FAO Capture Production in Belgium (t)     n = 78
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Abramis brama
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anarhichas lupus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 100 100 100 92 217 127 158 82 85
Anguilla anguilla
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aspitrigla cuculus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Belgium 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buccinum undatum
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 300 400 500 500 155 678 541 454 549 416
Cancer pagurus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 200 200 300 300 322 210 214 224 217 208
Carassius carassius
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chelidonichthys lucerna
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 800 700 1,400 2,200 627 2,451 1,445 57 1 2
Clupeoidei
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Conger conger
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coregonus spp
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crangon crangon
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,700 1,200 1,100 2,100 1,652 1,956 2,094 1,212 854 1,329
Crustacea
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyprinidae
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyprinus carpio
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dicentrarchus labrax
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Esox lucius
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eutrigla gurnardus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 12,200 23,800 24,500 13,800 12,399 10,217 9,295 12,190 19,509 15,125
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 100 100 100 49 43 30 43 29 36
Homarus gammarus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Belgium 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 600 500 400 400 227 368 274 350 234 244
Leuciscus idus
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Limanda limanda
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 400 500 700 700 375 672 588 728 580 538
Loligo spp
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 200 100 100 100 90 206 97 278 86 37
Lophius spp
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 900 800 700 800 1,029 1,207 872 799 765 937
Megaptera novaeangliae
Belgium 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,900 2,300 2,600 3,400 2,221 3,447 3,686 3,309 2,135 1,800
Merlangius merlangus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,100 3,000 3,200 3,900 3,541 3,854 3,140 3,517 3,542 4,241
Merluccius merluccius
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 200 200 200 200 351 658 356 240 152 165
Microstomus kitt
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 700 900 800 1,000 923 1,171 819 883 989 916
Mollusca
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 15 0 2 5 3 7
Molva molva
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,000 2,000 1,300 1,200 819 886 666 573 671 590
Mullus surmuletus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nephrops norvegicus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 500 400 300 400 444 451 448 475 597 312
Octopodidae
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 600 400 800 1,200 620 706 569 489 1,065 299
Pecten maximus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 100 100 100 262 409 762 427 504 429
Perca fluviatilis
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phocoena phocoena
Belgium 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Belgium 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Platichthys flesus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 100 100 100 126 76 97 111 124 131
Pleuronectes platessa
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5,400 5,900 6,100 6,800 6,880 6,774 5,912 7,895 6,883 8,227
Pollachius pollachius
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 200 100 200 100 381 466 475 289 291 226
Pollachius virens
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,300 3,600 2,500 2,400 2,671 1,821 1,874 1,565 1,145 1,004
Psetta maxima
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 200 200 200 200 185 218 318 213 232 252
Raja brachyura
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja circularis
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja clavata
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja montagui
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja naevus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja radiata
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja spp
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,500 2,200 1,800 1,900 1,709 1,372 1,759 1,541 1,612 1,630
Rutilus rutilus
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salmo trutta
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salmonoidei
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sander lucioperca
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 100 100 100 152 151 302 50 11 13
Scophthalmus rhombus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 200 200 300 300 303 247 265 274 291 309
Sebastes spp
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,200 2,800 2,500 1,700 2,152 1,973 1,524 1,396 1,549 1,385
Selachimorpha (Pleurotremata)
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sepia officinalis
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solea solea
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,200 4,200 3,100 3,200 2,873 2,986 3,419 3,311 2,962 3,828
Sprattus sprattus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 600 100 100 200 36 0 0 0 0 1
Squalidae, Scyliorhinidae
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 500 500 400 500 485 480 538 422 431 424
Squalus acanthias
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,100 1,200 1,200 1,900 1,135 1,037 589 652 1,262 896
Thymallus thymallus
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tinca tinca
Belgium 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus trachurus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 100 100 37 27 17 15 16 12
Triglidae
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 700 700 700 700 619 650 568 508 463 427
Trisopterus luscus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 500 400 600 863 927 811 707 741 639
Total: 53,000 60,200 59,000 53,300 46,820 49,027 44,496 45,360 50,577 47,125

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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