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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Arca spp Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	46	49	51	35	57	42	46	45	45
Brachyura Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	50	9	8	4	3	3	1	8	7	6	2	0	0	0	0
Caiman crocodilus Costa Rica	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	23	4	11	5	0	24	49	63	59	39	27	30	28	8	21	24	31	30	30
Carcharhinus falciformis Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	834	993	1,500	1,609	1,541	1,595	2,097	2,130	1,678	1,031	1,484	1,287	846	838	674	1,012	1,407	1,053	1,000	1,000
Clupeoidei Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,034	4,654	3,655	2,724	1,901	969	2,168	1,283	1,309	1,350	1,400	1,500	1,500	1,698	931	323	365	311	438	1,175	906	1,788	1,628	2,207	4,170	2,624	2,096	2,184	1,657	1,972	3,516	2,586	2,600	2,600
Coryphaena hippurus Costa Rica	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4
Coryphaena hippurus Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8,370	11,221	7,832	3,974	2,320	3,161	2,915	2,339	4,083	3,840	3,850	3,850
Elasmobranchii Costa Rica	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	200	200	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	3	2	3	5	5	9	8	21	12	7	26	30	30	30	30	11	5	9	7	16	6	1	68	15	81	49	27	43	54	49	45	18	85	101	85	85
Elasmobranchii Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	200	100	400	300	400	522	548	493	745	843	777	585	673	644	682	786	743	570	800	1,000	1,200	1,400	1,508	1,236	1,466	1,275	1,254	1,906	3,921	5,444	5,647	11,071	8,510	7,444	10,191	3,801	4,380	2,585	3,292	3,374	2,801	2,700	2,700
Euthynnus lineatus Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	90	100	20	110	240	230	140	330	180	70	0	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Istiophoridae Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	380	388	450	650	701	784	659	1,025	796	917	874	1,009	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	776	1,114	1,191	1,092	988	1,118	1,239	1,289	1,399	1,012	1,244	767	972	923	372	201	250	250
Isurus oxyrinchus Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	136	91	80	51	39	32	91	56	8	10	13	10	6	19	9	21	145	38	35	35
Katsuwonus pelamis Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	310	140	140	200	160	10	120	3,590	3,640	1,980	820	220	280	20	40	90	0	0	20	460	0	0	0	0	0	80	0	0	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuwonus pelamis Costa Rica	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	40	0	120	130	360	2,380	1,360	40	150	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	10	390	0	0	0	0	120	540	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	10	12	10	3	2	2	8	11	20	19	7	10	10	10	10	25	17	14	13	13	20	11	1	2	7	11	30	20	23	8	3	6	1	3	5	5
Lutjanidae Costa Rica	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	169	151	160	160
Lutjanidae Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	547	701	664	550	352	244	478	526	417	347	382	304	218	188	209	137	141	242	230	230
Mollusca Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	63	56	68	86	26	20	38	37	33	40	128	130	130	130	150	21	29	19	66	74	65	109	62	55	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natantia Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	400	400	200	146	204	136	144	168	266	708	1,806	2,580	1,228	1,498	5,542	5,200	3,000	3,000	2,500	2,500	534	776	1,015	2,356	2,118	1,362	1,022	672	1,004	1,009	508	561	705	984	1,240	920	1,102	889	579	750	750
Octopodidae Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	15	67	26	27	58	6	76	71	66	35	20	54	18	35	22	37	114	110	110
Osteichthyes Costa Rica	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	48	56	52	48	81	323	361	401	452	213	300	300	300	300	300	300	526	406	710	840	900	1,090	840	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
Osteichthyes Costa Rica	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	14	27	22	49	44	50	40	24	22	22	24	30	30	30	30	18	33	133	111	197	73	163	141	367	563	583	427	405	362	413	345	360	94	96	95	95
Osteichthyes Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	400	400	500	500	500	500	600	600	700	500	600	700	700	600	700	1,100	1,000	1,300	2,300	1,300	5,300	4,700	7,300	6,700	9,748	10,187	9,308	9,929	3,205	3,137	3,775	3,468	4,397	5,280	5,482	6,019	7,984	8,000	8,000	8,500	8,500	9,000	6,692	6,280	5,141	5,224	7,543	10,564	7,727	9,466	3,978	3,544	3,440	3,255	3,513	3,410	4,034	4,204	3,244	3,846	4,100	4,100
