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FAO Capture Production in Greenland (t) n = 85
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Anarhichas lupus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	5	1	1	1	15	40	71	4	5	12
Anarhichas spp Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	4,018	3,312	2,783	2,314	1,598	1,774	1,668	1,438	1,892	1,001
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)	260	204	251	277	225	193	147	90	119	73
Balaenoptera borealis Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Balaenoptera physalus Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	13	10	12	13	12	9	9	9	9	10
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	10	2
Brosme brosme Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	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	287	973	384	8	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)	6	13	26	10	5	1	5	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	39	37	22	25	36	81	58	138	8
Coryphaenoides rupestris Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	7	0
Cyclopterus lumpus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	1,771	1,873	2,451	2,385	3,176	419	189	13	196	162
Cyclopterus lumpus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cystophora cristata Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	3,779	3,745	4,398	4,155	3,364	3,188	2,796	2,333	413	429
Cystophora cristata Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,637	2,452	2,051	1,330	1,345	3,695	3,050	2,475	367	824
Delphinapterus leucas Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	889	1,017	899	601	763	611	375	682	275	457
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)	500	428	645	642	764	400	0	327	397	85
Erignathus barbatus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	198	230	243	276	395	300	0	247	478	67
Gadus morhua Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	45,838	53,039	47,693	44,970	24,457	12,651	6,549	18,486	48,098	92,152
Gadus morhua Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,778	890	898	438	1,051	106	606	1,476	345	3,877
Gadus ogac Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	5,589	3,772	3,637	3,514	4,763	6,571	5,952	2,994	1,333	372
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)	6	1	1	0	1	26	9	0	0	0
Hippoglossoides platessoides Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	1	13	5	1	9	4	2	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)	299	628	591	422	152	108	99	165	284	213
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1	0	0	0	9	59	168	59	4	9
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)	281	140	104	288	1,069	980	1,156	422	132	229
Mallotus villosus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1	2	2	8	7	10	10	12	1	2
Megaptera novaeangliae Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	15	12	12	15	15	8	0	0	1	2
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	10	0	0	0
Molva dypterygia Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	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)	520	752	560	492	731	305	405	563	551	600
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)	42	24	23	1	1	13	7	30	0	0
Orcinus orca Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	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	228	0	6	44	40	1	0	0
Osteichthyes Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	211	160	228	3	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)	35,816	35,782	39,524	38,429	39,631	50,986	58,179	58,220	52,440	56,713
Pandalus borealis Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	126	150	1,115	1,467	1,862	2,579	5,781	6,627	7,579	5,979
Pandalus montagui Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phoca groenlandica Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	12,270	13,605	17,244	18,739	17,667	18,445	13,932	16,053	7,715	8,191
Phoca groenlandica Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	353	476	317	414	586	590	570	1,075	743	802
Phoca hispida Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	61,903	59,377	57,424	51,324	55,154	28,692	0	28,447	33,036	24,307
Phoca hispida Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	12,640	17,612	14,067	15,858	20,100	10,000	0	9,322	11,758	10,333
Phoca vitulina Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	38	31	63	56	48	0	0	0	0	0
Phoca vitulina Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phocoena phocoena Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	1,216	995	853	914	860	861	836	607	0	49
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	143	102	1	0	0	0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	5,356	5,755	5,397	4,136	6,509	9,126	8,333	8,385	7,003	7,492
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	1	5	15	81	177	154	37	13
Salmo salar Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	1,192	1,264	1,077	285	297	857	960	963	472	267
Salmo salar Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1	0	0	0	0	6	19	0	6	0
Salvelinus alpinus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	228	181	112	113	139	131	126	94	63	82
Salvelinus alpinus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	1	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)	1,221	484	288	496	1,027	1,767	2,780	159	223	159
Sebastes spp Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	10	5,519	9,542	670	42	3
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	14	4	13	0	0	0
Squalidae Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	5	7	3	0	24	39
Total:			103,738	107,487	106,206	99,311	86,274	94,949	102,906	100,413	120,337	168,786

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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