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FAO Capture Production in Nigeria (t)     n = 70
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Acanthuridae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 14,885 16,537 21,155 18,349 20,544 21,198 23,486 18,165 20,826 18,388 17,236 18,155
Bagrus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 4,539 4,902 920 5,183 5,239 5,501 6,914 8,534 7,701 7,788 7,860 7,063
Belonidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 535 431 301 422 371 118 160 348 254 468 381 450
Brachydeuterus auritus
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,345 275 849 1,908 835 637 1,248 569 909 1,029 1,165 1,665
Brachyura
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,211 4,374 5,029 4,218 3,694 2,917 6,570 1,963 4,467 3,946 3,593 3,460
Carangidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,521 833 630 1,728 680 350 277 440 359 393 431 497
Caranx spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 825 317 277 818 162 207 1,284 392 838 677 747 458
Channa spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 2,990 2,951 3,313 4,571 6,170 5,470 3,504 5,960 10,388 5,515 4,596 5,676
Characidae
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 12,500 10,274 6,989 14,573 13,874 17,449 19,808 21,259 25,857 15,987 11,457 12,770
Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 7,311 12,413 5,678 12,537 10,859 12,519 13,161 16,287 11,110 17,541 18,795 18,988
Citharinus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 5,654 10,754 9,581 15,468 13,031 9,130 17,035 11,395 13,764 14,378
Clarias gariepinus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 4,474 10,419 7,375 11,363 10,988 18,938 14,027 15,813 10,836 23,146 22,879 23,112
Clarias spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 14,012 10,925 7,640 15,656 9,582 16,193 14,916 14,302 32,844 35,172 37,792 38,309
Congridae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crustacea
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoglossidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 7,057 6,655 7,493 6,931 6,187 8,790 7,971 8,961 7,375 6,290 8,193 9,408
Cyprinidae
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 4,823 5,901 6,004 7,430 7,401 9,883 12,697 10,317 15,242 14,261 15,949 16,855
Distichodus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 4,765 7,662 6,836 5,500 11,662 5,760 8,760 9,351
Drepane africana
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,316 1,429 1,511 1,419 1,425 949 2,142 1,066 1,604 1,459 1,327 1,158
Elasmobranchii
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 7,485 7,274 7,187 8,561 6,365 9,338 7,912 9,191 8,750 10,704 13,295 11,396
Elops lacerta
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 755 531 1,076 787 678 785 875 442 658 732 814 978
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 17,570 19,049 21,987 21,621 14,733 19,758 22,589 21,688 22,138 23,411 24,757 24,112
Exocoetidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 8 55 1,837 647 509 479 146 257 202 450 387 585
Galeoides decadactylus
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 4,279 5,131 4,819 6,338 4,746 3,871 6,112 4,529 5,320 5,053 4,799 4,524
Gastropoda
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 2,084 2,426 2,741 2,913 2,822 2,475 2,866 2,671 3,020 3,415 3,831
Gymnarchus niloticus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 9,097 11,358 11,764 16,084 11,496 13,914 20,205 13,363 12,744 11,993
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 5,152 4,804 3,352 5,132 4,275 8,559 4,473 4,278 4,375 4,631 4,902 6,385
Hepsetus odoe
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 1,288 2,345 1,009 2,090 2,284 2,372 7,837 1,941 2,634 2,551
Heterotis niloticus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 7,915 8,577 6,832 10,118 10,314 11,884 11,233 10,554 16,451 14,889 15,392 14,903
Lates niloticus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 4,447 6,139 3,030 6,442 7,760 9,336 8,223 8,941 16,705 11,542 11,800 11,394
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 7,235 6,619 7,537 7,130 6,519 6,545 8,260 8,158 8,209 7,977 7,752 7,987
Merluccius polli
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 1,714 2,551 2,503 2,536 3,023 2,657 1,461 1,801 1,363 2,554
Mormyridae
