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FAO Capture Production in Faeroe Islands (t) n = 103
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Aequipecten opercularis Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	8,386	3,300	3,500	3,320	3,854	2,781	3,559	3,581	4,751	5,993
Alepocephalus bairdii Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ammodytes spp Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,537	11,194	9,139	2,934	10,288	7,485	5,023	11,221	11,071	7,487
Anarhichas lupus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	435	282	313	176	132	141	146	196	264	291
Anarhichas spp Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	1	0	0	5	0	1	4	0	0	0
Anarhichas spp Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	15	14	32	15	49	37	27	64	60	118
Aphanopus carbo Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	12	0	375	1,315	893	550	256	126	89	45
Argentina spp Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	3,574	59	1,439	1,069	960	7,131	9,496	8,433	17,167	8,186
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beryx spp Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	0	0
Brachyura Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	1
Brosme brosme Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brosme brosme Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	5,837	6,545	5,018	3,313	4,678	4,490	2,562	2,593	2,389	2,714
Buccinum undatum Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Centrophorus squamosus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	3	51	53	58	129	11
Centroscymnus coelolepis Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	22	0	60	282	228	80	35
Clupea harengus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	6,848	15,963	11,865	4,592	5,500	66,023	57,853	65,949	70,214	56,476
Coryphaenoides rupestris Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	8	8	9	23	0	2	1	1	0	10
Coryphaenoides rupestris Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	104	22	746	641	743	764	233	199	84	108
Cyclopterus lumpus Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	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	41	45	38	31	129	94	4
Eutrigla gurnardus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Gadiformes Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gadiformes Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	109	968	1,083	372	192	229	449	898	57	338
Gadus morhua Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	2,594	2,591	773	3,049	2,250	1,016	701	0	0	0
Gadus morhua Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	27,541	21,819	19,308	24,731	33,882	44,332	59,803	57,921	39,689	33,725
Gadus ogac Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Globicephala melas Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	818	720	1,572	0	1,201	228	1,524	1,162	815	608
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	6	11	0	0	4
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	3	0	0	2	5	2	2	3	3
Hippoglossoides platessoides Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	1	244	0	0	8	0	0	3
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	24	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	7	0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	575	780	871	722	1,090	654	451	479	384	432
Hoplostethus atlanticus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	60	259	732	950	854	747	349
Hyperoodon ampullatus Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex illecebrosus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	32	23
Lagenorhynchus acutus Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	438	0
Lamna nasus Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	530	610	559	250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lamna nasus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	14	7	20	76	48	44	7	9	7	10
Lampris guttatus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Limanda limanda Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	6	3	5	69	7	27	37	39	39	29
Lophius piscatorius Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	848	881	1,210	993	1,065	1,433	1,610	1,765	1,885	2,578
Macrozoarces americanus Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mallotus villosus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	17,977	15,291	41,724	40,980	12,310	3,306	39,777	43,466	41,966	24,275
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)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	12,745	10,157	6,856	5,143	7,759	8,494	13,896	21,409	22,598	19,697
Merlangius merlangus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,348	1,089	656	601	815	966	1,042	1,018	1,724	1,756
Merluccius merluccius Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	6	4	14	1	6	5	5
Micromesistius poutassou Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	46,165	6,645	12,731	14,984	24,404	25,936	21,483	28,773	71,217	105,106
Microstomus kitt Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	383	219	261	201	276	265	236	332	464	433
Molva dypterygia Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Molva dypterygia Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,631	2,082	4,326	3,116	1,781	2,398	1,624	1,172	1,274	2,136
Molva molva Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,170	2,876	2,361	2,047	2,799	3,686	3,132	4,056	3,547	2,998
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)	56	27	0	55	105	91	66	40	57	80
Odontoceti Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	153	62	46	0	266	151	173	350	0	0
Orcinus orca Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	124	326	94	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	474	133	0
Osteichthyes Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,201	1,362	858	247
Pandalus borealis Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	3,405	6,051	2,028	9,823	6,908	5,815	8,600	7,871	9,815	9,792
Pandalus borealis Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	7,193	7,047	8,461	1,815	2,351	3,475	1,992	2,997	3,170	5,051
Phocoena phocoena Faroe Islands	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	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)	284	236	417	319	957	425	443	506	443	325
Pleuronectiformes Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	36	0	14	2	0	0	0
Pleuronectiformes Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	1,634	0	327	0	757	1,059	292
Pollachius pollachius Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0
Pollachius virens Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pollachius virens Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	65,583	57,669	40,195	37,189	35,218	31,979	20,398	22,598	26,751	34,423
Psetta maxima Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	320	0	0	2	0	0	0
Raja spp Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Raja spp Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	160	212	259	208	174	230	169	187	151	180
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	2,819	3,345	1,354	1,552	850	13	870	579	272	748
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,953	1,929	2,159	4,469	6,361	4,481	5,371	4,545	3,515	3,363
Salmo salar Faroe Islands	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salmo salar Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	361	120	32	78	12	3	0	0	5	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)	10,039	11,733	14,898	13,978	21,570	34,924	19,530	8,401	10,654	11,334
Sebastes marinus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	11,052	15,422	19,532	17,402	12,161	12,071	11,028	11,402	7,951	7,129
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)	0	0	19	61	12	15	1	0	0	0
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	170	0	1,827	598	100	0	753	1,719
Squalidae Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2	3	106	141	225	12	7	8	8	3
Squalus acanthias Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	308	51	212	356	484
Strongylocentrotus spp Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	14	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	11
Thunnus thynnus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	104
Todarodes sagittatus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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)	2,562	1,710	10,877	10,531	505	950	863	1,005	216	3,643
Trisopterus esmarkii Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	24,132	19,262	22,416	31,471	32,358	8,960	9,133	11,215	6,222	4,045
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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xiphias gladius Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Total:			273,020	228,316	248,430	246,294	237,708	287,796	304,587	329,145	364,497	358,362

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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