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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 |