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FAO Capture Production in Sri Lanka (t) n = 41
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Acanthocybium solandri Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alopias spp Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ariidae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carangidae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	1,100	2,100	1,400	800	700	2,200	3,300
Carcharhinidae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carcharhinus falciformis Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carcharhinus longimanus Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clupeoidei Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	8,000	8,000	9,000	7,100	9,500	11,600	18,300	14,100	14,900	17,000
Crustacea Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	500	500	600	700	1,200	1,000	1,500	1,300	2,100	1,900
Elasmobranchii Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	2,047	3,348	2,481	1,615	3,100	2,500	3,000	3,900	4,300	4,300
Euthynnus affinis Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ex Mollusca Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Holothuroidea Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Istiophoridae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Istiophorus platypterus Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isurus oxyrinchus Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuwonus pelamis Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	771	890	807	723	720	717	981	1,245	1,410	1,576
Makaira indica Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Makaira nigricans Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	300	400	1,500	2,800	400	400	400	300	300	100
Odontoceti Sri Lanka	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Sri Lanka	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	900
Osteichthyes Sri Lanka	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	500	500	0	2,000	800	400	100	100	200	600
Perciformes Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	5,000	5,000	6,100	6,000	6,000	7,000	5,000	5,000	7,000	8,000
Prionace glauca Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scomberomorus commerson Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	1,086	1,414	1,234	1,055	928	801	844	887	1,095	1,302
Scomberomorus guttatus Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scomberomorus lineolatus Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scomberomorus spp Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scombridae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scombroidei Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	1,644	2,901	2,084	1,268	1,079	890	1,057	1,223	1,262	1,301
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sphyrnidae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tetrapturus audax Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus alalunga Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus albacares Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	774	1,150	903	655	606	557	720	883	970	1,055
Thunnus obesus Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus tonggol Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xiphias gladius Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			20,622	24,103	24,709	25,016	26,433	27,265	32,702	29,638	35,737	41,334

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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