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FAO Aquaculture Production in Brazil (t)     n = 26
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Arapaima gigas
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Brycon cephalus
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 100
220
Centropomus spp
Brazil 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 1
2		 1
2		 3
6
Characidae
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 99
198		 2,755
5,510		 1,629
3,258		 6,378
12,756		 8,282
16,564
Clarias gariepinus
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 2,263
4,752		 2,454
5,153		 4,066
8,539		 603
1,266		 441
926
Colossoma macropomum
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 2,330
5,126		 6,400
14,080		 5,044
11,097		 6,088
12,785		 6,201
13,022
Crassostrea spp
Brazil 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 55
83		 94
141		 150
225		 336
504		 932
1,398
Cyprinus carpio
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 16,865
16,865		 23,900
23,900		 35,512
35,512		 33,518
33,518		 49,254
49,254
Epinephelus spp
Brazil 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 1
2		 2
4
Ictalurus punctatus
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 87
174		 164
328		 552
1,104		 1,396
2,792		 1,520
3,040
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 600
3,000		 550
2,200		 650
2,600		 700
2,800		 700
2,800		 341
1,296		 486
1,847		 446
1,695		 279
1,060		 227
863
Mollusca
Brazil 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t)
(US$'000)		 130
104		 150
135		 150
135		 150
135		 150
135		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Mugilidae
Brazil 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 1
2		 2
3		 4
7
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 600
1,200		 800
1,680		 800
1,680		 800
1,680		 762
1,524		 1,085
2,387		 1,160
2,552		 791
1,819		 1,229
2,704
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 12,014
26,431		 15,700
34,540		 16,845
35,375		 24,062
50,530		 27,104
54,208
Osteichthyes
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 18,000
68,400		 20,000
40,000		 26,000
52,000		 26,500
53,000		 27,000
54,000		 1,644
1,315		 7,814
6,251		 2,762
2,210		 8,786
7,029		 11,385
9,108
Osteichthyes
Brazil 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 1
1		 4
4		 7
7
Pectinidae
Brazil 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 2
8		 2
8
Penaeus vannamei
Brazil 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t)
(US$'000)		 1,700
6,800		 2,000
5,600		 2,100
5,880		 2,100
5,880		 2,100
5,880		 2,007
5,018		 3,364
8,410		 3,613
9,033		 7,254
18,135		 16,054
40,135
Perna perna
Brazil 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 3,358
2,686		 5,032
4,026		 6,415
5,132		 7,749
6,199		 9,510
6,657
Piaractus mesopotamicus
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 3,971
9,133		 6,155
14,157		 7,253
16,682		 3,664
8,427		 4,339
9,980
Prochilodus spp
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 890
1,068		 525
630		 1,062
1,062		 1,092
1,092
Rana catesbeiana
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 60
330		 90
495		 120
600		 140
700		 165
825		 304
1,520		 415
2,075		 522
2,610		 580
2,900		 593
2,965
Rana spp
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Siluroidei
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 102
204		 982
1,768		 130
234		 455
819		 550
880
Testudinata
Brazil 		3 - America, South - Inland waters (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Total: 20,430
0		 23,300
0		 29,700
0		 30,250
0		 30,750
0		 45,898
0		 77,275
0		 86,105
0		 102,431
0		 138,238
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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