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FAO Capture Production in America, North - Inland waters (t) n = 175
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Acipenseridae Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	253	233	252	267	281	286	212	330	349	282
Acipenseridae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	277	201	220	217	147	147	314	285	176	138
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)	151,600	122,992	191,449	201,431	185,853	197,368	190,841	223,093	206,620	239,519
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)	5	10	13	40	31	36	88	75	47	62
Alosa pseudoharengus Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	907	1,355	1,089	1,200	1,272	811	990	1,327	1,527	1,527
Alosa pseudoharengus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	6,414	4,775	513	67	0	4	0	5	2	23
Alosa sapidissima Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	340	29	21	20	22	23	22	22	23	23
Alosa sapidissima United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	408	215	554	673	282	308	815	523	935	557
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)	339	337	314	278	272	319	289	311	278	278
Anguilla rostrata Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Anguilla rostrata Dominican Republic	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	2
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)	421	555	615	523	724	285	441	485	460	490
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)	439	623	514	495	611	470	368	549	573	470
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	157	170	198	101	99	163
Astacidae, Cambaridae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	3,449	4,968	12,175	22,105	11,130	7,073	5,689	10,496	10,082	5,322
Atherinidae Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	372	487
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	40	0
Caiman crocodilus Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	302	506	5	0
Caiman crocodilus Honduras	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	5,000	5,000	4,000	4,000	3,000	2,000	6,000	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
Caiman crocodilus Panama	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	7,869	2,840	2,005	46	500	3,022	10
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	5	5	10	10	7
Catostomidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,378	317	663	872	292	662	542	550	464	465
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	292	350	183	137
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)	15	50	80	28	285	120	65	35	12	7
Cichlasoma managuense El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	394	464	382	608	566	367	344	351
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	2	5	0	21	157	173
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	499	529	356	364
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)	977	318	699	608	1,301	1,101	919	1,008	764	565
Coregonus artedi United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	255	354	279	388	345	316	226	215	284	239
Coregonus clupeaformis Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	8,577	9,023	9,038	7,730	9,480	9,196	9,121	8,376	8,599	8,330
Coregonus clupeaformis United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	4,812	4,513	4,603	5,162	5,110	5,310	5,272	5,842	5,678	5,353
Coregonus spp Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coregonus spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,626	1,813	1,909	1,839	2,436	2,246	1,415	1,506	2,178	1,586
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	2	20	146	193	2
Crocodylus rhombifer Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	99	40	0	3	3
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	21	0	0	16
Crustacea El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	4	11	24	177	3	5	5	0	3	11
Ctenopharyngodon idellus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	5	8	8	8	19	10	15	13	11
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)	3,240	3,361	2,886	3,086	3,255	1,739	3,732	4,838	3,982	6,805
Cyprinidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	22	4	6	3	10	4	3	5	15	17
Cyprinus carpio Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	753	801	494	222	649	619	687	543	354	741
Cyprinus carpio Dominican Republic	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	400	135	233	1,579	2,881	597	62	109	27	180
Cyprinus carpio Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	19,614	20,220	20,393	18,171	16,187	22,677	21,237	16,787	14,345	10,945
Cyprinus carpio United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	777	949	780	1,106	824	852	1,034	1,076	1,072	1,103
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)	226	285	532	774	1,124	906	1,272	1,989	1,291	3,007
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)	2,633	3,172	3,266	3,424	1,787	2,496	2,406	2,334	2,568	2,615
Ex Unionidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1	1	3	1	2	0	19	1	0	3
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)	8,116	9,184	5,769	7,975	4,826	5,517	3,981	5,964	6,471	5,691
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)	70	54	54	39	43	37	37	29	27	35
Ictalurus spp El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	228	205	178	250	240	230	213	208
Ictalurus spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	2,664	2,827	3,469	3,815	3,165	4,423	5,358	4,691	4,027	4,232
Ictalurus spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	4,922	5,072	4,906	5,463	5,262	5,264	4,110	6,872	5,257	9,235
Ictiobus spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	704	1,265	1,049	982	896	480	793	991	959	697
Invertebrata Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	999	905	606	138	170	124	279	240	425	569
Lepisosteidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	200	264	302	328	254	213	243	237	266	149
Lota lota United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	5	11	16	15	16	15	14	9	28	13
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macrobrachium spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,731	2,028	2,244	4,456	3,226	4,202	4,261	3,580	3,244	4,161
