Penaeus vannamei FAO Aquaculture Production of Penaeus vannamei (t)     n = 33 (See disclaimer below)

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Penaeus vannamei Bahamas	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	2 28	13 182	25 250	42 420	7 48	7 48	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Belize	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	3,630 17,424	4,460 33,539	4,400 30,800	10,160 64,313	11,042 49,689	10,433 46,949	7,235 32,558	7,300 32,850
Penaeus vannamei Brazil	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t) (US$'000)	25,388 63,470	40,000 80,000	60,253 120,506	90,190 180,380	75,904 151,808	63,134 126,268	65,000 128,700	65,000 180,272
Penaeus vannamei China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	87,839 527,034	175,286 1,051,716	270,467 919,588	292,534 994,579	356,569 1,334,735	447,743 1,722,440	509,872 1,932,415
Penaeus vannamei China	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	255,979 870,329	345,956 1,176,207	345,915 1,188,041	440,095 1,553,359	555,772 2,106,376
Penaeus vannamei Colombia	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	9,650 77,200	10,000 80,000	13,000 104,000	16,503 132,024	18,040 144,320	18,040 144,320	18,050 144,400	18,050 144,400
Penaeus vannamei Colombia	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	1,740 13,920	2,000 16,000	1,000 8,000	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	1,350 11,475	1,800 13,500	4,097 30,728	5,051 30,306	5,076 30,456	5,714 34,284	5,726 34,356	5,274 31,644
Penaeus vannamei Cuba	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	280 980	2,360 8,260	4,346 15,211	3,594 12,579
Penaeus vannamei Ecuador	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	50,110 300,660	45,269 248,980	63,600 349,800	77,400 387,000	89,600 430,080	118,500 568,800	149,200 716,160	150,000 720,000
Penaeus vannamei Guam	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	12 185	12 345
Penaeus vannamei Indonesia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	8,000 26,640	16,000 55,680	21,819 75,930	25,221 92,561
Penaeus vannamei Indonesia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	45,217 150,573	87,874 305,802	119,830 417,008	139,245 511,029
Penaeus vannamei Jamaica	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	150 2,169	456 8,713	295 2,897	875 5,579	476 5,355	16 232
Penaeus vannamei Korea, Republic of	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	661 11,377	858 12,173
Penaeus vannamei Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	511 2,500	952 4,665	960 3,754
Penaeus vannamei Mexico	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	252 1,049	172 722	180 704
Penaeus vannamei Mexico	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	31,441 182,358	46,053 284,135	43,136 214,680	42,916 181,330	57,731 195,918	3,766 14,562	3,647 14,223	3,700 14,467
Penaeus vannamei Mexico	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	2,039 11,826	1,961 12,099	2,717 13,522	2,941 12,426	4,630 15,713	2,653 10,431	2,681 10,456	2,700 10,557
Penaeus vannamei Mexico	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	82,826 321,625	105,043 409,668	106,000 414,460
Penaeus vannamei Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	5,357 29,249	5,629 26,513	6,028 28,392	6,935 32,664	7,880 32,623	9,633 39,881	10,860 44,960	11,097 44,388
Penaeus vannamei Panama	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	877 4,631	1,945 10,698	3,137 17,254	6,105 28,083	6,535 30,061	7,098 27,327	8,115 31,243	8,200 31,570
Penaeus vannamei Peru	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	614 4,486	731 3,648	2,593 12,908	3,328 18,179	5,073 25,995	8,324 48,002	9,257 65,049	11,657 82,036
Penaeus vannamei Saint Kitts and Nevis	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Singapore	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	35 379	1 18	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Suriname	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	215 1,677	368 2,723	368 2,723	260 1,048	288 1,161	242 1,016	180 985	51 270
Penaeus vannamei Taiwan Province of China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	2,310 16,203	5,809 47,790	6,106 36,889	7,614 33,704	6,307 32,603	6,628 30,841	5,805 32,488	5,695 30,641
Penaeus vannamei Taiwan Province of China	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	1,527 9,225	3,398 15,042	4,611 23,836	5,384 25,053	4,556 25,498	4,398 23,663
Penaeus vannamei Thailand	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	7,584 18,300	47,052 136,607	84,112 233,839	98,000 310,699	98,000 340,832
Penaeus vannamei Thailand	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	60,000 139,740	124,781 301,097	204,646 594,154	290,375 807,269	392,000 1,242,797	392,000 1,363,327
Penaeus vannamei United States of America	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	2,163 14,514	3,564 27,407	4,026 27,095	4,577 23,205	4,731 20,958	3,645 18,626	2,973 13,735	2,278 10,046
Penaeus vannamei Venezuela, Boliv Rep of	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	8,500 43,762	10,512 36,792	12,000 43,680	14,259 48,623	16,500 56,265	16,500 56,265	16,500 56,265	16,500 56,265
Penaeus vannamei Viet Nam	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	10,000 40,000	31,717 126,868	40,000 160,000	100,000 400,000	150,000 600,000	153,000 612,000
Total:			145,386 0	267,953 0	473,449 0	982,663 0	1,297,935 0	1,647,405 0	2,090,935 0	2,296,630 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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