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FAO Capture Production in America, South - Inland waters (t) n = 117
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Scientific name | Fishing Area | Unit | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
Aequidens rivulatus Ecuador |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arapaima gigas Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arapaima gigas Peru |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 420 | 457 | 465 | 210 | 338 |
Astronotus ocellatus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Astronotus spp Peru |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 320 | 308 | 177 | 141 | 251 |
Astyanax fasciatus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Atherinidae Bolivia (Plurinat.State) |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 3,686 | 1,908 | 1,624 | 635 | 785 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 850 |
Brachyplatystoma flavicans Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,288 | 10,612 | 11,218 | 8,272 | 14,280 |
Brachyplatystoma vaillanti Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,097 | 17,172 | 21,558 | 21,457 | 22,087 |
Brycon dentex Ecuador |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brycon orbignyanus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Caiman crocodilus Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Caiman crocodilus Bolivia (Plurinat.State) |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 300 | 0 | 2,724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,961 | 1,757 | 17,500 |
Caiman crocodilus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 0 | 30 | 233 | 7,034 | 43,633 | 369 | 659 | 7,307 | 2,092 | 4,619 |
Caiman crocodilus Colombia |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 119,612 | 110,987 | 207,696 | 457,749 | 536,501 | 828,533 | 656,522 | 452,707 | 670,389 | 771,456 |
Caiman crocodilus Guyana |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 12,633 | 9,088 | 3,459 | 1,558 | 685 | 1,556 | 2,650 | 910 | 0 | 9,880 |
Caiman crocodilus Paraguay |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,466 | 19,793 | 725 | 503 | 4,445 | 0 |
Caiman crocodilus Venezuela, Boliv Rep of |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 91,861 | 100,996 | 104,935 | 78,972 | 54,038 | 55,195 | 29,996 | 33,528 | 35,579 | 24,640 |
Caiman latirostris Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Caiman latirostris Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Characidae Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 6,734 | 6,734 | 7,000 | 8,000 | 7,500 | 7,000 | 6,500 | 6,000 | 5,500 | 4,500 |
Characidae Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 95,400 | 92,500 | 85,000 | 83,000 | 81,000 | 41,962 | 43,525 | 33,628 | 29,804 | 31,605 |
Characidae Colombia |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 19,507 | 14,666 | 24,870 | 12,834 | 8,831 | 5,698 | 5,501 | 3,730 | 6,427 | 8,562 |
Characidae Paraguay |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 3,990 | 4,490 | 6,500 | 7,000 | 7,350 | 7,700 | 8,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
Characidae Uruguay |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 128 | 431 | 275 | 439 | 872 | 763 | 338 | 1,924 | 1,687 | 1,762 |
Characidae Venezuela, Boliv Rep of |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 3,672 | 4,160 | 3,811 | 4,878 | 5,827 | 8,778 | 8,050 | 6,029 | 6,921 | 4,817 |
Cherax quadricarinatus Ecuador |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cichlidae Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 14,700 | 15,028 | 14,720 | 15,100 | 15,450 | 12,045 | 8,565 | 8,356 | 7,785 | 7,375 |
Clupeoidei Venezuela, Boliv Rep of |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 80 | 88 | 72 | 155 | 160 | 345 | 552 | 355 | 467 | 403 |
Colossoma macropomum Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,379 | 4,298 | 2,838 | 2,760 | 2,905 |
Colossoma macropomum Peru |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 693 | 762 | 254 | 1,016 |
Crocodylus acutus Colombia |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Crocodylus niloticus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 720 |
Crustacea Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Curimata cyprinoides Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cyprinidae Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 100 | 102 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 119 | 284 | 212 | 258 | 302 |
Cyprinus carpio Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cyprinus carpio Bolivia (Plurinat.State) |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cyprinus carpio Chile |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Cyprinus carpio Venezuela, Boliv Rep of |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 544 | 218 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Hemisorubim platyrhynchos Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hoplias aimara Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hoplias malabaricus Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hoplias microlepis Ecuador |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inia geoffrensis Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Leporellus vittatus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Leporinus obtusidens Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lophiosilurus alexandri Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Loricaria cataphracta Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Luciopimelodus pati Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Luciopimelodus pati Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lycengraulis grossidens Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Macrobrachium rosenbergii Colombia |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Macrobrachium spp Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 6,600 | 6,810 | 6,560 | 6,700 | 6,900 | 1,412 | 2,677 | 2,157 | 1,506 | 3,235 |
Melanosuchus niger Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metynnis argenteus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Odontesthes bonariensis Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oncorhynchus mykiss Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 150 | 100 | 400 | 186 | 261 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oncorhynchus mykiss Bolivia (Plurinat.State) |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 236 | 256 | 245 | 141 | 116 | 116 | 338 | 338 | 340 | 342 |
