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FAO Capture Production in Costa Rica (t)     n = 50
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Arca spp
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caiman crocodilus
Costa Rica 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinus falciformis
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carcharhinus falciformis
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 3,655 2,724 1,901 969 2,168 1,283 1,309 1,350 1,400 1,500
Coryphaena hippurus
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaena hippurus
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 5 9 8 21 12 7 26 30 30 30
Elasmobranchii
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 585 673 644 682 786 743 570 800 1,000 1,200
Euthynnus lineatus
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 330 180 70 0 0 0 90 0 0 0
Istiophoridae
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophoridae
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus platypterus
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Isurus oxyrinchus
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1,980 820 220 280 20 40 90 0 0 20
Katsuwonus pelamis
Costa Rica 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 40 150 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 10
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 2 2 8 11 20 19 7 10 10 10
Lutjanidae
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanidae
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 26 20 38 37 33 40 128 130 130 130
Natantia
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 708 1,806 2,580 1,228 1,498 5,542 5,200 3,000 3,000 2,500
Octopodidae
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Costa Rica 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 323 361 401 452 213 300 300 300 300 300
Osteichthyes
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 44 50 40 24 22 22 24 30 30 30
Osteichthyes
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 3,775 3,468 4,397 5,280 5,482 6,019 7,984 8,000 8,000 8,500
Panulirus argus
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 25 5 4 120 376 207 60 100 150 200
Panulirus spp
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 8 7 6 12 2 27 169 100 50 50
Penaeus brevirostris
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1,064 806 612 572 1,318 1,198 926 950 950 950
Penaeus californiensis
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 42 18 14 48 84 54 20 20 20 20
Penaeus spp
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 16 0 2 26 6 0 0 0 0
Penaeus spp
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 778 1,126 438 180 474 1,010 2,048 1,500 1,000 1,000
Scombroidei
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serranidae
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serranidae
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stenella coeruleoalba
Costa Rica 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Strombus spp
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Testudinata
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 58 69 176 88 126 160 188 150 100 50
Tetrapturus albidus
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus angustirostris
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus audax
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1,980 2,630 130 480 1,800 1,310 2,980 0 0 20
Thunnus albacares
Costa Rica 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 80 120 0 0 950 1,500 320 0 0 10
Thunnus obesus
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Costa Rica 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 80 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Tursiops truncatus
Costa Rica 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphopenaeus, Trachypenaeus spp
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 908 870 880 622 980 846 512 500 500 500
Total: 16,368 15,941 12,391 11,020 16,264 20,223 22,763 16,820 16,570 16,980

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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