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FAO Capture Production in America, South - Inland waters (t)     n = 117
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
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 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyplatystoma flavicans
Brazil
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyplatystoma vaillanti
Brazil
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caiman crocodilus
Brazil
3 - America, South - Inland waters (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caiman crocodilus
Colombia
3 - America, South - Inland waters (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caiman crocodilus
Guyana
3 - America, South - Inland waters (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caiman crocodilus
Paraguay
3 - America, South - Inland waters (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caiman crocodilus
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 1,700 1,800 2,100 3,100 5,314 10,551 6,948 7,599 12,496 11,732
Characidae
Brazil
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 38,500 37,200 41,800 44,500 80,735 80,726 60,808 66,882 62,139 50,079
Characidae
Colombia
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 18,200 14,000 57,400 52,300 22,405 26,158 32,692 24,569 38,256 24,956
Characidae
Paraguay
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Characidae
Uruguay
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 300 163 155 190 375 490
Characidae
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 1,300 2,000 2,200 2,700 3,223 2,668 2,718 3,075 3,726 2,876
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) 4,200 3,700 3,400 3,800 3,155 8,359 6,220 8,766 10,946 6,064
Clupeoidei
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colossoma macropomum
Brazil
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colossoma macropomum
Peru
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0
Crustacea
Brazil
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 1,100 1,200 700 600 1,879 2,385 2,151 2,896 789 323
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) 0 0 0 0 12 10 12 44 55 29
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 0 0
Cyprinus carpio
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 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) 0 0 0 0 33 23 41 84 16 30
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) 8,400 8,000 4,200 5,600 9,962 6,719 6,786 7,062 9,742 6,574
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Bolivia (Plurinat.State)
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 100 100 100 100 50 50 50 50 50 50
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Brazil
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Peru
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Brazil
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 100 200 200 300 803 2,025 1,871 2,540 2,584 6,318
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) 1,700 2,200 2,500 2,400 3,225 2,125 661 606 682 1,243
Osteichthyes
Bolivia (Plurinat.State)
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,400 1,000 1,000 1,200 1,500 1,500 3,600
Osteichthyes
Brazil
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 5,600 4,100 6,600 5,900 18,154 20,473 19,481 13,527 15,614 22,603
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) 7,600 2,296 9,087 10,782 8,876 8,751 11,197 15,146 6,022 15,853
Osteichthyes
Ecuador
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 875
Osteichthyes
Paraguay
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 1,800 2,200 2,500 2,700 2,700 2,800 2,900 3,000 3,100 3,200
Osteichthyes
Peru
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 2,000 2,500 3,000 5,400 5,514 6,671 6,280 12,597 14,064 14,426
Osteichthyes
Suriname
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 300 300 300 300 242 295 252 235 103 90
Osteichthyes
Uruguay
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 9 12 7
Osteichthyes
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 300 200 800 577 491 264 840 3,601 2,253
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paleosuchus palpebrosus
Guyana
3 - America, South - Inland waters (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paleosuchus trigonatus
Guyana
3 - America, South - Inland waters (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0
Prochilodus spp
Argentina
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prochilodus spp
Brazil
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prochilodus spp
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 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 0 0 0 0
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) 2,000 1,700 1,700 2,100 1,609 2,369 2,196 2,147 1,883 3,077
Siluroidei
Brazil
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 35,400 33,400 20,800 23,300 53,405 52,630 47,247 66,215 67,965 33,385
Siluroidei
Colombia
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 7,400 3,000 16,300 10,000 5,922 7,118 7,484 2,375 12,223 7,579
Siluroidei
Paraguay
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siluroidei
Uruguay
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 70 23 122 85 81
Siluroidei
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 2,500 3,400 4,100 5,100 5,392 4,498 3,642 4,101 3,931 1,803
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 0 0
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) 200 100 100 100 20 28 53 12 11 26
Testudinata
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 5 2 2
Trichechus inunguis
Brazil
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 100 100 0 100 75 173 0 0 0 0
Triportheus angulatus
Brazil
3 - America, South - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 140,900 124,796 180,587 183,182 234,487 249,140 223,280 246,177 271,959 219,753

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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