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FAO Capture Production in America, North - Inland waters (t) n = 175
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Acipenseridae Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	130	120	111	104	145	110	30	25	253	286
Acipenseridae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	148	360	321	321	480	232	546	519	314	232
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	19,400	20,539	27,921	34,736	62,647	73,946
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)	44	38	0	34	29	20	10	21	43	9
Alosa pseudoharengus Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	522	1,338	1,115	887	986	1,117	0	0	1,803	1,968
Alosa pseudoharengus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	7,948	7,021	7,107	9,960	11,424	11,044	8,717	6,530	4,856	4,550
Alosa sapidissima Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	17	15	7	122	16	9	0	0	13	247
Alosa sapidissima United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	609	823	0	38	166	181	195	88
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)	361	344	140	202	249	275	103	120	295	379
Anguilla rostrata Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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	0	0	0	0	0
Anguilla rostrata United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,181	971	257	439	530	357	384	372	559	527
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	3,965	3,967	4,042	4,311	921	842
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)	1,544	890	3,695	1,633	1,935	2,519	6,433	7,810	8,010	9,613
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	6,000	6,000
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	587	423
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	56	54	37	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)	2,325	2,248	1,686	1,327	1,803	1,079	828	1,000	1,514	1,118
Coregonus artedi United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	172	185	10	142	129	120	78	124	186	161
Coregonus clupeaformis Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	10,263	8,275	7,849	8,273	8,357	9,279	8,847	8,500	9,669	9,385
Coregonus clupeaformis United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	2,141	2,528	2,377	3,714	4,756	3,939	4,298	4,199	4,875	4,460
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)	906	1,128	1,104	1,667	1,883	1,840	1,604	1,739	1,950	1,607
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)	158	938	1,369	874	1,138	1,032	1,416	0	0	0
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	30	0	12	1	6	1
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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprinidae Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	84	54	47	72	1,000	1,000	1,000	3,000	3,000	3,000
Cyprinidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	26	18	14	18	4	3
Cyprinus carpio Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,522	1,284	703	643	741	436	440	600	526	339
Cyprinus carpio Dominican Republic	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	777	998	297	434	244	118	112	682	257	640
Cyprinus carpio Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	3,332	9,006	6,584	5,037	8,111	9,079	17,873	20,608	21,410	17,275
Cyprinus carpio United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	10,710	9,982	11,255	11,993	11,964	12,188	8,064	12,553	1,232	1,055
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)	1,814	472	402	461	1,168	1,291	1,093	908	572	450
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)	4,301	3,742	4,666	3,352	3,233	3,429	3,353	3,720	3,695	3,853
Ex Unionidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,378	1,357	1,293	1,609	1,419	1,502	1,521	1,595	1	1
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)	11,426	13,901	19,808	13,429	7,490	11,119	8,353	11,580	9,304	7,384
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)	585	689	513	530	424	56	0	70	62	71
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)	793	2,951	1,547	906	1,112	926	2,169	1,475	1,717	1,837
Ictalurus spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	13,091	14,810	16,264	15,391	11,961	13,162	12,878	13,996	6,891	6,276
Ictiobus spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	13,935	12,436	16,005	14,110	10,181	10,487	10,882	11,532	2,327	1,684
Invertebrata Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	461	1,066	83	191	450	521	890	511	648	1,088
Lepisosteidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	729	1,893	948	804	392	787	794	659	421	382
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	11	6	21	0
Macrobrachium rosenbergii Honduras	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	35	187	18	15	19	32	77	8	0	0
Macrobrachium rosenbergii Martinique	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	0	0
Macrobrachium spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,930	3,799	3,328	2,306	3,463	3,014	2,744	2,863	3,257	2,798
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	537	10	42	66	14
Malaclemys spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
Microgadus tomcod Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	80	50	26	45	87	90	0	0	8	17
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)	1,183	1,360	1,766	1,048	1,942	678	711	122	195	244
Mollusca United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	758	0
Morone americana United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	593	587	62	141	175	217	219	334	340	338
Morone chrysops United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	9	10	10	411	466	635	353	225	69
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	667
Oncorhynchus keta United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6,777	512
Oncorhynchus kisutch United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1	0	1	1	0	4	5	5	4,292	1,686
Oncorhynchus mykiss Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	124	76	0	140	0
Oncorhynchus mykiss United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	240	28	251	291	879	773	526	484	506	613
Oncorhynchus nerka United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	2,391	6
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5,941	3,343
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Dominican Republic	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,490	1,720	385	1,364	739	821	691	856	638	877
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	11,700	38,343	55,618	46,925	50,857	42,994	52,458	60,073	59,873	59,016
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	50	50	146	194	0	0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	327	340	454	1,364	1,361	1,356	98	199	381	1,343
Oreochromis aureus Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	4,047	6,701	8,909	9,603	11,234	11,912	12,179	12,346	10,614	12,595
Oreochromis niloticus El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	36	35	87	501	1,559	793	1,164	364	2,983
Oreochromis niloticus Jamaica	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	30	28	50	78	111	156	150	150	150	132
Osmerus mordax United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,810	1,247	1,237	1,188	3,712	1,496	2,158	2,057	1,389	1,388
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)	25	40	13	2	2	1	4	3	1	1
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)	15,009	12,004	15,165	15,446	13,804	15,115	14,470	14,135	15,995	16,481
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)	323	361	401	452	213	300	300	300	300	300
Osteichthyes Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	573	347	312	288	235	124	134	453	104	79
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)	192	118	1,039	100	47	338	40	312	305	367
Osteichthyes El Salvador	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,818	983	516	708	1,164	1,232	1,057	515	333	1,043
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	410	721	40	54	47	120	523	473	534
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)	41	41	41	30	65	0	0	0	50	36
Osteichthyes Jamaica	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	200	250	270	300	300	300	300	300	300	300
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)	8,572	21,300	15,768	28,410	31,574	27,426	22,994	61,968	56,739	60,618
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)	79	193	486	378	118	84	55	170	114	114
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)	5,578	3,538	3,499	4,840	3,116	2,839	3,165	1,877	42	514
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	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perca flavescens United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	2,296	2,024	1,983	1,245	1,152	1,491	1,519	1,771	1,210	1,688
Petromyzontidae United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	4
Polychaeta Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	154	176	127	155	132	77	42	47	61	107
Polyodon spathula United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	550	502	898	614	598	640	662	692	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)	315	454	417	446	435	283	319	224	235	203
Rana spp Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	189	358	296	476	370	946	951	1,207	917	421
Rana spp United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	16	0	21	16	2	6	5	1	4	1
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)	16	44	31	72	3	19	0	10	0	0
Salvelinus namaycush Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,214	860	700	599	679	866	880	920	923	1,093
Salvelinus namaycush United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	190	320	301	352	457	428	529	507	558	528
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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Sander vitreus Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	6,526	5,042	5,223	3,787	5,413	5,026	5,870	5,600	8,155	8,491
Sander vitreus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	442	448	469	500	10	8
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)	133	0	0	499	2,657	721	1,166	949	1,716	4,375
Testudinata Cuba	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	16	47	43	25	9	6	6	2	1	3
Testudinata Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	74	144	262	1,662	1,140	1,020	876	873	1,122	1
Testudinata United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	227	131	69	90	83	67	39	72	73	63
Thaleichthys pacificus United States of America	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,784	860	1,306	1,396
Total:			158,327	201,729	226,613	220,113	231,182	224,376	232,946	289,894	273,053	262,685

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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