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FAO Capture Production in Nicaragua (t) n = 68
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Ariidae Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	173	97	86	40	53	53
Ariidae Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	11	16	17	17
Atractosteus tropicus Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	43	19	64	64
Brachyura Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Brycon guatemalensis Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	52	102	95	71	71
Caiman crocodilus Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	6,440	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	134	0	0	0
Callinectes sapidus Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	71	69	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	176	176
Carangidae Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	5	1	5	5
Carcharhinidae Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	19	87	23	20	11	129	136	236	145	87	123	123
Carcharhinidae Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	73	124	268	182	226	110	11	23	94	13	76	76
Carcharhinus limbatus Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	0
Centropomus spp Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	113	339	185	130	120	49	90	90	49	49	57	57
Centropomus spp Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	1,143	1,090	1,222	1,322	949	937	1,007	1,008	936	392	772	772
Centropomus spp Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	45	75	56	55	55
Cichlasoma managuense Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	111	126	94	73	96	64	64
Cichlidae Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	331	266	240	220	564	806	142	330	350	401	564	564
Clupeoidei Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	88	41	71	116	225	225
Coryphaena hippurus Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	1,502	1,408	1,445	745	404	292	200	187	423	500	185	185
Crassostrea rhizophorae Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cynoponticus coniceps Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	254	26	86	33	35	35
Cynoscion spp Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	30	46	56	83	93	112	84	113	51	26	59	59
Cynoscion spp Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	45	97	77	61	53	34	47	145	117	139	112	112
Euthynnus lineatus Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	3	0	0	0
Euthynnus lineatus Nicaragua	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	70
Galatheidae Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	61	37	0	343	2,696	2,868	7,196	4,395	4,395
Ginglymostoma cirratum Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	45	24	24
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	98	2	19	194	194
Hemiramphus spp Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	59	0	0	0	61	61
Heterocarpus vicarius Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	20	131	0	41	150	73	0	0	0	0	0	0
Holothuroidea Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	183	195	720	390	390
Holothuroidea Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	51	93	93	99	91	207	207
Katsuwonus pelamis Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	409	5	1	0	308	1,782	1,501	494	1,182	898	2,649	2,649
Katsuwonus pelamis Nicaragua	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	30	3	0	0	47	837	3,781	2,210	5,060	3,519	1,599	1,599
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	2	2	6	2	2	3	2	1	2	2
Lutjanus guttatus Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,215	515	699	623	599	599
Lutjanus spp Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	430	503	561	566	630	671	104	565	388	720	266	266
Lutjanus spp Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	976	1,367	1,591	1,621	1,792	2,897	577	1,993	1,251	958	1,022	1,022
Macrobrachium spp Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	9	0	0
Mithrax armatus Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	52	35	23	78	67	47	59	27	21	3	3	3
Octopodidae Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Octopodidae Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	3	3	12	1	4	3	12	14	2	2
Ocyurus chrysurus Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	864	613	519	570	808	808
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	200	57	180	113	113
Osteichthyes Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	84	93	62	54	182	76	2	60	313	19	10	10
Osteichthyes Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	323	286	220	405	522	479	159	497	425	251	142	142
Osteichthyes Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	363	593	1,066	1,061	737	1,691	1,358	265	62	85	137	137
Osteichthyes Nicaragua	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Panulirus argus Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	6,180	3,858	4,326	3,851	4,257	3,787	3,625	3,654	4,186	3,419	3,690	3,690
Panulirus gracilis Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	354	337	167	71	118	126	101	98	151	224	110	110
Penaeus spp Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	3,328	3,412	3,527	3,240	2,694	3,498	2,189	2,418	1,638	2,211	2,383	2,383
Penaeus spp Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	746	771	510	406	344	372	104	118	131	105	235	235
Pleuronectiformes Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	22	33	25	24	23	29	10	42	3	36	254	254
Rajiformes Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	118	97	163	65	65
Rajiformes Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	94	76	36	125	125
Rhopilema spp Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	205	0	0	0
Scaridae Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0
Scaridae Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	5	0	21	7	7
Scomberomorus sierra Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	34	36	77	56	104	56	19	62	58	40	58	58
Scomberomorus spp Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	141	154	116	136	79	34	17	47	9	4	11	11
Serranidae Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	267	239	293	279	304	359	462	311	173	93	155	155
Serranidae Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	212	187	136	200	173	48	100	127	172	51	59	59
Strombus spp Nicaragua	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	155	378	295	382	294	597	1,043	683	868	1,589	2,887	2,887
Strombus spp Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus albacares Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	3,280	1,119	2,768	0	3,853	7,134	8,171	5,222	5,262	5,965	9,193	9,193
Thunnus albacares Nicaragua	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	1,630	2,616	0	0	33	415	1,037	1,045	1,388	2,848	1,544	1,544
Thunnus obesus Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	13	0	0	0	0	9	351	117	3	620	1,148	1,148
Thunnus obesus Nicaragua	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	10	29	1,207	703	609	408	564	564
Total:			22,376	19,684	19,285	15,301	19,196	27,687	31,233	27,899	30,752	35,836	37,895	37,895

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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