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FAO Capture Production in Mozambique (t)     n = 33
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Acetes erythraeus
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bivalvia
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 68 12 9 5 11 38 57 6 19 26
Brachyura
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 199 133 84 95 15 103 374 810 728 700
Carcharhinus falciformis
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinus longimanus
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cephalopoda
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaceon spp
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 190 257 334 311 330 311 190 334 182 95
Crocodylus niloticus
Mozambique 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (n) 4,000 484 2,727 3,164 1,042 3,021 523 1,430 810 585
Elasmobranchii
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 165 21 0 0 0
Euthynnus affinis
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haliporoides triarthrus
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 2,841 2,350 1,652 1,833 2,250 1,770 1,771 1,510 1,882 1,611
Holothuroidea
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 5 0 0 0 6 54 9 2 8
Istiophoridae
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus platypterus
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isurus oxyrinchus
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 59 106 218 188 106 142 365 601 677 616
Makaira nigricans
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Metanephrops mozambicus
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 207 341 156 443 261 179 132 156 147 92
Octopodidae
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 19 53 30 29 49 51 81 104
Osteichthyes
Mozambique 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 3,500 3,800 3,800 4,000 4,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 7,000 7,000
Osteichthyes
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 16,657 14,306 10,960 7,918 8,662 7,391 15,172 12,123 8,490 9,553
Palinuridae
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 468 209 278 313 307 248 331 232 237 203
Penaeus spp
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 6,863 7,698 6,760 7,347 6,645 7,700 8,006 9,826 8,565 8,844
Prionace glauca
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus spp
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 5,367 119 7,338 0 3,914 3,347 2,461 0 0 0
Stolothrissa, Limnothrissa spp
Mozambique 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 689 925 3,173 5,574 9,921 7,313 9,044
Tetrapturus audax
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Mozambique 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 312 358 0 0 0
Total: 36,419 29,336 31,608 23,195 27,456 30,914 40,915 41,579 35,323 37,896

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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