FAO Catches List
FAO Capture Production in Nicaragua (t)     n = 68
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Callinectes sapidus
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0
Centropomus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoscion spp
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0
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 0 360 290 1,350 510
Katsuwonus pelamis
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 700 1,290 600
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (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
Mithrax armatus
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 1,300 1,300 1,200 2,600 460 359 458 393 178 126
Osteichthyes
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,500 1,500 1,700 2,200 118 389 370 335 1,027 737
Osteichthyes
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 700 700 1,300 1,800 1,727 2,736 1,095 872 897 222
Osteichthyes
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panulirus argus
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 200 200 200 200 1,070 2,063 2,596 2,863 3,249 2,227
Panulirus gracilis
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 83 53 102 93 22 3
Penaeus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 4,500 4,400 5,500 5,500 3,761 3,742 3,541 4,555 3,400 2,673
Penaeus spp
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1,600 1,300 1,300 1,600 1,470 1,436 1,501 1,443 1,387 1,253
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serranidae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serranidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Strombus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 210 720 1,220 280
Thunnus albacares
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 270 1,480 1,600 480
Thunnus obesus
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 50 10
Thunnus obesus
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 230 0
Total: 9,800 9,400 11,200 13,900 8,689 10,778 10,513 13,914 15,900 9,121

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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