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Estimated numbers of individuals in average annual capture (FAO) of selected fish species (2007-2016)

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Data for Tuna-like fishes nei (2007-2016)
Species Country Capture (t) Estimated
mean weight
(EMW) (g) EMW id Estimated numbers
(millions)
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) China          43,470 54-180,000 337 <1 - 806

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Korea Republic of           7,324 54-180,000 337 <1 - 136

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Pakistan           7,179 54-180,000 337 <1 - 133

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Colombia           2,487 54-180,000 337 <1 - 46

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Sierra Leone           2,366 54-180,000 337 <1 - 44

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Ecuador           2,311 54-180,000 337 <1 - 43

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Zanzibar           2,056 54-180,000 337 <1 - 38

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Japan           1,039 54-180,000 337 <1 - 19

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Angola           1,036 54-180,000 337 <1 - 19

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Costa Rica             974 54-180,000 337 <1 - 18

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Oman             794 54-180,000 337 <1 - 15

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Nigeria             574 54-180,000 337 <1 - 11

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Mauritania             553 54-180,000 337 <1 - 10

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Spain             543 54-180,000 337 <1 - 10

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Comoros             517 54-180,000 337 <1 - 10

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Yemen             512 54-180,000 337 <1 - 9

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Qatar             406 54-180,000 337 <1 - 8

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Italy             381 54-180,000 337 <1 - 7

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Brazil             371 54-180,000 337 <1 - 7

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) C?te d'Ivoire             353 54-180,000 337 <1 - 7

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Eritrea             310 54-180,000 337 <1 - 6

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Trinidad and Tobago             282 54-180,000 337 <1 - 5

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Cameroon             270 54-180,000 337 <1 - 5

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Saint Kitts and Nevis             255 54-180,000 337 <1 - 5

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Benin             251 54-180,000 337 <1 - 5

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Belize             241 54-180,000 337 <1 - 4

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Lebanon             238 54-180,000 337 <1 - 4

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) New Caledonia             233 54-180,000 337 <1 - 4

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Ghana             211 54-180,000 337 <1 - 4

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Libya             176 54-180,000 337 <1 - 3

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Mauritius             166 54-180,000 337 <1 - 3

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Vanuatu             163 54-180,000 337 <1 - 3

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Dominican Republic             159 54-180,000 337 <1 - 3

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Saint Vincent/Grenadines             158 54-180,000 337 <1 - 3

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Djibouti             152 54-180,000 337 <1 - 3

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Ukraine             143 54-180,000 337 <1 - 3

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Tonga             136 54-180,000 337 <1 - 3

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Kenya             130 54-180,000 337 <1 - 2

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Saudi Arabia             128 54-180,000 337 <1 - 2

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Latvia              93 54-180,000 337 <1 - 2

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Congo              74 54-180,000 337 <1 - 1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Togo              64 54-180,000 337 <1 - 1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Thailand              56 54-180,000 337 <1 - 1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) United States of America              54 54-180,000 337 <1 - 1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Equatorial Guinea              54 54-180,000 337 <1 - 1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Palestine Occupied Tr.              51 54-180,000 337 <1 - 1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) France              50 54-180,000 337 <1 - 1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Portugal              46 54-180,000 337 <1 - 1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Georgia              39 54-180,000 337 <1 - 1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Antigua and Barbuda              32 54-180,000 337 <1 - 1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Honduras              27 54-180,000 337 <1 - 1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) United Kingdom              27 54-180,000 337 <1 - 1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Poland              25 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Guyana              23 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Venezuela Boliv Rep of              21 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Seychelles              20 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Other nei              19 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Ireland              19 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) South Africa              17 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Sri Lanka              17 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Mozambique              15 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Argentina              13 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Guatemala              12 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Montenegro              11 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Saint Lucia              10 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Gabon               9 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Jordan               9 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Niue               9 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Senegal               7 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Australia               6 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Wallis and Futuna Is.               6 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) US Virgin Islands               6 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Uruguay               5 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Malaysia               5 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Liberia               5 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Samoa               4 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Tuvalu               4 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Timor-Leste               3 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) British Virgin Islands               3 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) French Polynesia               3 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) British Indian Ocean Ter               2 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Northern Mariana Is.               2 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Dominica               2 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Puerto Rico               2 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Brunei Darussalam               2 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Palau               1 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Lithuania               1 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Guam               1 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Cyprus               1 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) India               <1 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Canada               <1 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Russian Federation               <1 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Taiwan Province of China               <1 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Germany               <1 54-180,000 337 <1

Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei) Malta               <1 54-180,000 337 <1

Total          80,031 <1 - 1,484

   Source of production tonnage : FAO FishStat "Capture Production 1950-2016 (Release Date: 15th March 2018)".