Panulirus argus Costa Rica	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	200	200	500	600	700	500	700	100	100	100	300	400	100	0	0	0	11	387	334	194	274	41	25	5	4	120	376	207	60	100	150	200	300	403	176	29	32	93	196	196	40	163	271	39	57	28	81	34	35	59	30	22	25	25
Panulirus spp Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	55	34	20	20	8	7	6	12	2	27	169	100	50	50	20	5	3	1	4	5	7	7	3	4	14	17	11	9	10	8	10	10	9	14	10	10
Penaeus brevirostris Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	100	100	100	200	100	100	200	400	400	400	800	800	600	1,200	1,072	1,128	856	972	840	838	1,064	806	612	572	1,318	1,198	926	950	950	950	1,000	997	1,140	974	1,028	526	408	392	276	548	350	456	343	289	342	314	601	637	483	508	500	500
Penaeus californiensis Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	92	112	84	32	42	18	14	48	84	54	20	20	20	20	30	8	18	12	10	8	6	2	12	12	6	2	2	1	2	9	3	4	6	2	5	5
Penaeus spp Costa Rica	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	2	26	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	8	16	54	86	122	130	166	164	140	66	75	111	148	262	160	215	215
Penaeus spp Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	100	100	100	100	100	200	200	100	200	300	500	500	500	500	900	500	600	500	600	500	500	600	400	400	480	422	614	392	378	586	778	1,126	438	180	474	1,010	2,048	1,500	1,000	1,000	800	508	662	1,666	924	1,172	1,923	1,588	1,062	1,080	706	634	813	1,019	902	672	934	562	473	352	350	350
Scombroidei Costa Rica	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	26	3	2	5	1	2	7	10	12	13	13	13
Scombroidei Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	369	639	292	613	275	2,572	990	1,213	1,057	1,110	1,160	1,583	1,436	1,723	1,814	1,422	1,238	1,242	1,418	1,400	1,400
Serranidae Costa Rica	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	747	438	328	281	177	387	644	395	201	103	103	143	145	112	153	150	131	180	170	170
Stenella coeruleoalba Costa Rica	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Testudinata Costa Rica	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	200	0	0	0	100	200	300	200	200	0	300	0	100	100	0	108	29	105	31	43	15	58	69	176	88	126	160	188	150	100	50	10	0	43	0	113	101	149	33	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tetrapturus albidus Costa Rica	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	0	0	1	2	1	3	1	13	13	13	13
Tetrapturus angustirostris Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	662	876	416	820	536	614	343	383	360	360
Tetrapturus audax Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	213	133	234	328	216	297	208	167	180	180
Thunnus albacares Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	830	1,270	1,160	1,160	830	210	880	3,590	2,130	1,980	2,630	130	480	1,800	1,310	2,980	0	0	20	520	0	0	0	0	10	50	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus albacares Costa Rica	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	220	310	230	0	150	270	400	880	1,720	80	120	0	0	950	1,500	320	0	0	10	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus obesus Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	120	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus obesus Costa Rica	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	80	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	150	720	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tursiops truncatus Costa Rica	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	2	1	3	9	8	8	8
Xiphias gladius Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	107	161	35	17	29	433	1,072	419	99	407	653	638	286	179	191	444	258	302	645	600	600
Xiphopenaeus, Trachypenaeus spp Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	200	300	500	500	500	500	900	1,100	1,000	900	1,400	1,000	1,200	2,200	1,600	1,800	1,946	1,780	1,328	640	922	1,166	908	870	880	622	980	846	512	500	500	500	400	305	382	538	346	544	576	314	586	310	198	228	125	105	130	195	115	168	155	95	100	100
Total:			500	500	600	600	600	700	800	900	1,300	1,400	2,200	2,400	2,500	2,300	3,400	3,100	3,100	3,300	5,000	3,800	8,100	10,460	12,450	12,360	15,446	16,143	14,092	15,361	22,599	20,751	16,368	15,941	12,391	11,020	16,264	20,223	22,763	16,820	16,570	16,980	18,360	16,043	15,967	16,172	17,021	17,340	24,186	26,663	24,714	28,279	35,463	34,816	33,895	30,406	20,850	22,339	20,045	20,651	22,305	20,714	21,000	21,000

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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