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FAO Capture Production in Costa Rica (t)     n = 50
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,034 4,654
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) 0 0 0 0 5 4 3 2 3 5
Elasmobranchii
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 100 400 300 400 522 548 493 745 843 777
Euthynnus lineatus
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 70 90 100 20 110 240 230 140
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) 0 310 140 140 200 160 10 120 3,590 3,640
Katsuwonus pelamis
Costa Rica 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 10 40 0 120 130 360 2,380 1,360
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 6 10 10 12 10 3
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) 0 0 0 0 0 42 63 56 68 86
Natantia
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 100 400 400 200 146 204 136 144 168 266
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) 0 0 0 0 40 48 56 52 48 81
Osteichthyes
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 10 3 14 27 22 49
Osteichthyes
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 5,300 4,700 7,300 6,700 9,748 10,187 9,308 9,929 3,205 3,137
Panulirus argus
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 100 0 0 0 11 387 334 194 274 41
Panulirus spp
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 24 55 34 20 20
Penaeus brevirostris
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 800 800 600 1,200 1,072 1,128 856 972 840 838
Penaeus californiensis
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 76 92 112 84 32
Penaeus spp
Costa Rica 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Penaeus spp
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 500 600 400 400 480 422 614 392 378 586
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) 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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) 0 100 100 0 108 29 105 31 43 15
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) 0 830 1,270 1,160 1,160 830 210 880 3,590 2,130
Thunnus albacares
Costa Rica 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 220 310 230 0 150 270 400 880 1,720
Thunnus obesus
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 10 0
Thunnus obesus
Costa Rica 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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) 1,200 2,200 1,600 1,800 1,946 1,780 1,328 640 922 1,166
Total: 8,100 10,460 12,450 12,360 15,446 16,143 14,092 15,361 22,599 20,751

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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