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FAO Capture Production in America, North - Inland waters (t) n = 175
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Acipenseridae Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	100	0	100	100	70	78	77	89	90	94
Acipenseridae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	400	400	400	400	382	398	560	394	553	246
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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alosa pseudoharengus Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	3,300	6,300	4,000	2,500	3,727	1,880	2,088	2,421	2,221	1,671
Alosa pseudoharengus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	15,500	13,900	14,100	17,100	20,642	16,494	17,786	17,802	19,178	10,828
Alosa sapidissima Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	776	34	43	24	11	16
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)	200	100	300	100	272	384	386	438	432	468
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	1	7	7	0	0
Anguilla rostrata United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,000	1,100	800	600	1,412	1,622	1,134	673	1,248	1,301
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)	1,400	3,100	2,800	4,800	3,369	5,374	3,759	665	5,154	3,621
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)	1,400	1,400	1,300	1,100	476	1,637	1,388	1,923	1,972	1,931
Coregonus artedi United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	600	500	400	400	265	235	204	236	150	149
Coregonus clupeaformis Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	8,700	8,000	8,300	7,600	6,769	7,660	7,852	9,214	8,550	9,479
Coregonus clupeaformis United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,200	1,900	2,300	2,200	2,225	2,145	2,462	227	2,170	2,197
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)	5,000	3,400	3,000	2,700	2,258	1,109	819	2,342	696	933
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	100	0	700	0	0	0	400	600
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)	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprinidae Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	200	300	200	300	414	144	80	522	128	173
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)	300	400	400	300	286	329	293	911	711	798
Cyprinus carpio Dominican Republic	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	13	10	17	13	142	231
Cyprinus carpio Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	600	650	650	800	727	542	893	1,032	1,515	2,311
Cyprinus carpio United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	12,000	11,900	10,300	13,400	11,134	10,428	10,861	9,926	9,373	9,503
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)	600	400	400	500	507	684	1,320	505	1,220	1,189
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)	3,200	3,000	3,400	3,300	3,336	3,365	3,383	3,888	3,920	4,162
Ex Unionidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	2,900	400	1,000	1,100	1,639	1,036	1,550	1,550	1,599	1,770
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)	4,300	6,100	5,000	7,800	7,667	7,862	8,276	10,680	12,399	10,979
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)	300	200	400	400	639	565	598	723	660	649
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)	270	200	400	670	266	238	302	371	320	503
Ictalurus spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	16,000	17,900	16,600	16,600	15,902	15,807	13,786	15,770	14,798	11,445
Ictiobus spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	9,600	9,800	11,300	11,800	11,523	10,928	10,092	9,702	11,167	10,100
Invertebrata Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	1,200	700	355	714	100	68	683	301
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	18	27	31
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)	200	300	400	700	697	1,017	1,398	840	0	0
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)	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	1
Microgadus tomcod Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	8	38	46	93	62	41
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)	1,000	1,000	1,100	1,300	1,508	1,556	1,631	1,517	0	0
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)	1,100	1,200	900	700	651	605	482	559	375	272
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)	1,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Oncorhynchus mykiss Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oncorhynchus mykiss United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	200	300	300	300	93	327	312	252	249	19
Oncorhynchus nerka United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	400	900	200	308	532	528	194	326	766
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	400	700	500	2,850	2,855	4,764	4,240	5,079	5,928	11,452
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	560	1,440	2,880
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	7	25
Osmerus mordax United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,600	1,600	900	1,400	1,963	1,169	2,425	1,778	1,565	1,933
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	25	25	25	25	25	25
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)	9,500	10,700	11,000	10,300	9,196	7,395	4,465	11,320	11,141	11,677
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	40	48	56	52	48	81
Osteichthyes Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	200	200	100	200	500	900	700	300	200	500
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	36	55	73	152	45	43
Osteichthyes El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	800	800	800	900	1,544	869	1,143	1,624	1,512	1,719
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)	400	500	400	500	528	550	574	600	580	615
Osteichthyes Haiti	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	300	300	300	300	300	300	300	300	300	300
Osteichthyes Honduras	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	100	100	0	100	172	170	170	78	84	75
Osteichthyes Jamaica	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	150	200
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)	3,700	3,700	5,600	5,500	5,365	5,772	6,790	5,705	5,701	7,211
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)	1,300	1,300	1,200	2,600	460	359	458	393	178	126
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)	5,950	5,100	3,850	5,700	5,844	4,541	4,512	5,240	6,167	5,405
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)	10,100	7,300	8,000	9,000	6,268	4,497	2,983	0	0	0
Perca flavescens United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	2,200	2,000	1,600	1,400	1,874	1,447	1,564	1,554	2,006	1,835
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	29	35	10	2	0	195
Polyodon spathula United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	300	300	300	400	373	431	345	278	424	411
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)	200	400	800	800	900	700	500	300	400	500
Rana spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	300	400	400	300	259	311	220	290	0	0
Rana spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	22	21	19	16	24	2
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	0	0	0	28	0	0	2	3	22
Salvelinus namaycush Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,000	800	700	700	680	590	840	968	693	1,075
Salvelinus namaycush United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	100	100	100	100	166	207	148	173	158	166
Sander canadensis Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	300	300	1,700	1,900	1,788	1,931	1,652	0	0	0
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)	3,100	2,900	3,200	3,500	3,315	3,766	4,612	4,595	4,706	6,090
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)	300	200	100	0	12	0	7	0	200	0
Testudinata Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	100	100	200	100	100	0
Testudinata Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	9	75	21	34	0	0
Testudinata United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	300	200	200	300	320	299	125	89	124	107
Thaleichthys pacificus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			131,520	133,050	130,900	146,120	142,342	133,814	130,938	134,747	143,278	140,573

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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