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FAO Capture Production in Greenland (t) n = 85
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Anarhichas lupus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	12	16	27	7	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anarhichas spp Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	47	58	128	393	313	491	752	879	1,186	1,157	1,198	790
Anarhichas spp Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	10	12	2	24	10	1	4
Balaena mysticetus Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	155	153	149	198	190	180	181	167	152	168	195	189
Balaenoptera borealis Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	6	8	13	9	13	14	10	12	14	10	6	5
Boreogadus saida Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	58	5	18	45	18	50	6	0	0	2
Boreogadus saida Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brosme brosme Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Brosme brosme Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	47	0
Chionoecetes opilio Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	10,236	14,247	9,841	6,862	5,837	4,454	3,146	2,189	2,169	2,991	3,096	1,806
Chlamys islandica Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	1,630	1,593	2,457	2,566	2,476	1,391	1,818	1,393	667	512	392	480
Chlamys islandica Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clupea harengus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clupea harengus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	2,370	2,895	4,430	3,360	18,130	4,898	4,245	3,730	4,764	2,940
Coryphaenoides rupestris Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	17	22	21	37	0	1	17	13	7	1	0	7
Coryphaenoides rupestris Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	11	5	5	6	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	0
Cyclopterus lumpus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	1,211	3,216	5,848	6,578	8,233	9,702	9,973	8,801	6,436	6,930	8,623	10,737
Cyclopterus lumpus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Cystophora cristata Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	3,769	5,010	3,606	4,351	4,146	3,120	4,280	2,575	2,084	1,627	1,853	1,652
Cystophora cristata Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,075	1,504	1,200	2,002	1,707	1,036	562	719	521	359	273	185
Delphinapterus leucas Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	609	456	424	423	247	184	137	120	279	228	222	138
Delphinidae Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	7	0	26	69	39	108	92	261	151
Erignathus barbatus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	2,374	2,016	1,652	1,361	1,092	1,062	1,483	1,176	1,160	994	1,183	846
Erignathus barbatus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	320	334	313	355	274	392	309	392	277	264	220	149
Gadus morhua Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	764	1,680	3,891	3,954	4,706	5,734	8,312	14,134	20,067	9,865	9,419	11,271
Gadus morhua Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,234	3,934	32	2	5,252	5,377	6,812	5,237	4,268	5,744	8,129	8,331
Gadus ogac Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	931	1,128	918	1,288	891	1,051	1,020	597	595	171	251	164
Gadus ogac Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Globicephala melas Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	5	62	38	195	265	345	46	288	182	238	337	114
Hippoglossoides platessoides Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hippoglossoides platessoides Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	9	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	8	2	4	5
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	10	19	47	12	10	12	10	8	17	19	24	6
Hyperoodon ampullatus Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mallotus villosus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	22	3	83	42	263	24	24	33	139	184	90	127
Mallotus villosus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	24,623	18,638	30,258	29,521	21,225	21,192	6,676	12,608	6,650	0	4,948	17,980
Megaptera novaeangliae Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	2	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	8
Melanogrammus aeglefinus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	134	19	0	0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	176	547	596	847	992	1,129	1,124	901	1,028	1,421	1,989	2,110
Micromesistius poutassou Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,517	5,389	5,215	60	2,435	0
Molva dypterygia Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Molva molva Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	1
Monodon monoceros Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	600	657	672	647	595	520	411	331	377	371	266	296
Odobenus rosmarus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	322	333	297	273	153	198	141	123	94	123	100	92
Odobenus rosmarus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	7	10	34	11	3	16	5	10	9	4	7	5
Odontoceti Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orcinus orca Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	1	2	21	5	14	2	0	3	26	14	15	100
Osteichthyes Greenland	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	769	589	584	474	2	2	392	2	5	6	0	0
Osteichthyes Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	200	264	41	71	43	11	21	154	46	35	0	0
Pandalus borealis Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	80,888	81,398	103,216	79,652	131,380	142,791	146,818	136,531	145,234	130,210	123,897	116,820
Pandalus borealis Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4,514	4,444	2,730	4,187	4,581	3,375	626	1,735	14	1,284	600	225
Pandalus montagui Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	697	609	0	925	605	509	1,421	1,959	89	53	0	248
Phoca groenlandica Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	97,229	84,165	65,810	64,735	69,414	90,681	93,788	81,488	78,746	70,625	88,799	44,557
Phoca groenlandica Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,572	2,598	1,915	2,872	2,831	2,813	2,166	2,787	3,440	2,806	1,945	918
Phoca hispida Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	67,727	65,865	68,736	67,229	63,947	79,582	75,127	60,483	61,833	57,614	55,060	39,411
Phoca hispida Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	12,575	12,572	13,768	13,417	13,482	12,481	11,147	10,786	8,703	8,062	6,457	4,108
Phoca vitulina Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	120	75	181	643	652	362	77	54	41	28	24	68
Phoca vitulina Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4	5	6	81	152	76	1	33	40	5	2	10
Phocoena phocoena Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	1,605	2,216	2,132	2,325	2,963	3,214	2,942	2,910	1,759	2,029	2,077	2,453
Physeter macrocephalus Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectes platessa Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pollachius virens Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	6	1	0	0	0
Pollachius virens Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	601	1,526	1,580	2,036	2,094	1,843	1,803	1,643	1,401	1,630	954	445
Raja spp Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	23,219	19,111	23,814	27,100	28,457	28,177	32,125	29,284	26,317	26,324	28,741	29,365
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,756	1,573	2,196	1,750	1,565	3,010	2,097	2,857	311	2,886	1,868	3,418
Salmo salar Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	24	42	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0
Salmo salar Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salvelinus alpinus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	29	20	20	0	18	35	50	16	17	19	44	61
Salvelinus alpinus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scomber scombrus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62
Sebastes marinus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Sebastes marinus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	41	13	228	97	132	146	260	123	94	922	4,740	4,284
Sebastes mentella Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	671	124	124	0	278	0	22	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastes mentella Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	3,509	3,258	3,951	3,453	1,070	778	2,413	2,008	1,106	1,518	2,992	0
Sebastes spp Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	721	305	523	477	171	210	386	257	169	160	164	133
Sebastes spp Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	139	94	28	71	13	0	158	0	0	1	0	2,671
Somniosus microcephalus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somniosus microcephalus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0
Squalidae Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squalidae Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			159,711	158,485	195,624	175,321	225,088	234,864	252,959	233,754	227,665	197,878	209,446	214,493

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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