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FAO Aquaculture Production in Nigeria (t)     n = 23 (See disclaimer below)

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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Bagrus spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Channa spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	388 466
Characidae Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	56 0	68 0	81 0	98 0	120 550	152 182	164 197	180 216	207 311	210 315
Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	16 0	23 0	32 0	45 0	44 202	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Citharinus spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Clarias gariepinus Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Clarias spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Clarias spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	2,287 0	2,366 0	2,446 0	2,526 0	3,160 2,528	2,287 2,287	1,364 1,364	1,500 1,500	3,152 3,782	9,421 11,305
Cyprinidae Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	145 0	168 0	193 0	222 0	186 149	229 275	273 328	300 360	2,837 3,688	4,548 6,822
Distichodus spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Gymnarchus niloticus Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Hepsetus odoe Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Lates niloticus Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Lutjanus spp Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Mugilidae Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Mugilidae Nigeria	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	242 0	259 0	273 0	284 0	280 336	270 324	272 326	299 389	329 428	330 429
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	86 0	113 0	148 0	192 0	250 250	457 457	327 392	360 432	396 475	931 1,117
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	2,866 0	2,936 0	3,006 0	3,075 0	1,732 1,732	4,116 4,116	2,947 3,536	3,242 3,890	3,566 4,279	8,377 10,052
Osteichthyes Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Osteichthyes Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	17 34	1,505 3,010
Papyrocranus afer Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Synodontis spp Nigeria	1 - Africa-Inland Waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Total:			5,698 0	5,933 0	6,179 0	6,442 0	5,772 0	7,511 0	5,347 0	5,881 0	10,504 0	25,710 0

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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