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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Penaeus vannamei Bahamas	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	3 21	2 13	5 25	8 24	4 12	24 60	1 15	1 15	1 15	1 15
Penaeus vannamei Belize	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	99 1,089	157 1,727	300 3,000	600 5,700	656 5,871	936 7,488	717 5,736	1,230 8,610	1,642 9,852	3,163 15,182
Penaeus vannamei Brazil	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t) (US$'000)	1,700 6,800	2,000 5,600	2,100 5,880	2,100 5,880	2,100 5,880	2,007 5,018	3,364 8,410	3,613 9,033	7,254 18,135	16,054 40,135
Penaeus vannamei China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei China	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Colombia	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	6,000 42,900	6,045 38,350	8,500 68,131	6,594 46,659	7,602 47,893	6,948 48,636	3,874 33,646	1,243 10,566	5,103 42,355	7,816 64,091
Penaeus vannamei Colombia	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	672 4,263	932 7,470	733 5,187	1,342 8,455	1,143 8,001	1,347 11,699	5,664 48,144	2,363 19,613	1,411 11,570
Penaeus vannamei Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	300 2,550	525 4,463	650 5,525	700 5,950	800 6,720	2,551 20,408	2,400 19,200	2,400 19,200	2,348 19,958	2,465 20,953
Penaeus vannamei Cuba	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Ecuador	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	68,636 279,369	95,121 456,581	103,003 551,272	74,857 458,439	79,858 481,701	96,597 579,582	97,920 587,520	119,439 597,195	129,600 648,000	107,700 522,291
Penaeus vannamei Guam	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Indonesia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Indonesia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Jamaica	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Korea, Republic of	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Mexico	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Mexico	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Mexico	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	4,371 21,855	5,111 25,555	8,326 41,630	11,500 57,500	13,454 67,270	15,867 73,588	13,315 64,679	17,422 108,661	23,749 144,869	29,120 168,896
Penaeus vannamei Mexico	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Mexico	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Nicaragua	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	70 595	53 424	42 336	322 1,932	1,064 6,384	2,305 15,213	2,452 16,183	3,269 18,306	4,536 23,360	4,147 21,357
Penaeus vannamei Panama	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	2,831 24,064	3,290 26,978	3,350 21,072	4,410 28,665	5,525 34,752	4,684 29,978	4,400 28,600	6,350 32,131	6,149 32,467	1,676 8,849
Penaeus vannamei Peru	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	3,000 16,800	5,000 30,000	3,771 18,855	3,109 17,100	3,949 27,643	4,585 36,680	5,258 44,693	6,080 42,360	3,462 23,632	4,312 41,259
Penaeus vannamei Saint Kitts and Nevis	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	3 18	3 18	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$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Suriname	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	105 861	150 1,200
Penaeus vannamei Taiwan Province of China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Taiwan Province of China	4 - Asia - Inland waters	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Thailand	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei Thailand	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Penaeus vannamei United States of America	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	900 7,362	1,600 14,112	2,000 17,640	3,000 26,460	2,000 17,640	1,000 8,820	1,300 11,466	1,200 10,584	2,000 17,640	2,098 13,700
Penaeus vannamei Venezuela, Boliv Rep of	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	237 1,896	551 4,518	1,260 8,894	1,464 10,248	2,227 13,362	3,088 15,440	4,000 16,000	4,632 18,033	5,200 18,990	6,000 24,810
Penaeus vannamei Viet Nam	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Total:			88,150 0	120,130 0	134,239 0	109,397 0	120,581 0	141,735 0	140,348 0	172,543 0	193,512 0	186,113 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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