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FAO Capture Production in Nigeria (t)     n = 70
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Acanthuridae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 8 12 4,977 4 6,756 12,570 12,676 14,062 10,862 17,014
Bagrus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 6,955 7,032 3,461 8,903 5,944 6,531 3,594 4,726 5,463 5,421
Belonidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 19 590 576 1,708 1,570 590 1,082 272 99 166
Brachydeuterus auritus
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 42 0 0 0 556 2,537 2,887 2,141
Brachyura
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 452 1,492 306 92 28 48 57 593 3,384 4,018
Carangidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 994 266 278 9,850 5,468 5,199 2,923 1,035 700 4,451
Caranx spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 2,049 3,290 2,414 636 591 2,525 414 1,099
Channa spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 238 171 1,235 1,073 185 368 921 86 2,589 2,038
Characidae
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 6,811 1,254 337 4,309 7,169 8,802 7,141 7,646 19,835 11,883
Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 2,000 4,000 8,505 5,814 15,538 10,679
Citharinus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clarias gariepinus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,658 8,568 5,268 9,994
Clarias spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 25,955 14,966 13,985 13,292 13,585 20,745 8,480 10,202 17,220 10,963
Congridae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 301 0
Crustacea
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,892 101 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
Cynoglossidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 5,267 6,561 3,062 684 650 1,771 1,281 1,311 1,781 3,812
Cyprinidae
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 3,392 2,775 2,054 3,293 3,021 4,476 4,460 6,199 5,006 6,296
Distichodus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drepane africana
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 683 975 303 251 440 597 954 2,047 603 0
Elasmobranchii
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 4,763 3,701 6,466 4,723 5,951 2,801 4,285 3,817 6,587 7,751
Elops lacerta
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 373 635 579 579 544 1,474 379 735 1,546 1,822
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 12,883 12,912 38,187 24,501 25,645 15,072 4,643 28,000 30,216 18,529
Exocoetidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 7 37 7 7 7 17 0 87 69
Galeoides decadactylus
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 3,424 1,217 819 578 983 3,194 5,974 2,343 2,884
Gastropoda
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,357 0
Gymnarchus niloticus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 3,179 1,108 3,952 7,685 5,887
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,097 2,086 3,028 4,194 5,235 4,152 2,585 2,611 5,000 4,561
Hepsetus odoe
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heterotis niloticus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 4,286 2,484 4,533 4,375 2,897 4,832 3,298 4,737 7,388 8,873
Lates niloticus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 2,066 5,809 7,939 9,062 6,118 4,993 3,746 4,224 5,250 6,366
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 285 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 5,597 4,061 4,205 2,222 2,902 2,999 3,779 6,473 8,685 8,345
Merluccius polli
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64
Mormyridae
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 6,439 0 4,481 18,781 16,030
Mugilidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 4,990 4,374 6,048 1,580 3,333 3,421 1,364 7,073 8,450 10,226
Natantia
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,666 2,980 1,557 2,612 2,207 4,474 3,417 3,456 7,364 2,690
Notopterus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 867 611 633 0 703 383 10 1 144 33
Octopodidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,405 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 10,119 10,025 11,046 8,003 7,874 9,060 10,074 12,614 16,300 19,662
Osteichthyes
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 26,685 29,102 40,627 38,738 42,959 33,708 29,776 11,375 2,093 16,589
Osteichthyes
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 126,064 10,468 23,682 12,260 20,292 39,520 32,995 21,516 40,295 33,770
Osteichthyes
Nigeria 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panulirus spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,600 1,615 1,233 1,049 1,751 1,496 1,133 8,315 3,071 1,245
Parailia pellucida
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus notialis
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,000 4,952 11,944 13,755 8,595 14,742 12,073 14,799 12,396 27,341
Pleuronectiformes
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 18 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polydactylus quadrifilis
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 4,824 7,984 1,569 2,821 2,755 6,415 9,815 9,803 10,544
Polynemidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,354 496 677 1,638 1,845 2,156 2,930 3,184 0 0
Pomatomus saltatrix
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Protopterus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 617 512 587 798 436 678 1,284 3,950 1,679 536
Pseudotolithus spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 15,925 17,218 17,523 8,114 12,013 9,264 14,544 11,762 15,035 14,591
Pseudupeneus prayensis
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 2,198 0 0 0 4,575 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,639 3,528 2,446 1,126 3,102 3,670 4,103 5,004 7,382 7,622
Sardinella maderensis
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,230 9,387 12,226 11,041
Sardinella spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 10,256 78,390 49,207 26,264 25,825 76,585 102,230 97,286 95,495 83,593
Sciaenidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 1,698 1,453 1,543 4,605 2,165 6,335 4,056 7,846
Scombridae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 1,538 1,059 2,871 2,833 2,254 3,745 3,326 3,640 2,919
Scombroidei
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 9 12 90 157 109 119 200 55 73 7
Scorpaenidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 735 774 791 942 1,893 1,032 1,278 2,071 1,149
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,945 430 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Serranidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,946 1,577 2,726 3,113 3,468 3,102 1,285 2,001 1,741 2,486
Soleidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 2,050 3,711 4,511 3,807 4,640 6,084 7,633 6,583
Sparidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,620 1,419 205 297 148 395 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,632 2,950 4,048 4,941 5,039 3,238 3,556 5,212 7,671 10,490
Stromateus fiatola
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Synodontis spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 3,626 3,178 6,844 3,781 10,909 9,709 4,466 5,069 8,781 8,143
Trichiuridae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trichiurus lepturus
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 15 5,422 2,557 3,806 5,175 4,826 6,399 7,750 5,366
Xiphias gladius
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
Total: 308,981 252,340 301,327 238,409 266,202 349,482 337,993 387,923 463,024 455,628

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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