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FAO Aquaculture Production in Nigeria (t)     n = 23
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Bagrus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Channa spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 804
2,171		 794
2,144		 1,362
3,677		 1,196
3,229		 1,230
3,321		 1,333
3,599		 2,000
5,400		 2,012
5,432
Characidae
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 468
1,170		 451
1,128		 780
1,950		 685
1,713		 863
2,158		 1,112
2,780		 1,668
4,170		 1,678
4,195
Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Citharinus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 870
2,001		 868
1,996		 1,482
3,409		 1,301
2,992		 1,344
3,091		 1,532
3,524		 2,298
5,285		 2,312
5,318
Clarias gariepinus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 1,906
6,099		 2,874
9,197		 4,024
12,877		 15,758
50,426		 20,413
65,322		 37,376
119,603		 37,600
120,320
Clarias spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Clarias spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 4,067
12,608		 2,481
7,939		 4,260
13,632		 5,991
19,171		 10,992
35,174		 14,169
45,341		 14,540
46,528		 14,629
46,813
Cyprinidae
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 179
483		 582
1,513		 31
81		 28
73		 44
114		 56
146		 84
218		 85
221
Distichodus spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 522
1,201		 2,666
5,599		 879
1,846		 772
1,621		 972
2,041		 1,253
2,631		 1,880
3,948		 1,891
3,971
Gymnarchus niloticus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 1,538
3,537		 1,608
3,698		 2,635
6,061		 2,314
5,322		 2,332
5,364		 2,500
5,750		 3,750
8,625		 3,773
8,678
Hepsetus odoe
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 518
1,295		 532
1,330		 882
2,205		 774
1,935		 975
2,438		 1,257
3,143		 1,886
4,715		 1,897
4,743
Lates niloticus
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 1,367
3,418		 1,680
4,032		 2,292
5,501		 2,013
4,831		 2,535
6,084		 3,268
7,843		 4,902
11,765		 4,931
11,834
Lutjanus spp
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Mugilidae
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Mugilidae
Nigeria 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 2,705
5,410		 2,626
5,252		 4,496
8,992		 3,948
7,896		 4,176
8,352		 6,144
12,288		 9,216
18,432		 9,272
18,544
Osteichthyes
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Osteichthyes
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 11,230
20,214		 6,761
13,522		 6,237
12,474		 5,477
10,954		 221
442		 285
570		 428
856		 430
860
Papyrocranus afer
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 281
506		 286
515		 475
855		 417
751		 526
947		 678
1,220		 1,017
1,831		 1,023
1,841
Synodontis spp
Nigeria 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t)
(US$'000)		 451
1,037		 454
1,044		 762
1,753		 669
1,539		 843
1,939		 1,087
2,500		 1,631
3,751		 1,641
3,774
Total: 25,000
0		 23,695
0		 29,447
0		 29,609
0		 42,811
0		 55,087
0		 82,676
0		 83,174
0
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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