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FAO Capture Production in Venezuela (t)     n = 93
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Acanthocybium solandri
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 160 303 331 513 538 445 479 498 360 467
Arca spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 27,894 15,649 15,793 28,581 31,193 33,987 31,925 39,128 27,981 38,646
Ariidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 5,629 6,092 7,892 11,227 12,436 21,548 17,041 8,963 10,098 11,100
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,969 2,880 327 881 2,597 2,161 2,758 2,525 2,164 1,631
Brachyura
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 812 761 502 650 197 1 1 289 224 196
Caiman crocodilus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (n) 91,861 100,996 104,935 78,972 54,038 55,195 29,996 33,528 35,579 24,640
Callinectes sapidus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 3,189 2,580 2,243 3,940 6,072 5,551 4,591 5,340 4,180 4,041
Carangidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 27 48 37 41 32 25 6 23 31 11
Caranx spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 5,141 4,051 5,247 5,136 4,271 3,439 3,732 2,823 2,898 2,642
Carcharhinidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 5,466 5,076 6,103 6,101 6,656 7,468 6,979 6,000 4,597 2,973
Caretta caretta
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Centropomus undecimalis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,246 1,354 2,593 4,783 4,569 3,023 2,177 1,560 2,022 1,704
Cetengraulis edentulus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 23 6 10 33 35 41 8 0 119 0
Characidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 3,672 4,160 3,811 4,878 5,827 8,778 8,050 6,029 6,921 4,817
Chelonia mydas
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 80 88 72 155 160 345 552 355 467 403
Coryphaena hippurus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 50 191 208 244 274 447 0 0 0 290
Coryphaena hippurus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Crassostrea rhizophorae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 4,705 1,061 1,931 2,465 3,144 3,775 2,695 1,705 2,594 2,037
Cynoscion spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 12,701 13,327 14,086 18,541 19,078 20,045 13,879 10,503 13,481 6,303
Cyprinus carpio
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 20 1 0 0 4 544 218 1 3 5
Epinephelus spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 5,971 4,466 1,680 1,772 1,930 2,040 2,185 2,235 1,990 1,591
Eretmochelys imbricata
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euthynnus alletteratus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,294 1,600 1,409 1,889 2,115 1,627 1,840 2,064 2,815 2,247
Euthynnus lineatus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 70 0 10 0 0 50 35 10 0
Euthynnus lineatus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 40
Gadus morhua
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 1,196 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerreidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 4,752 6,321 5,305 5,693 5,387 6,310 5,466 6,336 7,685 4,108
Istiophoridae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus albicans
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 24 65 71 206 162 103 165 185 258 179
Isurus oxyrinchus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 2,527 4,208 7,834 11,172 6,697 2,387 3,574 3,834 4,114 2,981
Katsuwonus pelamis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 4,440 1,860 1,010 750 510 3,530 2,800 5,990 2,940 2,970
Katsuwonus pelamis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 5,330 2,540 7,720 5,410 4,910 1,080 620 1,290 3,170 11,080
Loligo spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,944 2,174 946 1,384 1,633 756 771 719 787 102
Lutjanidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 14,323 10,182 4,989 8,094 6,028 7,745 8,205 9,273 8,652 3,511
Makaira nigricans
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 70 49 66 74 122 106 137 130 205 220
Micropogonias furnieri
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 4,722 7,465 5,387 6,697 6,058 7,043 6,065 3,694 4,871 1,900
Mollusca
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 879 20 477 993 744 1,098 425 600 1,005 5,808
Mugil cephalus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 8,237 8,431 8,244 9,103 10,678 9,363 8,839 6,465 6,284 5,151
Mugil liza
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 2,686 3,784 4,070 4,402 3,644 3,228 3,248 1,550 2,874 2,855
Octopodidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,133 1,784 693 901 1,196 724 1,548 1,917 6,507 526
Ocyurus chrysurus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 715 659 659 678 684 511 338 335 272 220
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 50 92 57 59 0 0 0
Opisthonema oglinum
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 367 947 455 206 269 307 294 5,564 10,619 14,789
Osteichthyes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 1,297 2,022 1,933 2,185 2,532 4,524 4,149 8,321 8,141 13,204