Oncorhynchus mykiss Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oncorhynchus mykiss Peru |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 619 | 0 | 303 | 0 | 509 | 63 | 869 | 392 | 184 |
Oncorhynchus mykiss Venezuela, Boliv Rep of |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 92 | 57 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 11,100 | 11,348 | 9,115 | 8,400 | 7,700 | 6,234 | 7,300 | 6,927 | 7,444 | 6,616 |
Oreochromis niloticus Ecuador |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Osteichthyes Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 308 | 308 | 1,996 | 1,754 | 3,254 | 8,508 | 1,097 | 3,235 | 2,297 | 5,758 |
Osteichthyes Bolivia (Plurinat.State) |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 2,987 | 3,003 | 3,036 | 4,742 | 4,452 | 4,726 | 4,800 | 4,850 | 4,865 | 4,860 |
Osteichthyes Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 15,499 | 12,961 | 14,550 | 18,698 | 18,849 | 40,372 | 39,421 | 34,667 | 34,887 | 34,074 |
Osteichthyes Chile |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Osteichthyes Colombia |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 10,202 | 4,135 | 7,827 | 17,231 | 19,737 | 17,231 | 16,165 | 14,232 | 6,031 | 7,320 |
Osteichthyes Ecuador |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 600 | 579 | 332 | 372 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 400 | 400 | 400 |
Osteichthyes French Guiana |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Osteichthyes Guyana |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 700 | 800 | 625 | 625 | 603 |
Osteichthyes Paraguay |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 2,500 | 2,500 | 3,425 | 3,500 | 3,650 | 3,800 | 4,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
Osteichthyes Peru |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 28,321 | 42,376 | 32,734 | 37,987 | 48,837 | 44,452 | 19,524 | 27,941 | 28,522 | 24,018 |
Osteichthyes Suriname |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 350 | 360 | 561 | 187 | 138 | 140 | 150 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
Osteichthyes Uruguay |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 32 | 13 | 12 | 150 | 73 | 45 | 188 | 40 | 41 | 342 |
Osteichthyes Venezuela, Boliv Rep of |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 1,297 | 2,022 | 1,933 | 2,185 | 2,532 | 4,524 | 4,149 | 8,321 | 8,141 | 13,204 |
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Palaemonidae Chile |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 32 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paleosuchus palpebrosus Guyana |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 409 |
Paleosuchus trigonatus Guyana |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
Pellona flavipinnis Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Piaractus brachypomus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Piaractus brachypomus Peru |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 397 | 0 | 166 | 648 |
Pimelodus maculatus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Plagioscion squamosissimus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,864 | 5,841 | 8,701 | 8,801 |
Platydoras costatus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Prochilodus reticulatus Peru |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,088 | 7,448 | 2,007 | 6,117 | 9,768 |
Prochilodus spp Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,000 | 12,000 | 14,000 | 16,000 |
Prochilodus spp Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39,471 | 37,073 | 31,645 | 31,179 | 33,544 |
Prochilodus spp Venezuela, Boliv Rep of |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 4,364 | 4,822 | 5,023 | 9,767 | 16,907 | 20,430 | 18,740 | 10,927 | 15,670 | 9,320 |
Pseudocurimata boulengeri Ecuador |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pseudoplatystoma corruscans Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pseudoplatystoma spp Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rana spp Uruguay |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Salminus brasiliensis Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Salminus brasiliensis Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Salmo trutta Falkland Is.(Malvinas) |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Schizodon fasciatus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Semaprochilodus insignis Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Siluroidei Argentina |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 3,089 | 3,089 | 1,781 | 1,800 | 1,700 | 1,600 | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,300 | 1,200 |
Siluroidei Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 42,800 | 43,754 | 42,853 | 43,900 | 44,900 | 25,663 | 19,518 | 19,825 | 20,137 | 20,647 |
Siluroidei Colombia |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 4,231 | 630 | 1,062 | 473 | 6,414 | 595 | 1,392 | 2,648 | 9,305 | 10,647 |
Siluroidei Paraguay |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 6,000 | 6,000 | 8,000 | 8,500 | 9,000 | 9,500 | 10,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 | 13,000 |
Siluroidei Uruguay |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 58 | 41 | 36 | 32 | 21 | 36 | 72 | 252 | 203 | 319 |
Siluroidei Venezuela, Boliv Rep of |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 9,194 | 10,002 | 9,275 | 11,216 | 9,890 | 19,497 | 18,143 | 15,248 | 14,833 | 7,470 |
Sorubim lima Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sotalia fluviatilis Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 154 |
Sotalia fluviatilis French Guiana |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Synbranchus marmoratus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Testudinata Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Testudinata Venezuela, Boliv Rep of |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trichechus inunguis Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Triportheus angulatus Brazil |
3 - America, South - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total: | 298,831 | 296,778 | 295,611 | 311,302 | 334,497 | 367,397 | 344,194 | 332,799 | 338,203 | 348,679 |