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FAO Capture Production in Saudi Arabia (t)     n = 129
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Acanthopagrus berda
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Acanthopagrus bifasciatus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Acanthopagrus latus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Acanthuridae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Acanthurus sohal
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aethaloperca rogaa
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alepes djedaba
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aphareus rutilans
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argyrops spinifer
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arius thalassinus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 395 395 23 151
Atule mate
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balistidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bolbometopon muricatum
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bothus pantherinus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 33 31 30
Caesionidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,000 3,440 3,920 4,280 4,750 5,191 4,408 5,127 4,954 5,379
Carangoides bajad
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangoides fulvoguttatus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carangoides malabaricus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx ignobilis
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx melampygus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx sexfasciatus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cephalopholis argus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cephalopholis hemistiktos
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cephalopholis miniata
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chanos chanos
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chirocentrus nudus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 323 323 0 186
Crenidens crenidens
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Decapterus russelli
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Diagramma pictum
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elagatis bipinnulata
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 20 20 20 20 20 531 513 642 696
Ephippidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus areolatus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus chlorostigma
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus coioides
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus morrhua
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus multinotatus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus polylepis
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus polyphekadion
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus summana
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus tauvina
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euthynnus affinis
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerres oblongus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerres oyena
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerres spp
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 119 5 86
Gnathanodon speciosus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grammoplites suppositus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gymnosarda unicolor
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 226 226 284 367
Hemiramphus spp
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Himantura gerrardi
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus platypterus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Labridae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 0 0
Lethrinidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,000 2,240 2,550 2,790 3,100 3,381 7,704 6,636 7,511 7,775
Lethrinus borbonicus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lethrinus harak
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lethrinus lentjan
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lethrinus mahsena
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lethrinus microdon
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lethrinus nebulosus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lethrinus obsoletus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lethrinus xanthochilus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 20 20 30 30 30 0 0 0 0
Lutjanidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 1,230 1,410 1,530 1,700 1,863 2,511 2,660 3,048 2,757
Lutjanus bohar
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus gibbus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus kasmira
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus quinquelineatus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Megalaspis cordyla
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Metapenaeus monoceros
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monotaxis grandoculis
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 10 10
Naso unicornis
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nemipteridae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nemipterus randalli
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Octopodidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Saudi Arabia 		4 - Asia - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,300 6,300 7,442 7,830 8,690 7,780 2,329 6,160 4,174 3,694
Pampus argenteus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Parastromateus niger
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus semisulcatus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus spp
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 8,400 5,000 5,000 5,200 5,000 1,858 5,421 3,681 4,859 4,911
Perciformes
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 3,230 3,680 4,010 4,460 4,872 25 25 0 0
Perciformes
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 210 230 260 280 311 26 26 0 0
Plectorhinchus gaterinus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plectorhinchus pictus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plectorhinchus schotaf
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plectropomus areolatus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plectropomus pessuliferus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pomacanthus maculosus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pomadasys argenteus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portunus pelagicus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 20 20 20 30 29 266 266 282 96
Priacanthus spp
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rachycentron canadum
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 74 23 58
Rastrelliger kanagurta
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 740 840 910 1,020 1,111 2,568 2,568 899 1,727
Rhabdosargus haffara
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sargocentron spiniferum
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scaridae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 190 210
Scarus ghobban
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scolopsis taeniata
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberoides commersonnianus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberoides lysan
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberoides spp
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberoides tol
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus commerson
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 542 850 990 8,046 8,864 8,860 9,362 9,243
Scomberomorus guttatus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 890 206 1,100 1,230 1,341 264 260 267 230
Sepia pharaonis
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 75 110 120 130 150 162 164 164 4 27
Serranidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 4,000 3,040 3,460 3,770 4,190 4,581 5,552 5,945 5,889 5,827
Siganus spp
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 313 313 444 865
Sillago sihama
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 863 863 818 653
Sparidentex hasta
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena barracuda
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena jello
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena obtusata
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 1,140 1,290 1,410 1,570 1,713 1,796 1,796 1,917 1,960
Synodontidae
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 200 82 4
Terapon spp
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thenus orientalis
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 20 20 20 20 27 0 0 14 6
Thunnus tonggol
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachinotus blochii
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tylosurus crocodilus
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Valamugil seheli
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 920 1,050 1,140 1,260 1,380 459 451 0 202
Variola louti
Saudi Arabia 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 24,775 28,570 31,820 35,300 38,490 43,696 45,498 47,748 45,732 47,150

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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