Osteichthyes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 35,659 31,528 29,573 32,324 33,095 39,814 40,352 40,449 19,246 4,130
Osteichthyes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panulirus argus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,126 141 371 940 763 629 648 619 260 95
Penaeus spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 8,140 8,563 6,877 13,875 13,645 10,786 11,735 10,949 6,910 4,607
Peprilus spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 184 325 1,158 2,856 1,801 1,881 1,889 568 1,175 1,004
Perciformes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 2,024 1,531 2,052 3,071 3,703 1,210 3,532 4,760 3,616 4,118
Perciformes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 516 721 696 403 520 3,579 759 442 381 219
Perna perna
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 656 315 199 325 366 155 223 295 3,802 451
Pleuronectiformes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
Pomatomus saltatrix
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,186 1,531 975 987 1,130 1,024 651 825 581 542
Prionace glauca
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prochilodus spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 4,364 4,822 5,023 9,767 16,907 20,430 18,740 10,927 15,670 9,320
Rajiformes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,296 1,735 1,867 1,748 1,994 2,450 1,812 1,896 2,111 2,287
Sarda chiliensis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarda sarda
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,514 1,415 1,443 1,541 1,646 1,503 1,348 1,294 1,659 1,602
Sardinella aurita
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 56,949 75,182 80,079 85,751 112,540 153,037 153,782 140,571 186,060 126,468
Scomber japonicus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,092 380 285 431 401 377 416 549 753 631
Scomberomorus brasiliensis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 2,460 4,670 2,772 5,077 3,882 4,725 3,609 3,670 3,651 1,766
Scomberomorus cavalla
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,069 1,804 1,307 800 2,484 2,555 2,140 3,530 340 2,424
Scombroidei
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 111 0 862 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Selar crumenophthalmus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 2,730 2,762 2,091 2,801 2,531 2,836 2,353 2,425 2,653 3,765
Selene setapinnis
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 2,346 2,158 2,266 2,467 2,603 2,544 1,766 2,110 2,338 1,529
Seriola spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 382 322 430 286 380 288 338 355 336 450
Serranidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 151 113 101 133 264 279 265 322 384 328
Siluroidei
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 9,194 10,002 9,275 11,216 9,890 19,497 18,143 15,248 14,833 7,470
Sparidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 983 832 666 1,039 998 923 899 998 1,123 881
Sphyrna lewini
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Strombus spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 35 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Testudinata
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Testudinata
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus albidus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 79 47 187 226 148 171 164 90 80 61
Tetrapturus pfluegeri
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Thunnus alalunga
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 95 319 205 246 282 279 315 49 107 91
Thunnus albacares
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 10,556 16,503 13,773 16,663 24,789 9,714 13,772 14,671 13,995 11,187
Thunnus albacares
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 38,340 38,180 36,230 31,940 26,350 41,500 55,750 43,320 42,350 46,430
Thunnus albacares
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 11,150 8,140 9,660 12,770 16,210 7,170 7,930 16,010 20,260 11,310
Thunnus atlanticus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,150 1,598 2,148 1,224 21 624 758 498 1,034 1,192
Thunnus obesus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 161 476 270 809 457 457 189 274 222 140
Thunnus obesus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 20 0 0 0 10 0 0 75 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 990 420 130 180 450 470 430 170 240 10
Trachinotus spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 192 208 128 140 122 244 307 285 435 146
Trichiurus lepturus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 4,662 4,274 3,907 3,560 3,944 4,933 4,609 5,050 5,408 4,017
Veneridae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 696 444 472 354 487 517 536 533 295 378
Xiphias gladius
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 9 75 103 73 69 54 85 20 37 30
Total: 335,651 339,034 330,964 395,862 438,218 500,817 496,115 470,126 503,755 399,878

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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