FAO Catches List

FAO Capture Production in America, North - Inland waters (t) n = 175
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Acipenseridae Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	200	300	200	200	200	200	200	100	100	100
Acipenseridae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	281	351	317	289	248	252	300	269	296	430
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)	99	159	102	148	140	114	112	76	78	110
Alosa pseudoharengus Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	2,000	1,500	1,800	900	1,000	2,600	1,700	1,600	2,100	1,900
Alosa pseudoharengus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,080	1,456	2,153	2,448	5,327	6,353	13,158	19,004	12,335	13,605
Alosa sapidissima Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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)	300	300	300	400	400	400	300	300	300	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)	392	366	291	440	472	709	580	724	769	849
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)	615	1,003	1,411	969	1,514	3,983	1,485	2,052	2,685	3,585
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	800	1,200	1,100	900	700	500	900	1,300	1,100
Coregonus artedi United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	5,037	5,308	4,562	3,845	2,840	2,191	2,076	1,744	1,671	1,053
Coregonus clupeaformis Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	12,300	12,300	12,100	11,500	10,400	11,000	9,300	8,400	8,300	9,300
Coregonus clupeaformis United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	453	630	506	490	705	792	919	743	861	1,162
Coregonus spp Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	5,700	4,700	3,800	3,700	6,300	3,900	5,000	4,100	4,500	4,200
Coregonus spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	8,241	8,488	7,763	5,933	4,282	5,342	5,030	5,630	5,573	5,097
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	100	0	100	100	100	100
Cyprinidae Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	400	300	400	100	400	300	400	500	700	600
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)	700	700	500	800	800	900	1,200	900	900	500
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)	1,113	1,815	380	380	220	220	300	450	450	450
Cyprinus carpio United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	14,295	14,017	13,740	13,628	15,034	13,716	14,673	14,534	13,418	11,483
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)	114	51	44	12	39	418	231	737	718	393
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)	3,600	3,600	4,100	3,800	3,700	3,500	3,600	3,500	4,300	3,700
Ex Unionidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	11,800	8,200	5,500	7,900	3,900	8,400	23,100	6,800	2,900	3,500
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)	5,300	5,900	8,800	4,900	5,900	5,400	7,300	5,800	5,700	6,900
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	500	600	700	400	500	400	600	400	500
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)	500	586	400	200	300	500	600	800	500	500
Ictalurus spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	15,799	17,449	17,063	17,506	17,265	16,331	15,719	14,934	14,930	15,056
Ictiobus spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	7,618	7,177	8,395	8,299	8,380	8,269	8,180	8,473	8,661	7,983
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	400	500	500	600	800	800
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)	9	9	7	8	9	5	8	6	5	3
Microgadus tomcod Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	400	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	2,500	1,000	1,000	1,400	1,800	1,100	1,100
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)	836	1,006	1,332	981	696	1,007	1,438	1,114	1,305	1,438
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	673	907	519
Oncorhynchus mykiss Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	300	200	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oncorhynchus mykiss United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	438	419	470	616	201	231	261	295	307	311
Oncorhynchus nerka United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	29	108	39	10	28
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)	100	100	200	400	400	400	500	200	300	200
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	200	200	100	200	200	200	300	200	200	500
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)	1,960	1,606	1,181	1,368	1,573	998	1,095	1,259	1,413	1,639
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)	11,700	9,800	11,600	10,600	9,200	11,900	9,500	7,800	9,700	9,500
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	100	100
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)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Osteichthyes El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,400	1,300	1,300	1,000	900	1,600	1,300	1,300	1,000	1,000
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)	200	200	300	300	200	200	300	300	200	400
Osteichthyes Haiti	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	100	100	100	100	200	200	200	200	200	200
Osteichthyes Honduras	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	100	100	100
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)	900	2,100	1,300	3,300	2,100	1,900	2,800	3,900	4,600	4,900
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)	600	600	600	900	900	1,100	1,200	1,300	1,300	1,200
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)	7,796	8,509	5,451	7,081	7,022	5,650	5,587	5,055	5,202	5,388
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)	6,300	8,900	10,300	8,800	4,800	9,700	10,100	10,600	11,600	14,100
Perca flavescens United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	4,808	4,398	5,655	5,326	3,993	2,849	3,058	2,853	2,759	2,534
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)	264	337	244	329	372	225	161	192	200	181
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)	800	600	200	0	0	100	0	300	200	300
Rana spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	100	700	600	300	300	400	300	300	400
Rana spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	47	40	29	24	23	20	10	10	20	34
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)	200	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salvelinus namaycush Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,800	1,800	1,900	1,600	1,500	1,500	1,300	1,300	1,100	1,000
Salvelinus namaycush United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	175	149	117	58	46	56	54	92	127	133
Sander canadensis Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	2,100	1,500	1,700	2,400	2,000	1,900	2,200	1,300	1,800	1,200
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	6,000	6,800	7,300	5,300	4,400	5,100	3,900	3,900	3,500
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	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	300
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	100	0	0	0	0
Testudinata United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	368	490	384	284	384	439	326	312	257	298
Thaleichthys pacificus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			134,914	138,980	142,077	138,146	130,369	136,235	142,025	143,442	141,975	143,027

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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