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FAO Capture Production in Costa Rica (t)     n = 50
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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 1 3 50 9 8
Caiman crocodilus
Costa Rica 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
Carcharhinus falciformis
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 2 23 4 11 5 0 24 49
Carcharhinus falciformis
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 834 993 1,500 1,609 1,541 1,595 2,097 2,130
Clupeoidei
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1,500 1,698 931 323 365 311 438 1,175 906 1,788
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) 30 11 5 9 7 16 6 1 68 15
Elasmobranchii
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1,400 1,508 1,236 1,466 1,275 1,254 1,906 3,921 5,444 5,647
Euthynnus lineatus
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 380 388 450 650 701 784 659 1,025
Istiophorus platypterus
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 776 1,114 1,191 1,092 988 1,118
Isurus oxyrinchus
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 136 91 80 51 39 32 91 56
Katsuwonus pelamis
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 460 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 96
Katsuwonus pelamis
Costa Rica 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 390 0 0 0 0 120 540 0 0 0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 10 25 17 14 13 13 20 11 1 2
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 0 547 701 664 550 352 244 478 526
Mollusca
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 150 21 29 19 66 74 65 109 62 55
Natantia
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 2,500 534 776 1,015 2,356 2,118 1,362 1,022 672 1,004
Octopodidae
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 12 15 67 26 27 58 6 76
Osteichthyes
Costa Rica 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 300 526 406 710 840 900 1,090 840 1,000 1,000
Osteichthyes
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 30 18 33 133 111 197 73 163 141 367
Osteichthyes
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 8,500 9,000 6,692 6,280 5,141 5,224 7,543 10,564 7,727 9,466
Panulirus argus
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 300 403 176 29 32 93 196 196 40 163
Panulirus spp
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 20 5 3 1 4 5 7 7 3 4
Penaeus brevirostris
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1,000 997 1,140 974 1,028 526 408 392 276 548
Penaeus californiensis
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 30 8 18 12 10 8 6 2 12 12
Penaeus spp
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 2 4 4 8 16 54 86 122
Penaeus spp
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 800 508 662 1,666 924 1,172 1,923 1,588 1,062 1,080
Scombroidei
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
Scombroidei
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 369 639 292 613 275 2,572 990 1,213 1,057
Serranidae
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Serranidae
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 747 438 328 281 177 387 644 395
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) 10 0 43 0 113 101 149 33 86 0
Tetrapturus albidus
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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) 520 0 0 0 0 10 50 0 0 30
Thunnus albacares
Costa Rica 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 20
Thunnus obesus
Costa Rica 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 150 720 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 1
Xiphias gladius
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 107 161 35 17 29 433 1,072 419 99
Xiphopenaeus, Trachypenaeus spp
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 400 305 382 538 346 544 576 314 586 310
Total: 18,360 16,043 15,967 16,172 17,021 17,340 24,186 26,663 24,714 28,279

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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