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FAO Capture Production in Sri Lanka (t) n = 41
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
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	1,300
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)	4,400	4,200	5,800	7,200	7,500	3,900	3,700	6,000	6,000	6,000
Carcharhinidae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	5,000	5,000	8,000	8,000	9,000	8,000	8,000	9,600	8,000	10,000
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)	20,400	28,400	31,500	22,400	36,300	24,200	24,300	20,000	27,500	21,700
Crustacea Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	2,000	1,800	3,000	2,400	4,900	2,700	3,200	3,500	2,600	4,000
Elasmobranchii Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	3,100	3,500	2,300	4,100	2,200	1,800	1,600	4,300	4,700	4,800
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)	2,063	2,551	3,960	5,369	5,227	5,084	5,830	6,576	7,448	8,322
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)	200	300	500	500	1,400	800	500	800	400	600
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)	400	3,400	4,600	4,400	5,500	7,600	9,300	8,000	8,000	7,000
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)	400	1,200	700	2,300	3,100	1,000	1,000	900	5,200	2,300
Perciformes Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	9,000	8,000	8,000	9,000	9,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	14,000	14,000
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)	1,295	1,288	2,229	3,170	2,713	2,256	4,143	6,028	5,894	5,760
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	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	4,000
Scombroidei Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	1,570	1,839	2,655	3,469	3,234	3,000	3,295	3,590	3,922	4,253
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)	1,347	1,639	2,493	3,348	3,222	3,096	3,515	3,931	4,416	4,901
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:			51,175	63,117	75,737	75,656	93,296	76,436	81,383	86,225	101,080	98,936

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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