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FAO Capture Production in Nigeria (t) n = 70
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Acanthuridae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ariidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	14,885	16,537	21,155	18,349	20,544	21,198	23,486	18,165	20,826	18,388	17,236	17,236
Bagrus spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	4,539	4,902	920	5,183	5,239	5,501	6,914	8,534	7,701	7,788	7,860	7,860
Belonidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	535	431	301	422	371	118	160	348	254	468	381	381
Brachydeuterus auritus Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,345	275	849	1,908	835	637	1,248	569	909	1,029	1,165	1,165
Brachyura Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,211	4,374	5,029	4,218	3,694	2,917	6,570	1,963	4,467	3,946	3,593	3,593
Carangidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,521	833	630	1,728	680	350	277	440	359	393	431	431
Caranx spp Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	825	317	277	818	162	207	1,284	392	838	677	747	747
Channa spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	2,990	2,951	3,313	4,571	6,170	5,470	3,504	5,960	10,388	5,515	4,596	4,596
Characidae Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	12,500	10,274	6,989	14,573	13,874	17,449	19,808	21,259	25,857	15,987	11,457	11,457
Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	7,311	12,413	5,678	12,537	10,859	12,519	13,161	16,287	11,110	17,541	18,795	18,795
Citharinus spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	5,654	10,754	9,581	15,468	13,031	9,130	17,035	11,395	13,764	13,764
Clarias gariepinus Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	4,474	10,419	7,375	11,363	10,988	18,938	14,027	15,813	10,836	23,146	22,879	22,879
Clarias spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	14,012	10,925	7,640	15,656	9,582	16,193	14,916	14,302	32,844	35,172	37,792	37,792
Congridae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crustacea Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cynoglossidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	7,057	6,655	7,493	6,931	6,187	8,790	7,971	8,961	7,375	6,290	8,193	8,193
Cyprinidae Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	4,823	5,901	6,004	7,430	7,401	9,883	12,697	10,317	15,242	14,261	15,949	15,949
Distichodus spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	4,765	7,662	6,836	5,500	11,662	5,760	8,760	8,760
Drepane africana Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,316	1,429	1,511	1,419	1,425	949	2,142	1,066	1,604	1,459	1,327	1,327
Elasmobranchii Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	7,485	7,274	7,187	8,561	6,365	9,338	7,912	9,191	8,750	10,704	13,295	13,295
Elops lacerta Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	755	531	1,076	787	678	785	875	442	658	732	814	814
Ethmalosa fimbriata Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	17,570	19,049	21,987	21,621	14,733	19,758	22,589	21,688	22,138	23,411	24,757	24,757
Exocoetidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	8	55	1,837	647	509	479	146	257	202	450	387	387
Galeoides decadactylus Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	4,279	5,131	4,819	6,338	4,746	3,871	6,112	4,529	5,320	5,053	4,799	4,799
Gastropoda Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	2,084	2,426	2,741	2,913	2,822	2,475	2,866	2,671	3,020	3,415	3,415
Gymnarchus niloticus Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	9,097	11,358	11,764	16,084	11,496	13,914	20,205	13,363	12,744	12,744
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae) Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	5,152	4,804	3,352	5,132	4,275	8,559	4,473	4,278	4,375	4,631	4,902	4,902
Hepsetus odoe Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	1,288	2,345	1,009	2,090	2,284	2,372	7,837	1,941	2,634	2,634
Heterotis niloticus Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	7,915	8,577	6,832	10,118	10,314	11,884	11,233	10,554	16,451	14,889	15,392	15,392
Lates niloticus Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	4,447	6,139	3,030	6,442	7,760	9,336	8,223	8,941	16,705	11,542	11,800	11,800
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lutjanus spp Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	7,235	6,619	7,537	7,130	6,519	6,545	8,260	8,158	8,209	7,977	7,752	7,752
Merluccius polli Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	1,714	2,551	2,503	2,536	3,023	2,657	1,461	1,801	1,363	1,363
