FAO Catches List

FAO Capture Production in America, North - Inland waters (t) n = 175
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Acipenseridae Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	300	200
Acipenseridae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	264	206	256	302	303	285	371	363	331	325
Agonostomus monticola Dominican Republic	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alligator mississippiensis United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alosa aestivalis United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alosa mediocris United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	273	208	304	287	244	189	193	162	120	61
Alosa pseudoharengus Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,400	1,500
Alosa pseudoharengus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	101	615	575
Alosa sapidissima Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	100
Alosa sapidissima United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ameiurus nebulosus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amia calva United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anguilla rostrata Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	300	500	400	300
Anguilla rostrata Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anguilla rostrata Dominican Republic	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anguilla rostrata Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anguilla rostrata United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	954	828	726	639	541	623	652	562	618	594
Aplodinotus grunniens Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aplodinotus grunniens United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Artemia salina United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Astacidae, Cambaridae Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Astacidae, Cambaridae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	487	484	468	614	251	509	252	407	1,002	518
Atherinidae Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atractosteus spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(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 Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(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 Costa Rica	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caiman crocodilus Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caiman crocodilus Honduras	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caiman crocodilus Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caiman crocodilus Panama	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Callinectes sapidus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carassius auratus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Catostomidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Centropomus spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(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	0	0	0	0
Chirostoma spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cichla ocellaris Panama	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cichlasoma managuense El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(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 Guatemala	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cichlidae Mexico	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	0	0	0	0
Clupeoidei Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coregonus artedi Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coregonus artedi United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	9,222	9,222	10,694	8,458	9,470	7,541	7,434	6,728	5,590	5,698
Coregonus clupeaformis Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,100	11,900	12,700	11,600	11,200	10,000	10,400	11,100	10,900	11,300
Coregonus clupeaformis United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,341	1,341	1,776	1,407	1,303	907	793	757	352	507
Coregonus spp Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	3,600	4,300	4,000	4,000	3,700	4,200	3,900	3,600	4,800	4,500
Coregonus spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	4,971	4,971	5,466	5,374	5,178	5,461	5,533	5,448	6,331	5,686
Crocodylus acutus Honduras	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crocodylus moreletii Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crocodylus rhombifer Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crustacea Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crustacea Dominican Republic	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crustacea El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ctenopharyngodon idellus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprinidae Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprinidae Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	300	300	500	500	400
Cyprinidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprinus carpio Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	500	500	600	800	800	800	1,100	800	800	900
Cyprinus carpio Dominican Republic	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprinus carpio Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	150	900	520	600	700
Cyprinus carpio United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	15,984	16,070	16,109	15,570	12,480	16,343	14,821	13,545	14,570	14,190
Dormitator maculatus Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dorosoma cepedianum United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	128	140	165	225	281	1,551	1,021	588	433	158
Dorosoma spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Esox lucius Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	2,800	3,300	3,000	2,400	2,700	3,200	3,200	3,400	3,300	3,500
Ex Unionidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	10,500	10,500	10,500	10,500	12,000	16,100	11,000	9,500	5,700	6,000
Gobiomorus dormitor Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hypomesus olidus Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	500	500	500	600	700	1,100	1,900	2,100	2,300	3,200
Ictalurus furcatus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ictalurus punctatus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ictalurus spp Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ictalurus spp El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ictalurus spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	100	100	100	200	200	400
Ictalurus spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	10,692	12,416	14,631	12,894	13,123	13,685	15,796	14,140	14,382	15,366
Ictiobus spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	11,735	11,698	11,667	11,376	7,867	8,336	7,918	6,355	6,956	7,774
Invertebrata Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lepisosteidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lota lota United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macrobrachium rosenbergii Guadeloupe	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macrobrachium rosenbergii Honduras	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macrobrachium rosenbergii Martinique	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macrobrachium spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macrobrachium spp Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macrobrachium spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malaclemys spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	131	73	36	34	23	8	13	12	7	6
Microgadus tomcod Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	200
Micropterus salmoides Dominican Republic	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micropterus salmoides Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mollusca United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morone americana United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,179	1,034	1,042	976	1,376	1,111	953	889	945	1,141
Morone chrysops United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morone saxatilis United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mugilidae Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mugilidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oncorhynchus keta United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oncorhynchus kisutch United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oncorhynchus mykiss Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	100	100	0	0	0	0
Oncorhynchus mykiss United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	478	562	757	959	772	660	484	423	423	377
Oncorhynchus nerka United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Dominican Republic	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	200	200	100
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	400	300	400	500	400	400
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Panama	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oreochromis aureus Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oreochromis niloticus El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oreochromis niloticus Jamaica	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osmerus mordax United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,644	1,644	2,443	2,458	2,722	2,565	3,531	3,290	4,326	3,125
Osteichthyes Antigua and Barbuda	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Bahamas	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Barbados	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Bermuda	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Belize	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes British Virgin Islands	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	10,600	9,800	12,100	15,100	18,000	18,100	16,600	14,100	10,400	10,700
Osteichthyes Cayman Islands	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Costa Rica	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Dominica	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Dominican Republic	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Osteichthyes El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	800	800	800	800	900	900	1,000	1,000	1,400	1,400
Osteichthyes Greenland	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Grenada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Guadeloupe	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Guatemala	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	100	100	100	200	200
Osteichthyes Haiti	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	100	100
Osteichthyes Honduras	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Jamaica	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Martinique	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	2,800	2,600	2,400	2,400	1,500	1,000
Osteichthyes Montserrat	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Netherlands Antilles	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Aruba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	100	100	100	200	200	200	400	400	400	400
Osteichthyes Puerto Rico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Saint Kitts and Nevis	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Anguilla	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Saint Lucia	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes St. Pierre and Miquelon	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Saint Vincent/Grenadines	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Trinidad and Tobago	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Turks and Caicos Is.	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	12,884	12,863	14,608	14,347	13,272	14,263	13,928	12,154	9,527	8,950
Osteichthyes US Virgin Islands	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perca flavescens Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,500	2,000	1,900	2,600	4,100	3,100	5,800	5,900	7,800	9,400
Perca flavescens United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	2,151	2,135	2,068	2,939	3,762	3,206	5,072	5,576	5,107	5,530
Petromyzontidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polychaeta Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polyodon spathula United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	436	436	436	436	449	452	459	382	305	283
Pylodictis olivaris United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rana spp Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	200	300	400	600
Rana spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0
Rana spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	73	73	73	73	25	15	37	6	26	54
Rhamdia quelen Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salmonoidei Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	100	100	200	200	200	200	100	300	300	200
Salvelinus namaycush Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,600	2,700	2,700	2,300	2,100	2,300	2,000
Salvelinus namaycush United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,328	1,328	1,290	1,099	1,024	953	822	540	481	394
Sander canadensis Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	2,500	2,200	2,100	1,200	1,200	2,000	2,000	2,500	2,500	1,800
Sander canadensis United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sander vitreus Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	6,300	7,700	7,500	7,300	7,600	9,000	9,500	8,700	7,000	5,900
Sander vitreus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scirpus spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spirulina spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	100
Testudinata Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Testudinata Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Testudinata United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,373	1,369	307	221	177	323	303	240	294	290
Thaleichthys pacificus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			108,551	122,786	132,506	129,860	131,918	137,890	142,833	133,530	132,614	132,152

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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