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FAO Capture Production in Nicaragua (t)     n = 68
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Ariidae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 173 97 86 40 53 46
Ariidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 11 16 17 21
Atractosteus tropicus
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 43 19 64 87
Brachyura
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Brycon guatemalensis
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 52 102 95 71 142
Caiman crocodilus
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (n) 6,440 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0
Callinectes sapidus
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 71 69 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 176 259
Carangidae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 5 1 5 2
Carcharhinidae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 19 87 23 20 11 129 136 236 145 87 123 110
Carcharhinidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 73 124 268 182 226 110 11 23 94 13 76 65
Carcharhinus limbatus
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0
Centropomus spp
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 113 339 185 130 120 49 90 90 49 49 57 61
Centropomus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 1,143 1,090 1,222 1,322 949 937 1,007 1,008 936 392 772 692
Centropomus spp
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 45 75 56 55 67
Cichlasoma managuense
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 111 126 94 73 96 64 126
Cichlidae
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 331 266 240 220 564 806 142 330 350 401 564 431
Clupeoidei
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 41 71 116 225 256
Coryphaena hippurus
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1,502 1,408 1,445 745 404 292 200 187 423 500 185 346
Crassostrea rhizophorae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoponticus coniceps
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 254 26 86 33 35 26
Cynoscion spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 30 46 56 83 93 112 84 113 51 26 59 97
Cynoscion spp
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 45 97 77 61 53 34 47 145 117 139 112 121
Euthynnus lineatus
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 0
Euthynnus lineatus
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 0
Galatheidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 61 37 0 343 2,696 2,868 7,196 4,395 9
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 45 24 36
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 2 19 194 126
Hemiramphus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 0 0 0 61 28
Heterocarpus vicarius
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 20 131 0 41 150 73 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holothuroidea
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 183 195 720 390 311
Holothuroidea
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 51 93 93 99 91 207 34
Katsuwonus pelamis
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 409 5 1 0 308 1,782 1,501 494 1,182 898 2,649 1,094
Katsuwonus pelamis
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 30 3 0 0 47 837 3,781 2,210 5,060 3,519 1,599 2,883
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 2 2 6 2 2 3 2 1 2 4
Lutjanus guttatus
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,215 515 699 623 599 276
Lutjanus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 430 503 561 566 630 671 104 565 388 720 266 241
Lutjanus spp
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 976 1,367 1,591 1,621 1,792 2,897 577 1,993 1,251 958 1,022 1,235
Macrobrachium spp
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0
Mithrax armatus
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 52 35 23 78 67 47 59 27 21 3 3 7
Octopodidae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Octopodidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 3 3 12 1 4 3 12 14 2 3
Ocyurus chrysurus
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 864 613 519 570 808 644
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 57 180 113 117
Osteichthyes
Nicaragua 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 84 93 62 54 182 76 2 60 313 19 10 7
Osteichthyes
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 323 286 220 405 522 479 159 497 425 251 142 127
Osteichthyes
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 363 593 1,066 1,061 737 1,691 1,358 265 62 85 137 283
Osteichthyes
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
Panulirus argus
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 6,180 3,858 4,326 3,851 4,257 3,787 3,625 3,654 4,186 3,419 3,690 3,971
Panulirus gracilis
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 354 337 167 71 118 126 101 98 151 224 110 131
Penaeus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 3,328 3,412 3,527 3,240 2,694 3,498 2,189 2,418 1,638 2,211 2,383 1,736
Penaeus spp
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 746 771 510 406 344 372 104 118 131 105 235 685
Pleuronectiformes
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 22 33 25 24 23 29 10 42 3 36 254 126
Rajiformes
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 118 97 163 65 59
Rajiformes
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 94 76 36 125 112
Rhopilema spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 205 0 0 0
Scaridae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 1
Scaridae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 0 21 7 4
Scomberomorus sierra
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 34 36 77 56 104 56 19 62 58 40 58 65
Scomberomorus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 141 154 116 136 79 34 17 47 9 4 11 9
Serranidae
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 267 239 293 279 304 359 462 311 173 93 155 113
Serranidae
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 212 187 136 200 173 48 100 127 172 51 59 51
Strombus spp
Nicaragua 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 155 378 295 382 294 597 1,043 683 868 1,589 2,887 2,885
Strombus spp
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 3,280 1,119 2,768 0 3,853 7,134 8,171 5,222 5,262 5,965 9,193 6,770
Thunnus albacares
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 1,630 2,616 0 0 33 415 1,037 1,045 1,388 2,848 1,544 2,118
Thunnus obesus
Nicaragua 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 13 0 0 0 0 9 351 117 3 620 1,148 595
Thunnus obesus
Nicaragua 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 10 29 1,207 703 609 408 564 1,064
Total: 22,376 19,684 19,285 15,301 19,196 27,687 31,233 27,899 30,752 35,836 37,895 30,920

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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