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FAO Capture Production in Kenya (t)     n = 49
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Bagrus spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,025 1,141 1,396 1,769
Brachyura
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 18 27 29 47 53
Carangidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 315 263 245 320 358
Clarias spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,686 1,973 2,047 3,041
Clupeoidei
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 306
Crassostrea spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 3
Crocodylus niloticus
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crustacea
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyprinidae
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 800 1,300 600 500 700 397 204 192 207 435
Cyprinus carpio
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 11
Elasmobranchii
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 600 300 200 293 417 363 772 457
Ex Mollusca
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 100 100 100 200 100 72 49 17 22 2
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 509 66 60 48 83
Haplochromis spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,368 5,378 6,621 6,599
Holothuroidea
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 100 100 111 50 64 52 10
Istiophoridae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus platypterus
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Labeo spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 939 148 443
Lates niloticus
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 203 1,066 4,286
Lethrinidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 510 542 497 432 638
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 408 194 178 176 205
Makaira indica
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugilidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 88 78 72 92 108
Natantia
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 100 100 100 100 100 49 59 110 56 184
Octopodidae
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 3,000 3,100 7,200 8,100 3,000 1,699 1,501 1,863 3,023 2,523
Oreochromis niloticus
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 402 425 922 902
Osteichthyes
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 22,000 16,900 14,500 16,400 21,465 20,714 17,689 18,493 16,762 17,344
Osteichthyes
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 7,600 6,700 6,800 3,200 2,816 109 642 1,074 314 187
Panulirus spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 100 100 100 100 100 57 73 69 63 94
Perciformes
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 1,347 935 858 1,079 579
Perciformes
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 188 175 301 184
Procambarus clarkii
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Protopterus spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 914 782 653 472
Rastrineobola argentea
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,652 6,704 8,710 9,321
Salmonoidei
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus commerson
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 20 24 30
Scombroidei
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Seriola spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siganus spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 546 522 479 485 542
Sphyraena spp
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 85 26 25 34 34
Synodontis spp
Kenya 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 191 310 155 482
Testudinata
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Kenya 		51 - Indian Ocean, Western (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 33,600 28,200 29,900 28,800 28,481 27,269 40,952 42,722 46,322 51,683

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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