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FAO Capture Production in Nicaragua (t)     n = 68
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Ariidae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atractosteus tropicus
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brycon guatemalensis
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caiman crocodilus
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (n) 0 14,987 20,472 9,963 8,919 4,238 10,795 1,590 3,927 250
Callinectes sapidus
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 106
Carangidae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinidae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 38 38 47 190 40 59 36 30
Carcharhinidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 330 102 206 161 179 97
Carcharhinus limbatus
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Centropomus spp
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 292 350 183 137
Centropomus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 360 588 944 781 628 799 874 993
Centropomus spp
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cichlasoma managuense
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cichlidae
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 499 529 356 364
Clupeoidei
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaena hippurus
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 13 8 391 749 83 421
Crassostrea rhizophorae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoponticus coniceps
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoscion spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 74 32 47 54 38 40 36 46
Cynoscion spp
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 30 62 80 73 30 51
Euthynnus lineatus
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euthynnus lineatus
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Galatheidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hemiramphus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heterocarpus vicarius
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 37
Holothuroidea
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holothuroidea
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 268
Katsuwonus pelamis
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus guttatus
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 97 73 116 38 75 280 405 389
Lutjanus spp
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 1,109 1,277 1,166 1,192 1,769 1,255
Macrobrachium spp
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Mithrax armatus
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 110
Octopodidae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Octopodidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ocyurus chrysurus
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 150 256 348 547 824 538 95 29 76 41
Osteichthyes
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 96 259 82 234 342 365 698 421 472 346
Osteichthyes
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1,039 2,002 1,753 1,870 574 546 673 515 730 456
Osteichthyes
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panulirus argus
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 717 1,271 2,378 2,191 2,805 2,260 4,357 4,012 3,729 5,141
Panulirus gracilis
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 66 0 9 9 17 14 101 152 66 131
Penaeus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 380 1,397 1,114 1,718 2,632 2,330 3,049 3,148 3,787 3,560
Penaeus spp
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 640 524 396 518 564 592 934 685 1,077 1,658
Pleuronectiformes
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhopilema spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scaridae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scaridae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus sierra
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 14 43 61 38 13 34
Scomberomorus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 8 6 45 36 38 96 102 109
Serranidae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 26 62 78 113 132 239 339 303
Serranidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 122 330 167 246 435 358
Strombus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 63 95
Strombus spp
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,175
Thunnus albacares
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
Thunnus obesus
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 3,088 5,709 6,683 7,886 10,653 9,679 13,720 13,877 15,125 19,750

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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