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FAO Capture Production in Greenland (t) n = 85
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Anarhichas lupus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	3	30	4	7	28	6	15	6	42	7
Anarhichas spp Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	709	352	190	156	101	50	47	67	30	26
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)	95	110	104	110	105	156	172	157	176	184
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)	19	16	16	13	20	12	19	11	9	7
Boreogadus saida Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	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	1	0	20	0	0	0	0
Chionoecetes opilio Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	3	1	72	998	817	2,557	1,947	2,896
Chlamys islandica Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	810	1,914	1,566	2,028	5,287	1,373	1,886	2,211	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)	52	83	19	28	21	46	100	146	19	33
Coryphaenoides rupestris Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1	4	1	18	5	14	19	26	3	1
Cyclopterus lumpus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	23	159	115	246	579	448	426	1,157	2,142	3,056
Cyclopterus lumpus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Cystophora cristata Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	521	1,070	1,155	4,150	4,800	4,200	5,800	4,400	5,051	4,852
Cystophora cristata Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,509	4,241	2,000	2,832	3,341	2,997	4,106	3,100	1,284	2,603
Delphinapterus leucas Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	1,000	0	267	475	488	606	542	577	718	492
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)	61	269	155	1,400	1,550	1,550	1,630	1,800	1,986	1,965
Erignathus barbatus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	58	1,051	83	407	424	482	504	549	363	369
Gadus morhua Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	58,816	20,238	5,727	1,925	2,117	1,710	944	904	326	2
Gadus morhua Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4,442	6,678	4,706	5,620	6,955	7,493	6,542	6,777	5,272	4,115
Gadus ogac Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	387	1,169	1,778	1,892	1,854	2,525	2,120	1,728	1,695	1,899
Gadus ogac Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	1	2	4
Globicephala melas Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	20	0	0	67	208	365	115
Hippoglossoides platessoides Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Hippoglossoides platessoides Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	204	48	51	47	40	23	35	22	22	45
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	25	97	34	346	241	37	16	4	12	1
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)	278	167	118	110	158	68	83	41	21	34
Mallotus villosus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	3	6	6	11,064	1,953	1,797	7,099	12,121	16,914	24,261
Megaptera novaeangliae Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1
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	1,031	880	770	1,351	1,524	1,876	762	0
Micromesistius poutassou Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Molva dypterygia Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	5	5	5	3	0	2	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)	1,200	0	130	741	847	461	738	797	814	854
Odobenus rosmarus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	305	317	211	285
Odobenus rosmarus Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	26
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	1	6
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	3	432	639	623	691	1,273	588	0
Osteichthyes Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	19	144	244	80	168	189	1,187	0
Pandalus borealis Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	63,108	68,910	79,270	74,124	75,907	77,832	67,441	60,079	66,034	74,563
Pandalus borealis Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	6,211	4,204	2,656	2,337	3,924	4,094	4,545	3,853	3,536	4,615
Pandalus montagui Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phoca groenlandica Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	10,369	9,110	16,896	53,500	54,500	59,500	70,000	65,000	80,437	91,321
Phoca groenlandica Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	779	1,578	1,465	3,247	3,408	3,905	4,945	4,663	1,780	3,696
Phoca hispida Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	29,725	33,685	34,201	54,000	50,000	55,000	63,000	56,000	64,537	68,790
Phoca hispida Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	10,429	13,526	12,873	23,154	22,863	24,290	27,309	24,387	14,211	14,555
Phoca vitulina Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	230	235	230	220	250	198	123
Phoca vitulina Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	44	50	46	36	45	19	25
Phocoena phocoena Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	1,716	1,135	1,824	1,592	2,131	1,830
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	40	0	0	0	0	0	2	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	734	78	15	53	165	318	437	0
Raja spp Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	8,352	10,209	12,174	13,417	17,311	17,872	19,152	23,146	21,908	34,481
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	40	66	450	297	870	545	1,286	1,129	943	4,970
Salmo salar Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	228	463	236	0	0	68	82	43	0	0
Salmo salar Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2	6	6	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
Salvelinus alpinus Greenland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	125	117	46	75	22	55	43	78	76	24
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)	293	295	333	907	1,063	922	864	969	929	779
Sebastes spp Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	24	42	1,585	918	428	4,799	280	193	1,476	4,437
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	11	34	47	134	0	0	0
Squalidae Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	1	5	3	0	20	2	6	0	0
Total:			143,331	114,164	113,267	116,653	117,417	128,890	116,018	120,596	128,542	160,253

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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