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 17,509 5,567 15,400 19,494 18,617 18,710 26,141 22,380 22,564 22,976 23,624
Mugilidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 8,535 8,728 9,122 8,881 8,731 6,002 7,779 8,743 8,261 9,222 10,295 11,847
Natantia
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,564 909 17,076 15,004 11,505 16,152 16,085 11,418 1,941 11,496 13,465 12,770
Notopterus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 39 22 19 34 18 169 69 203 136 242 239 406
Octopodidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 13,402 18,332 17,218 31,205 22,910 31,756 30,476 38,878 47,571 54,241 56,632 57,984
Osteichthyes
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 48,445 36,986 96,034 4,531 18,880 26,817 22,198 3,223 10,409 12,867 10,654 11,493
Osteichthyes
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 51,541 49,205 28,152 13,271 25,321 19,770 29,385 28,855 28,521 28,100 27,303 28,127
Osteichthyes
Nigeria 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panulirus spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,939 1,699 193 1,904 1,943 2,456 2,881 1,610 2,265 3,147 4,398 3,697
Parailia pellucida
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 9 0 28 97 106 1,048 540 761 802 1,915
Penaeus notialis
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 18,882 18,805 13,413 13,201 11,410 12,397 11,928 10,852 11,390 9,369 7,707 8,577
Pleuronectiformes
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polydactylus quadrifilis
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 11,287 11,645 14,052 15,675 9,571 11,370 14,077 15,146 14,612 16,149 17,848 18,962
Polynemidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pomatomus saltatrix
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Protopterus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 1,364 2,183 520 2,747 3,383 1,543 2,172 4,816 3,494 3,577 3,662 4,469
Pseudotolithus spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 12,604 15,084 11,922 13,518 14,098 10,738 12,475 10,044 11,260 9,212 7,537 9,577
Pseudupeneus prayensis
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 5,753 7,352 6,262 6,618 7,195 4,544 6,532 6,101 6,381 7,266 8,330 7,095
Sardinella maderensis
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 10,158 11,931 12,132 11,407 10,921 10,880 13,903 15,716 14,809 14,439 14,078 13,278
Sardinella spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 80,892 61,927 59,400 67,648 71,416 65,818 72,749 65,897 63,509 67,503 67,621 69,033
Sciaenidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 5,826 5,900 9,384 7,832 7,478 6,468 8,134 7,696 7,915 8,753 9,680 8,360
Scombridae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,710 3,759 3,500 4,403 2,695 2,529 3,506 2,840 3,173 3,043 2,918 3,086
Scombroidei
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 51 5 1 22 42 570 327 90 208 501 497 696
Scorpaenidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,170 2,568 600 3,137 2,444 1,809 4,829 6,536 5,682 5,350 5,037 6,385
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 189 419 328 290 140 319 250 285 261 241 383
Serranidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,117 2,487 2,354 3,914 2,276 2,182 2,828 2,294 2,518 3,442 4,652 4,011
Soleidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,301 3,171 2,507 4,655 2,045 2,051 1,966 2,485 3,316 3,372 3,876 4,469
Sparidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 10,799 10,947 11,085 10,944 9,254 9,813 11,156 12,103 11,629 13,415 15,475 15,976
Stromateus fiatola
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 4,106 1,000 4,057 4,100 7,767 7,134 7,249 7,191 6,033 5,987 6,479
Synodontis spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 6,054 6,642 4,055 8,721 8,245 10,575 11,534 9,915 16,010 13,219 13,995 14,047
Trichiuridae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 789 613 701 896 945 1,276
Trichiurus lepturus
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 754 1,156 1,927 2,396 3,054 1,734 1,041 727 884 977 1,080 2,416
Xiphias gladius
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 133 78 59 82 102 78 88 64 72 102
Total: 441,377 452,146 481,056 475,162 465,251 523,182 552,323 530,420 601,368 598,210 616,981 635,486

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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