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FAO Capture Production in Liberia (t)     n = 78
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Albula vulpes
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alopias vulpinus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 222
Balistidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belonidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachydeuterus auritus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brotula barbata
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 108 387
Caranx rhonchus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinus falciformis
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congridae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaena hippurus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crustacea
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dalatias licha
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dentex spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drepane africana
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 100 100 45 62 80 57 950 58
Echeneidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 119 680
Epinephelus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 143
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exocoetidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Galeoides decadactylus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 100 100 300 100 112 120 283 226 266 48
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 31 26 32 40 68 27
Hemiramphus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilisha africana
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophoridae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus albicans
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isurus oxyrinchus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Liberia 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lepidopus caudatus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lichia amia
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0
Makaira nigricans
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius polli
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mobulidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugilidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natantia
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 600 600 800 1,300 1,429 1,350 1,445 1,166 1,689 1,490
Octopodidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Liberia 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000
Osteichthyes
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 500 500 400 500 486 486 486 500 215 1,318
Panulirus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Parapenaeus longirostris
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pentanemus quinquarius
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pomadasys jubelini
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prionace glauca
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pristidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus elongatus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus senegalensis
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 100 200 500 400 848 620 710 1,120 929 1,090
Pseudupeneus prayensis
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhinobatidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,120 1,211
Sciaenidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 14 14 14 18 58 159
Scombroidei
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Selene dorsalis
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Soleidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 100 100 200 123 154 161 205 465 224
Sparidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 100 100 100 100 376 613 321 249 361 931
Sphyraena spp
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 133 981
Sphyrnidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spondyliosoma cantharus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalidae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stromateus fiatola
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Testudinata
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus albidus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Liberia 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 218 515
Thunnus obesus
Liberia 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus trecae
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trichiurus lepturus
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Liberia 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 8,000 8,200 8,900 9,300 10,064 10,046 10,132 10,190 10,812 13,484

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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