Mormyridae Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	17,509	5,567	15,400	19,494	18,617	18,710	26,141	22,380	22,564	22,976	22,976
Mugilidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	8,535	8,728	9,122	8,881	8,731	6,002	7,779	8,743	8,261	9,222	10,295	10,295
Natantia Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,564	909	17,076	15,004	11,505	16,152	16,085	11,418	1,941	11,496	13,465	13,465
Notopterus spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	39	22	19	34	18	169	69	203	136	242	239	239
Octopodidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	13,402	18,332	17,218	31,205	22,910	31,756	30,476	38,878	47,571	54,241	56,632	56,632
Osteichthyes Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	48,445	36,986	96,034	4,531	18,880	26,817	22,198	3,223	10,409	12,867	10,654	10,654
Osteichthyes Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	51,541	49,205	28,152	13,271	25,321	19,770	29,385	28,855	28,521	28,100	27,303	27,303
Osteichthyes Nigeria	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panulirus spp Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	1,939	1,699	193	1,904	1,943	2,456	2,881	1,610	2,265	3,147	4,398	4,398
Parailia pellucida Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	0	0	9	0	28	97	106	1,048	540	761	802	802
Penaeus notialis Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	18,882	18,805	13,413	13,201	11,410	12,397	11,928	10,852	11,390	9,369	7,707	7,707
Pleuronectiformes Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polydactylus quadrifilis Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	11,287	11,645	14,052	15,675	9,571	11,370	14,077	15,146	14,612	16,149	17,848	17,848
Polynemidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pomatomus saltatrix Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Protopterus spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	1,364	2,183	520	2,747	3,383	1,543	2,172	4,816	3,494	3,577	3,662	3,662
Pseudotolithus spp Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	12,604	15,084	11,922	13,518	14,098	10,738	12,475	10,044	11,260	9,212	7,537	7,537
Pseudupeneus prayensis Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rajiformes Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	5,753	7,352	6,262	6,618	7,195	4,544	6,532	6,101	6,381	7,266	8,330	8,330
Sardinella maderensis Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	10,158	11,931	12,132	11,407	10,921	10,880	13,903	15,716	14,809	14,439	14,078	14,078
Sardinella spp Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	80,892	61,927	59,400	67,648	71,416	65,818	72,749	65,897	63,509	67,503	67,621	67,621
Sciaenidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	5,826	5,900	9,384	7,832	7,478	6,468	8,134	7,696	7,915	8,753	9,680	9,680
Scombridae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,710	3,759	3,500	4,403	2,695	2,529	3,506	2,840	3,173	3,043	2,918	2,918
Scombroidei Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	51	5	1	22	42	570	327	90	208	501	497	497
Scorpaenidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,170	2,568	600	3,137	2,444	1,809	4,829	6,536	5,682	5,350	5,037	5,037
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	189	419	328	290	140	319	250	285	261	241	241
Serranidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	2,117	2,487	2,354	3,914	2,276	2,182	2,828	2,294	2,518	3,442	4,652	4,652
Soleidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	3,301	3,171	2,507	4,655	2,045	2,051	1,966	2,485	3,316	3,372	3,876	3,876
Sparidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sphyraena spp Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	10,799	10,947	11,085	10,944	9,254	9,813	11,156	12,103	11,629	13,415	15,475	15,475
Stromateus fiatola Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	4,106	1,000	4,057	4,100	7,767	7,134	7,249	7,191	6,033	5,987	5,987
Synodontis spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t)	6,054	6,642	4,055	8,721	8,245	10,575	11,534	9,915	16,010	13,219	13,995	13,995
Trichiuridae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	789	613	701	896	945	945
Trichiurus lepturus Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	754	1,156	1,927	2,396	3,054	1,734	1,041	727	884	977	1,080	1,080
Xiphias gladius Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	133	78	59	82	102	78	88	64	72	72
Total:			441,377	452,146	481,056	475,162	465,251	523,182	552,323	530,420	601,368	598,210	616,981	616,981

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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