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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

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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