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FAO Capture Production in Trinidad and Tobago (t)     n = 40
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Acanthocybium solandri
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 9 7 7 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
Alopias spp
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 1
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 56 199 368 127 138 245 0 0 0 414 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx spp
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 180 142 188 208 183 150 277 150 220 136 220 258 280 300 320 350 370 387 400 501 328 400 504 562 211 266 206 263 451 249 327 298 258 330 427 292 270 270
Carcharhinus leucas
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0
Carcharhinus limbatus
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 10 11 0 10 0 17 9 12 11 20 16 3 1 1
Clupeoidei
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 400 100 200 217 254 209 150 218 129 187 156 122 218 192 146 200 250 310 360 420 469 500 506 56 60 58 196 722 943 82 178 47 22 12 11 4 4 2 41 5 5
Elasmobranchii
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 200 400 400 500 449 375 430 543 624 379 368 296 456 328 344 904 700 675 874 1,063 873 922 531 440 488 550 621 545 581 733 805 884 1,295 925 1,059 1,991 387 391 341 326 415 415
Galeocerdo cuvier
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 2
Istiophoridae
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 38 6 86 153 74 45 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 7 0 2 6 8 2 2
Istiophorus albicans
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 58 14 25 35 24 11 9 4 4 56 101 101 104 10 0 4 3 7 6 7 10 9 17 13 16 16 21 21
Isurus oxyrinchus
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Isurus paucus
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
Isurus spp
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Katsuwonus pelamis
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 10 5 8 0 2 2 3 1 4 4
Makaira nigricans
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 3 17 2 0 28 4 6 4 3 27 46 21 81 70 33 55 17 16 9 11 7 14 21 41 20 22 22
Mustelus spp
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 71 273 201 419 645 363 210 201 201
Osteichthyes
Trinidad and Tobago 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 500 500 500 600 800 800 800 800 800 800 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,300 1,300 1,200 1,374 1,256 1,324 1,204 1,238 861 1,016 981 943 746 606 382 700 1,020 1,350 1,670 1,990 2,309 1,339 1,298 6,927 4,447 1,609 2,818 6,585 7,398 7,405 8,045 7,731 6,430 6,184 7,008 6,124 6,248 6,282 6,310 6,180 6,150
Panulirus argus
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 15 5 1 3 2 12 6 3 7 13 12 60 60
Penaeus spp
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 700 300 300 600 430 328 387 334 267 355 452 443 747 684 394 365 520 1,295 779 438 815 1,780 1,550 1,296 946 700 285 751 647 658 755 856 852 729 617 701 789 697 782 693 879 878
Perciformes
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 164 129 186 152 185 615 683 660 665 819 691 370 490 620 740 870 990 1,114 1,300 1,462 2,011 2,400 2,656 2,572 2,448 2,107 2,010 2,860 3,116 2,631 2,358 3,282 1,878 1,737 1,951 2,190 2,365 2,365
Portunus spp
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 15 28 38 45 52 112 112
Prionace glauca
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 2 8 9 9
Sarda sarda
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 703 169 266 220 30 117 117 56 452 188 280 80 7 16 38 68 69 69
Scomberomorus brasiliensis
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 300 300 300 300 400 500 500 500 500 500 600 600 600 600 600 800 800 800 800 800 800 1,200 1,000 800 766 1,691 1,544 1,484 1,933 1,208 1,337 939 1,218 1,107 852 2,931 1,010 2,105 2,704 2,864 2,471 2,749 2,153 2,130 2,130 1,816 1,568 1,699 2,130 1,328 1,722 2,207 2,472 1,867 2,102 2,720 1,778 1,414 1,472 1,498 1,220 1,220
Scomberomorus cavalla
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 752 541 432 657 1,044 1,192 0 471 1,029 875 746 447 432 410 1,457 801 577 747 660 567 1,043 1,001 815 815
Scombroidei
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 145 242 149 228 175 143 141 179 203 165 253 153 220 951 1,229 3,110 3,538 102 3,361 0 0 25 134 206 92 81 138 405 482 233 28 482 130 133 184 242 326 326
Sphyrnidae
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 8 6 9 2 8 37 32 58 58
Strombus spp
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus albidus
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 12 6 6 5 12 10 11 15 15
Tetrapturus pfluegeri
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 75 10 7 1 0 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 247 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 11 9 12 12 9 12 18 16 17 17 17
Thunnus albacares
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 0 0 1 11 304 543 4 4 120 79 183 223 213 163 112 122 125 186 224 295 459 615 520 629 788 788
Thunnus atlanticus
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Thunnus obesus
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 191 41 22 0 0 1 19 57 263 0 3 29 27 37 36 24 19 5 11 30 6 5 9 12 27 69 56 40 40
Xiphias gladius
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 26 6 45 151 42 79 66 71 562 11 180 150 158 110 130 138 41 75 92 78 83 91 19 29 48 29 21 21
Xiphopenaeus kroyeri
Trinidad and Tobago 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 89 94 79 88 70 69 78 88 77 87 77 0 0
Total: 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,100 1,500 1,600 1,600 1,700 1,700 2,000 2,400 2,400 2,400 2,400 2,400 3,000 3,000 3,200 3,400 3,400 3,600 4,100 3,700 4,000 3,725 4,417 4,417 4,303 4,823 3,840 4,461 3,804 4,574 4,541 3,764 5,560 4,347 7,714 9,211 11,466 12,362 11,501 13,000 8,998 14,046 11,500 9,435 11,283 14,846 14,694 14,237 16,598 18,768 14,592 14,713 18,093 13,123 13,088 13,839 13,856 13,931 13,900

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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