FAO Capture Production in Greenland (t)     n = 85
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Anarhichas lupus
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anarhichas spp
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,000 2,000 2,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,300 2,300
Anarhichas spp
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaena mysticetus
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 46 26 21 21 31 35 44 51 37 19
Balaenoptera borealis
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boreogadus saida
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boreogadus saida
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 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 0
Brosme brosme
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chionoecetes opilio
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chlamys islandica
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chlamys islandica
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 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
Clupea harengus
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyclopterus lumpus
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyclopterus lumpus
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cystophora cristata
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 1,097 972 593 797 846 780
Cystophora cristata
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 201 344 264 412 365 734
Delphinapterus leucas
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delphinidae
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erignathus barbatus
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erignathus barbatus
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 22,900 19,700 21,900 21,000 20,900 21,700 22,900 27,000 26,800 28,600
Gadus morhua
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus ogac
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus ogac
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Globicephala melas
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 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
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallotus villosus
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallotus villosus
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Megaptera novaeangliae
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micromesistius poutassou
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Molva dypterygia
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 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
Monodon monoceros
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Odobenus rosmarus
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Odobenus rosmarus
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Odontoceti
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orcinus orca
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Greenland
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 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
Osteichthyes
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pandalus borealis
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 700 700 900
Pandalus borealis
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pandalus montagui
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phoca groenlandica
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 18,912 15,445 10,883 12,817 16,705 8,844
Phoca groenlandica
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 507 223 185 173 390 175
Phoca hispida
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phoca hispida
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phoca vitulina
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phoca vitulina
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phocoena phocoena
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja spp
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 500 500 500 600 600 700 1,000 700 1,200 1,400
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salmo salar
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salmo salar
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salvelinus alpinus
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salvelinus alpinus
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 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
Sebastes marinus
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes marinus
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes mentella
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes mentella
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes spp
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
Sebastes spp
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somniosus microcephalus
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somniosus microcephalus
Greenland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalidae
Greenland
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 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
Total: 25,700 22,500 24,700 25,000 24,900 25,800 27,400 31,500 32,000 33,200

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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