Macrobrachium spp Nicaragua	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Macrobrachium spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	704	741	445	20	19	19	0	0	0	0
Malaclemys spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Microgadus tomcod Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	23	27	26	20	21	22	23	24	25	25
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	996	1,212	1,014	1,058	684	784
Mollusca El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	38	1	0	0	2	3	1
Mollusca Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	264	72	115	120	95	198	240	120	177	239
Mollusca United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	83	98	25	42	0	0	0	0	5	0
Morone americana United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	314	729	818	935	747	802	995	1,164	966	1,042
Morone chrysops United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	263	195	211	191	109	169	45	50	166	109
Morone saxatilis United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	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)	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	185	13	209	51	319	3	31	0	1
Oncorhynchus keta United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	3,497	2,708	769	1,717	518	1,567	738	981	325
Oncorhynchus kisutch United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	213	2,714	2,753	2,314	2,996	441	4,021	696	855	282
Oncorhynchus mykiss Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	333	259	301	297	300	1,349	1,653	102	95	91
Oncorhynchus mykiss United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	883	546	1,041	268	174	161	168	137	358	82
Oncorhynchus nerka United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	359	318	171	176	0	115	78	190	56
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	1,926	2,108	1,549	1,907	2,146	2,111	1,621	1,367	1,344
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Dominican Republic	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	600	323	255	328	659	1,188	100	207	77	320
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	78,815	70,674	72,364	75,835	75,024	74,646	74,354	74,814	65,178	59,343
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	10	15	56	11	13
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	2,191	1,105	2,409	1,732	1,098	2,717	4	0	0	2,651
Oreochromis aureus Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	14,930	13,254	13,699	9,348	9,483	8,199	9,672	7,553	5,122	4,564
Oreochromis niloticus El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	2,772	2,905	3,863	2,801	2,323	2,494	1,265	1,297	1,017	1,216
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)	1,486	1,446	1,597	1,666	1,183	968	711	522	321	328
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)	1	0	1	1	1	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)	13,839	16,737	13,422	5,809	6,707	8,445	9,649	8,089	8,914	9,317
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)	300	526	406	710	840	900	1,090	840	1,000	1,000
Osteichthyes Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	73	63	48	486	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)	300	269	536	130	234	315	105	751	990	96
Osteichthyes El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	865	1,437	627	776	932	967	891	912	863	867
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)	2,599	2,779	3,702	4,228	3,774	4,020	4,000	5,100	6,366	6,803
Osteichthyes Haiti	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	350	400	500	600	500	500	500	500	500	460
Osteichthyes Honduras	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	45	41	85	86	92	127	98	126	119	102
Osteichthyes Jamaica	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	450	450	450	450	450	450	450	450	450	400
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)	7,111	11,233	5,919	4,850	8,166	10,724	9,766	5,185	6,482	3,284
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)	150	256	348	547	824	538	95	29	76	41
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	2	1	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)	899	371	919	1,415	1,205	1,916	40	403	35	189
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)	0	0	0	0	1,439	1,282	1,440	2,073	2,083	1,884
Perca flavescens United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,519	1,649	1,566	1,412	1,387	1,246	711	622	556	537
Petromyzontidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	5	15	4	8	6	13	0	0	0	4
Polychaeta Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	129	130	90	98	49	59	58	57	58	48
Polyodon spathula United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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)	137	96	73	52	52	62	69	46	28	26
Rana spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	788	279	320	312	335	497	351	1,979	1,167	311
Rana spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	9	9	18	20	17	5	2	9	6	0
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)	0	0	0	0	0	139	112	0	2	1
Salvelinus namaycush Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	620	568	481	575	690	631	689	617	554	491
Salvelinus namaycush United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	484	414	313	324	298	406	286	492	500	494
Sander canadensis Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sander canadensis United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1	2	3	3	1	4	1	0	0	0
Sander vitreus Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	7,201	7,290	7,708	8,160	7,543	7,832	7,718	7,751	8,206	8,782
Sander vitreus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	13	9	10	8	22	17	18	4	6	2
Scirpus spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	429	630	686	234	71	127	102	92	13	0
Spirulina spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	3,572	3,620	3,175	3,435	0	0	0	0	0	0
Testudinata Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	3	2	0	0	1	9	3	4	2	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)	79	30	35	28	13	6	15	13	24	15
Thaleichthys pacificus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,263	1,339	1,668	233	20	200	4	27	3	8
Total:			219,011	226,240	224,389	224,271	213,367	218,072	213,595	207,864	193,418	184,858

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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