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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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