 8,345 7,260
Lactarius lactarius
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lates calcarifer
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lethrinidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5,173 5,044 5,100 2,626 1,941 1,849 1,623 1,457 1,467 1,546 1,584 1,435
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,070 4,024 3,200 2,130 3,430 2,504 2,176 2,340 2,431 2,523 3,200 3,092
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 3,003 2,900 3,000 2,198 2,260 2,169 2,009 1,890 1,995 1,898 1,765 1,432
Megalaspis cordyla
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2,017 1,825 1,950 2,070 3,455 3,278 3,143 5,819 5,924 5,498 3,321 3,673
Metapenaeus spp
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 7,126 7,246 6,555 7,121 7,955 5,124 5,004 4,670 4,742 7,121 6,950 6,389
Mugilidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 9,618 9,723 9,900 10,316 10,363 9,266 9,063 9,735 9,841 8,226 8,914 8,677
Muraenesox spp
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5,937 5,834 5,940 4,545 4,743 4,271 2,954 2,817 2,841 5,404 3,648 3,705
Nemipterus spp
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 8,940 8,466 8,600 8,363 7,299 7,592 7,198 7,324 7,411 1,676 1,654 2,809
Osteichthyes
Pakistan 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 176,468 122,468 114,030 92,794 93,687 94,644 140,000 100,000 108,000 112,355 115,348 118,223
Osteichthyes
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 36,451 34,856 31,769 35,685 36,385 32,547 28,772 21,142 21,245 27,834 17,383 18,568
Panulirus spp
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 807 756 802 749 716 576 601 591 603 511 1,029 1,080
Parapenaeopsis spp
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 11,945 11,576 10,222 12,019 12,358 10,412 9,727 9,441 9,534 9,438 10,581 10,273
Parastromateus niger
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2,027 1,975 2,002 2,880 1,990 1,675 1,987 1,805 1,901 2,781 4,914 2,211
Penaeus monodon
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 139 140 155 171 160 147 150 140 154 160 175 182
Penaeus spp
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5,920 5,974 5,600 5,100 4,301 3,240 3,552 3,457 3,574 3,425 4,184 4,111
Pristidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rachycentron canadum
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2,896 2,797 2,808 2,225 1,997 1,868 1,937 2,253 2,274 2,581 2,623 2,740
Rajiformes
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 20,740 20,801 20,900 13,711 11,065 9,930 8,892 7,279 7,312 6,618 6,196 6,689
Rastrelliger kanagurta
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 34,552 28,129 38,504 37,079 37,165 34,906 23,015 19,329
Rhinobatidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2,185 1,944 2,004 840 765 697 554 516 527 484 450 403
Sardinella longiceps
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 31,167 31,201 31,600 32,939 34,336 31,532 30,955 31,282 31,474 26,937 20,127 22,659
Saurida tumbil
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sciaenidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 21,976 21,725 22,886 19,737 16,910 15,858 14,686 14,618 14,697 13,557 19,981 19,602
Scomberomorus commerson
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 9,366 8,455 7,922 8,543 8,754 7,218 7,049 7,411 7,432 7,577 8,430 9,374
Scombroidei
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,240 2,775 2,480 2,505 2,215 3,156 3,300 3,196 3,285 3,504 9,558 8,890
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5,307 5,256 5,302 5,105 4,005 3,310 3,255 2,817 2,901 3,428 4,184 4,900
Sillaginidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 194 204 210 401 487 421 411 400 428 413 378 381
Solenidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 18 148 190 176
Sparidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,510 4,411 4,430 2,687 2,392 2,115 2,465 2,625 2,745 2,101 2,099 1,781
Sphyraena spp
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 3,981 3,889 3,900 3,869 3,586 3,464 3,979 4,951 5,001 7,235 6,030 6,671
Stromateidae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 3,945 3,454 3,500 4,531 4,800 3,928 3,958 3,796 3,805 3,471 1,742 4,294
Tenualosa ilisha
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 190 170 174 156 149 189 195 215 255 188 195 254
Thunnus albacares
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,946 3,603 2,940 3,122 2,944 4,853 4,545 4,489 4,697 5,243 9,232 9,185
Thunnus tonggol
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5,315 4,735 4,466 5,454 4,722 4,356 4,690 4,819 4,832 6,105 9,205 9,314
Trichiuridae
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trichiurus lepturus
Pakistan 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 28,754 27,355 28,440 25,660 25,592 23,163 23,494 22,605 22,733 20,375 20,940 21,563
Total: 614,069 543,166 532,134 491,834 480,340 434,850 489,421 440,056 451,414 446,362 453,264 453,000

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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