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FAO Capture Production in Nigeria (t)     n = 70
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Acanthuridae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,000 3,000 4,000 149 7,918 563 507 1,367 1,367 1,519
Bagrus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 8,910 8,465 8,733 10,000 13,793 4,365 11,111 16,848 16,848 17,930
Belonidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachydeuterus auritus
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 21 0 89 89 176 523
Carangidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,271 1,086 260 351 743 743 911
Caranx spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Channa spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,096 2,096 1,842
Characidae
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 5,683 5,193 5,357 10,000 14,128 10,486 14,164 11,006 11,006 11,710
Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0
Clarias spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 18,927 18,617 19,203 20,916 16,840 17,537 8,761 16,277 14,625 9,489
Congridae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,267 1,728 1,783 178 121 0 0 0 0 65
Crustacea
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 3,099 434 3,830 1,922 2,440 500
Cynoglossidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 6,567 7,117 7,343 10,664 11,810 6,601 6,412 4,593 4,593 8,516
Cyprinidae
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 6,260 5,759 5,922 12,242 5,091 4,336 6,071 5,485 2,948 1,602
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) 0 0 0 0 0 115 459 459 537 955
Elasmobranchii
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 20,000 10,000 12,000 12,000 13,000 13,408 9,334 9,264 9,264 3,027
Elops lacerta
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 1,039 1,291 318 376 12 12 658
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 25,566 26,397 26,204 30,000 30,000 32,889 21,753 37,444 37,444 43,713
Exocoetidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 6 7 0 0 3 3 3
Galeoides decadactylus
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 489 4,727 0
Gastropoda
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gymnarchus niloticus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 6,723 10,275 10,601 5,063 2,865 1,518 2,068 3,004 3,278 2,932
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lates niloticus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 24,770 25,624 26,437 14,050 9,452 3,357 0 9,389 9,389 9,990
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 8,383 9,963 10,279 10,018 6,220 4,325 3,764 1,183 1,183 6,922
Merluccius polli
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mormyridae
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugilidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,758 3,741 3,727 3,716 5,304 4,786 4,849 2,552 2,522 3,256
Natantia
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 482 1,157 1,749 1,520 2,534
Notopterus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 231 231 173 180
Octopodidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 12,048 11,951 11,846 11,733 13,018 11,931 13,879 12,890 12,530 8,242
Osteichthyes
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 19,600 19,560 19,510 19,460 19,836 22,612 31,409 16,755 23,776 21,285
Osteichthyes
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 25,000 25,000 25,000 24,855 20,414 41,291 66,645 60,754 63,000 49,000
Osteichthyes
Nigeria 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 1,391 2,927 3,162 2,856 2,982 1,869 660 0
Panulirus spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 863 863 2,442 2,354
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) 1,890 2,003 3,525 2,375 5,605 1,894 1,466 1,768 1,348 2,700
Pleuronectiformes
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 201 201 201
Polydactylus quadrifilis
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,303 0
Polynemidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 12,011 9,959 7,007 13,542 0 12,975
Pomatomus saltatrix
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 3,099 0 674 908 908 682 682
Protopterus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 2,422 1,880 1,939 1,714 4,002 76 2,784 1,769 1,769 1,880
Pseudotolithus spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 29,009 22,186 6,004 15,000 27,181
Pseudupeneus prayensis
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,476 1,940 2,002 0 0 748 0 230 230 3,915
Sardinella maderensis
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sardinella spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,633 3,633 3,633 3,633
Sciaenidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombridae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 6,051 2,194 594 875 510 510 1,419
Scombroidei
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scorpaenidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 91 67 0 164 135 135 135
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 64 3 0 0 0 0 0
Serranidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 990 1,003 594 476 476 1,408
Soleidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 14 47 0 12 64 64 123
Sphyraena spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 9,966 13,572 14,003 9,978 5,387 3,456 1,760 1,036 1,036 3,177
Stromateus fiatola
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 139 581 599 0 2 0 0 6 6 6
Synodontis spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 8,910 8,483 8,752 10,309 8,030 5,441 13,482 5,112 5,112 5,440
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) 3,000 2,000 2,000 1,405 531 137 179 76 76 76
Xiphias gladius
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 83 69 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 255,265 253,849 263,156 265,470 257,414 237,461 266,117 254,806 268,883 274,609

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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