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FAO Capture Production in Faeroe Islands (t) n = 103
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Aequipecten opercularis Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	900	500	700	551	496	1,004	874	892	1,181
Alepocephalus bairdii Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ammodytes spp Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	1,400	6,422	4,910	8,073	11,393	11,829	13,207
Anarhichas lupus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	200	300	300	114	219	296	198	248	268
Anarhichas spp Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	11	152	57	18	12	18	88	226	14	164
Anarhichas spp Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	30	34
Aphanopus carbo Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argentina spp Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beryx spp Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachyura Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brosme brosme Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	9	10	40	2	0	12	12	2	0	30
Brosme brosme Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,200	3,100	3,600	7,300	5,455	4,837	5,170	6,373	4,750	6,218
Buccinum undatum Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Centrophorus squamosus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Centroscymnus coelolepis Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clupea harengus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	75,000	66,500	60,600	76,400	38,664	37,813	22,040	20,588	1,406	1,174
Coryphaenoides rupestris Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coryphaenoides rupestris Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Cyclopterus lumpus Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyclopterus lumpus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elasmobranchii Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Epigonus telescopus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eutrigla gurnardus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gadiformes Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gadiformes Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0
Gadus morhua Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	25,352	34,044	29,137	21,480	16,211	15,095	14,720	14,206	8,704	8,290
Gadus morhua Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	45,800	27,300	25,800	32,100	32,165	45,054	50,191	47,206	44,503	35,775
Gadus ogac Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	558	11	3	8	0	0
Globicephala melas Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	388	1,032	511	1,050	673	1,080	531	898	1,238	1,725
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hippoglossoides platessoides Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	16	15	20	4	0	0	5	0	0	0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	600	300	300	300	290	295	384	395	409	544
Hoplostethus atlanticus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hyperoodon ampullatus Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Illex illecebrosus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lagenorhynchus acutus Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lamna nasus Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	205	231	260	269	0	80	307	294	121	299
Lamna nasus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	9	25
Lampris guttatus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Limanda limanda Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	24	19	11	18	5	3
Lophius piscatorius Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	600	477	494	614	656	943	1,004
Macrozoarces americanus Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0
Mallotus villosus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	16,847	0	24,601	54,505	24,005
Maurolicus muelleri Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	53	37	80	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	13,000	11,300	9,000	9,400	7,235	10,543	14,426	22,783	20,787	14,508
Merlangius merlangus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	1,800	1,300	1,051	1,784	1,196	963	2,729
Merluccius merluccius Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micromesistius poutassou Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	4,900	4,137	482	14,080	29,689	43,478	38,031
Microstomus kitt Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	300	300	1,200	607	972	815	787	747	799
Molva dypterygia Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Molva dypterygia Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	100	110	88	90	68	473	1,175
Molva molva Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	800	1,400	2,200	2,600	3,470	2,395	2,530	3,088	2,796	3,101
Moridae Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Myctophidae Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nephrops norvegicus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	100	0	0	31	44	42	52	53	23
Odontoceti Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	60	80	0	0	4	0	44	0	0	0
Orcinus orca Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	31	0
Osteichthyes Faroe Islands	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	1,802	308	25	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	0	1,000	3,800	264	19	25	58	454	523
Osteichthyes Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pandalus borealis Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	130	496	755	1,371	2,023	5,300	11,179	12,851	9,744	8,964
Pandalus borealis Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	197	390
Phocoena phocoena Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phycis blennoides Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectes platessa Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	400	400	100	200	90	210	114	187	290	347
Pleuronectiformes Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectiformes Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pollachius pollachius Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pollachius virens Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	16	5	47	0	0	8	2	0	0	0
Pollachius virens Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	6,200	7,900	6,800	5,100	6,071	4,204	6,279	8,765	21,151	28,930
Psetta maxima Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raja spp Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	7	2	137	0	0	0	7	0
Raja spp Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	400	265	196	227	279	250	301
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	38	1,412	950	4	825	951	1,357	820	50
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4,200	1,300	1,200	100	50	8	377	1,272	258	153
Salmo salar Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	282	232	144	171	110	260	0	0	0	0
Salmo salar Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	28	40	40	37	0
Scomber japonicus Faroe Islands	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scomber scombrus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,100	3,600	7,600	11,800	27,284	25,184	69,120	47,177	46,329	38,525
Sebastes marinus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	100	0	400	293	159	384	374	1,768	6,323
Sebastes mentella Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastes spp Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	65	114	93	92	0	0	1	0	6	33
Sebastes spp Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sprattus sprattus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	100	4,117	42,050	45,692	2,328	732	2,870
Squalidae Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squalus acanthias Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	100	42	41	0	0	5	0
Strongylocentrotus spp Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus albacares Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus obesus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Todarodes sagittatus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	49
Trachipterus arcticus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachurus murphyi Faroe Islands	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachurus trachurus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	5,400	1,114	158	118	130	3	0
Trisopterus esmarkii Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	32,000	47,200	56,800	53,600	86,606	65,138	70,765	50,936	36,947	26,700
Tursiops truncatus Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Urophycis tenuis Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	33	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Xiphias gladius Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			207,772	207,274	208,152	246,261	246,635	285,618	341,962	310,490	316,675	266,745

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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