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FAO Capture Production in Peru (t)     n = 77
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Anchoa nasus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arapaima gigas
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argopecten purpuratus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 4,211 5,099 4,553 13,060 17,182 44,697 15,705 5,184 6,722 3,251
Astronotus spp
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atherinidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 4,387 5,336 8,078 131 53 1,015 3,930 3,953 5,620 10,276
Aulacomya ater
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 13,870 10,545 12,199 5,292 9,405 4,676 8,714 9,421 9,083 12,784
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera borealis
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera edeni
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 215 162 320 149 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bivalvia
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 923 1,106 1,010 337 1,708 794 1,764 1,497 1,372 1,931
Branchiostegidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 744 2,780 2,732 608 461 875 516 419 337 205
Caranx spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cheilodactylus variegatus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 219 258 197 104 386 348 478 274 257 324
Cilus gilberti
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 9,077 10,034 5,682 4,382 8,531 11,711 7,538 3,500 10,730 9,351
Colossoma macropomum
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Concholepas concholepas
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaena hippurus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 618 399
Crustacea
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoscion analis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,482 3,832 3,127 4,817 9,005 4,567 4,462 5,187 4,384 4,027
Delphinidae
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delphinus capensis
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delphinus delphis
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dosidicus gigas
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 61 888 2 7 206 870 84 852 2,992
Echinodermata
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 956 1,207 998 1,079 1,519 546 1,959 1,465 1,615 1,579
Engraulis ringens
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 720,124 1,225,170 1,720,440 118,441 22,988 844,255 3,481,870 1,764,640 2,701,370 3,720,170
Epinephelus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 414 537 1,384 220 538 293 393 206 279 921
Ethmidium maculatum
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 11,070 8,491 9,425 2,570 2,163 1,397 1,790 943 1,770 7,128
Exocoetidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 7,830 1,252 2,023 7,538 408 1,450 6,720 2,983 616 1,204
Gastropoda
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 4,264 4,058 3,866 2,731 5,557 4,314 8,271 7,702 11,109 10,694
Genypterus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,029 744 727 218 1,610 1,229 2,445 2,634 3,957 2,563
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isacia conceptionis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,035 2,592 1,508 180 756 610 309 289 1,123 1,635
Katsuwonus pelamis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 174 32 39 1,533 2,376 0 371 2,417 1,433 185
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loligo gahi
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 198 852 1,462 405 419 1,141 1,120 869 606 1,861
Lutjanus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 124 480 430 15 147 241 93 80 106 222
Megaptera novaeangliae
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius gayi
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 159,376 69,293 26,498 5,835 12,108 18,373 38,952 32,026 78,869 88,004
Mesodesma donacium
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,510 2,146
Micropogonias spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,871 860 1,272 1,425 1,798 850 1,536 2,601 1,406 2,149
Mollusca
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 4,245 2,766 2,829 1,585 3,190 3,045 10,736 5,485 2,302 10,938
Mugilidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 18,194 16,685 15,241 16,264 21,243 15,269 17,004 24,475 16,827 29,252
Mustelus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 8,503 9,558 8,724 8,272 25,000 8,764 10,239 11,137 13,160 12,589
Octopodidae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 51 89 235 809 856 840 869 1,858 1,183 1,384
Odontoceti
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 515 756 573 470 426 13,662
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 12,538 16,974 17,357 33,019 29,732 27,791 32,548 36,378 39,427 33,799
Osteichthyes
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 25,446 15,329 9,668 20,178 17,584 23,354 65,672 18,101 8,262 61,807
Panulirus gracilis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 29 28 18 73 135 46 24 49 18 44
Paralabrax humeralis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,093 3,405 3,861 2,217 7,117 7,519 6,007 4,323 5,770 3,694
Paralonchurus peruanus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 4,230 6,746 7,614 4,175 7,216 24,588 12,143 10,640 11,229 7,532
Penaeus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 807 635 1,590 9,690 2,531 3,673 3,443 5,859 4,383 5,501
Perciformes
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 102 199 162 392 324 106 912 551 151 247
Phocoena spinipinnis
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 450 225 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Piaractus brachypomus
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectiformes
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 866 750 772 1,235 3,152 896 1,482 1,724 1,545 1,697
Prochilodus reticulatus
Peru 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 2,655 3,286 3,595 3,826 4,614 5,496 7,276 7,922 8,251 9,849
Rhinobatos planiceps
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 926 4,711 4,354 1,435 2,551 1,413 2,046 1,161 3,033 715
Rhodophyceae
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 361 91 136 103 144 245 437 256 267 412
Sarda chiliensis
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 6,838 9,004 13,888 14,696 20,995 2,349 3,318 18,032 33,986 26,218
Sardinops sagax
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,480,400 1,182,950 1,509,680 1,172,190 2,788,740 2,903,730 1,720,900 2,469,200 3,470,420 2,568,910
Scomber japonicus
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 59,062 32,803 22,072 22,579 87,134 57,069 38,709 24,072 25,554 32,042
Scomberomorus sierra
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 579 354 446 430 914 702 1,713 1,229 1,576 1,726
Seriolella spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 10,740 16,375 30,250 2,296 5,315 11,161 35,551 43,358 21,514 11,457
Squatina californica
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 237 371 1,126 288 744 563 1,731 1,432 576 313
Testudinata
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 58 44 28 15 0 36 9 305 32 79
Thunnus albacares
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 662 1,077 343 4,803 2,558 267 724 435 2,930 1,437
Trachinotus spp
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 181 141 295 505 1,364 684 858 949 807 1,031
Trachurus murphyi
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 123,380 37,875 50,013 76,825 184,333 87,466 49,863 46,304 118,076 140,720
Tursiops truncatus
Peru 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 216 91 154 225 298 92 33 62 129 83
Total: 2,708,358 2,716,821 3,512,825 1,568,930 3,316,765 4,130,471 5,613,607 4,583,110 6,636,853 6,848,986

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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