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FAO Capture Production in Sri Lanka (t) n = 41
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Acanthocybium solandri Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	245	194	259	246	115	159	358	161	156	175	431	431
Alopias spp Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	256	412	987	1,983	877	376	331	241	223	251	696	696
Ariidae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	1,698	1,662	4,324	3,229	3,338	2,104	2,332	2,860	2,239	2,644	6,329	6,329
Carangidae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	10,450	9,950	10,760	14,940	13,580	5,950	9,570	11,380	11,160	13,020	17,240	17,240
Carcharhinidae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carcharhinus falciformis Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	10,886	5,529	3,952	3,496	2,946	1,776	1,464	618	394	443	1,228	1,228
Carcharhinus longimanus Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	2,632	1,323	1,021	1,134	639	215	189	138	128	144	398	398
Clupeoidei Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	53,250	49,270	52,310	56,390	54,410	24,870	56,230	63,520	66,890	71,580	74,310	74,310
Crustacea Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	230	4,450	7,530	13,650	15,320	2,610	7,090	10,450	11,780	13,200	15,860	15,860
Elasmobranchii Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	14,001	20,422	24,072	23,800	20,952	4,783	5,311	2,956	3,392	3,716	4,972	4,972
Euthynnus affinis Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	472	1,230	863	623	1,296	1,639	2,194	3,003	2,080	2,795	1,438	1,438
Ex Mollusca Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	698	498	324	683	588	846	557	1,277	1,953	692	1,113	1,113
Holothuroidea Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	145	90	150	170	280	2,340	1,350	2,880	4,230	3,890	4,250	4,250
Istiophoridae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Istiophorus platypterus Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	5,691	3,908	4,583	4,832	9,057	4,007	4,322	2,264	2,074	2,483	4,735	4,735
Isurus oxyrinchus Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuwonus pelamis Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	64,208	57,788	56,377	76,515	78,889	56,948	56,458	68,595	73,208	70,360	76,271	76,271
Makaira indica Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	1,189	1,605	742	711	653	1,075	1,231	645	591	707	1,348	1,348
Makaira nigricans Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	3,450	4,657	2,155	2,060	1,893	3,117	3,759	1,973	1,803	2,159	4,116	4,116
Mollusca Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	15	30	60	110	250	300	120	710	1,420	1,260	1,940	1,940
Odontoceti Sri Lanka	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Sri Lanka	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	23,150	17,190	16,140	17,870	22,170	21,620	19,320	22,510	25,230	26,320	28,250	28,250
Osteichthyes Sri Lanka	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t)	9,190	9,140	9,430	9,050	8,610	9,940	15,970	15,870	19,270	20,240	24,160	24,160
Osteichthyes Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	13,630	14,470	8,467	4,832	10,471	6,170	10,820	11,230	12,850	13,630	19,580	19,580
Perciformes Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	14,910	14,490	16,320	19,980	17,540	10,570	11,170	13,860	12,670	15,960	20,150	20,150
Prionace glauca Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	5,408	1,546	1,857	1,840	737	349	307	224	207	233	646	646
Scomberomorus commerson Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	2,396	2,091	2,150	2,963	2,787	2,299	2,649	2,126	2,251	1,972	2,857	2,857
Scomberomorus guttatus Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	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	0	0
Scomberomorus spp Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scombridae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	22,180	16,760	17,250	17,760	18,440	9,680	15,570	16,290	18,260	19,380	24,890	24,890
Scombroidei Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	11,437	9,701	10,869	14,514	14,584	11,369	11,362	10,437	11,193	9,436	12,390	12,390
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	310	290	380	420	380	190	120	430	480	510	780	780
Sphyrnidae Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	1,197	168	864	585	408	111	98	71	66	74	205	205
Tetrapturus audax Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	28	38	18	17	15	26	30	18	15	17	33	33
Thunnus alalunga Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Thunnus albacares Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	26,186	22,134	24,117	35,100	37,037	30,806	36,886	30,710	30,147	32,903	37,691	37,691
Thunnus obesus Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	13	98	15	137	106	57	270	426	256	346	538	538
Thunnus tonggol Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xiphias gladius Sri Lanka	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t)	2,802	2,095	2,109	2,260	2,133	824	1,628	848	779	934	1,783	1,783
Total:			301,668	272,734	280,132	331,217	339,913	216,280	278,509	297,448	315,442	330,782	389,515	389,515

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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