Species	Country	Capture (t)	Estimated mean weight (EMW) (g)	EMW id	Estimated numbers (millions)
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	China	43,470	54-180,000	337	<1 - 806
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Korea Republic of	7,324	54-180,000	337	<1 - 136
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Pakistan	7,179	54-180,000	337	<1 - 133
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Colombia	2,487	54-180,000	337	<1 - 46
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Sierra Leone	2,366	54-180,000	337	<1 - 44
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Ecuador	2,311	54-180,000	337	<1 - 43
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Zanzibar	2,056	54-180,000	337	<1 - 38
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Japan	1,039	54-180,000	337	<1 - 19
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Angola	1,036	54-180,000	337	<1 - 19
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Costa Rica	974	54-180,000	337	<1 - 18
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Oman	794	54-180,000	337	<1 - 15
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Nigeria	574	54-180,000	337	<1 - 11
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Mauritania	553	54-180,000	337	<1 - 10
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Spain	543	54-180,000	337	<1 - 10
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Comoros	517	54-180,000	337	<1 - 10
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Yemen	512	54-180,000	337	<1 - 9
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Qatar	406	54-180,000	337	<1 - 8
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Italy	381	54-180,000	337	<1 - 7
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Brazil	371	54-180,000	337	<1 - 7
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	C?te d'Ivoire	353	54-180,000	337	<1 - 7
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Eritrea	310	54-180,000	337	<1 - 6
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Trinidad and Tobago	282	54-180,000	337	<1 - 5
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Cameroon	270	54-180,000	337	<1 - 5
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Saint Kitts and Nevis	255	54-180,000	337	<1 - 5
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Benin	251	54-180,000	337	<1 - 5
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Belize	241	54-180,000	337	<1 - 4
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Lebanon	238	54-180,000	337	<1 - 4
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	New Caledonia	233	54-180,000	337	<1 - 4
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Ghana	211	54-180,000	337	<1 - 4
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Libya	176	54-180,000	337	<1 - 3
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Mauritius	166	54-180,000	337	<1 - 3
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Vanuatu	163	54-180,000	337	<1 - 3
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Dominican Republic	159	54-180,000	337	<1 - 3
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Saint Vincent/Grenadines	158	54-180,000	337	<1 - 3
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Djibouti	152	54-180,000	337	<1 - 3
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Ukraine	143	54-180,000	337	<1 - 3
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Tonga	136	54-180,000	337	<1 - 3
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Kenya	130	54-180,000	337	<1 - 2
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Saudi Arabia	128	54-180,000	337	<1 - 2
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Latvia	93	54-180,000	337	<1 - 2
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Congo	74	54-180,000	337	<1 - 1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Togo	64	54-180,000	337	<1 - 1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Thailand	56	54-180,000	337	<1 - 1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	United States of America	54	54-180,000	337	<1 - 1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Equatorial Guinea	54	54-180,000	337	<1 - 1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Palestine Occupied Tr.	51	54-180,000	337	<1 - 1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	France	50	54-180,000	337	<1 - 1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Portugal	46	54-180,000	337	<1 - 1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Georgia	39	54-180,000	337	<1 - 1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Antigua and Barbuda	32	54-180,000	337	<1 - 1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Honduras	27	54-180,000	337	<1 - 1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	United Kingdom	27	54-180,000	337	<1 - 1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Poland	25	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Guyana	23	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Venezuela Boliv Rep of	21	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Seychelles	20	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Other nei	19	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Ireland	19	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	South Africa	17	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Sri Lanka	17	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Mozambique	15	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Argentina	13	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Guatemala	12	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Montenegro	11	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Saint Lucia	10	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Gabon	9	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Jordan	9	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Niue	9	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Senegal	7	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Australia	6	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Wallis and Futuna Is.	6	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	US Virgin Islands	6	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Uruguay	5	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Malaysia	5	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Liberia	5	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Samoa	4	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Tuvalu	4	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Timor-Leste	3	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	British Virgin Islands	3	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	French Polynesia	3	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	British Indian Ocean Ter	2	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Northern Mariana Is.	2	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Dominica	2	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Puerto Rico	2	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Brunei Darussalam	2	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Palau	1	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Lithuania	1	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Guam	1	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Cyprus	1	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	India	<1	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Canada	<1	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Russian Federation	<1	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Taiwan Province of China	<1	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Germany	<1	54-180,000	337	<1
Tuna-like fishes nei (Scombroidei)	Malta	<1	54-180,000	337	<1
Total		80,031			<1 - 1,484