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FAO Capture Production in Saudi Arabia (t)     n = 129
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caesionidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,000 4,000 4,500 5,000 5,000 5,000 4,500 4,000 4,000 4,000
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chirocentrus nudus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ephippidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0
Istiophorus platypterus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Labridae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lethrinidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,500 4,500 4,500 5,000 5,000 5,000 4,500 4,000 4,000 4,000
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 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) 4,100 5,100 5,200 5,300 5,300 5,000 5,000 4,800 4,200 4,200
Pampus argenteus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 4,600 4,200 5,100 6,100 3,300 3,000 4,800 6,000 8,700 8,200
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 0 0
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Priacanthus spp
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rachycentron canadum
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rastrelliger kanagurta
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0
Scaridae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus guttatus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sepia pharaonis
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 60
Serranidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,500 4,500 4,500 5,000 5,000 5,000 4,500 4,000 4,000 4,000
Siganus spp
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Synodontidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terapon spp
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thenus orientalis
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus tonggol
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachinotus blochii
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tylosurus crocodilus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Valamugil seheli
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Variola louti
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 21,700 22,300 23,800 26,400 23,600 23,000 23,300 22,800 24,950 24,460

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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