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FAO Capture Production of Pleuronectes platessa (t) n = 21
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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Pleuronectes platessa Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	5,400	5,600	6,000	6,600	6,200	6,500	6,300	6,900	6,100	6,300	6,700	4,100	4,800	5,800	4,900	4,500	6,800	7,000	6,100	5,000	5,400	5,900	6,100	6,800	6,880	6,774	5,912	7,895	6,883	8,227	8,058	7,793	8,521	10,591	11,627	12,003	9,973	12,336	15,386	14,416	17,766	17,954	14,823	12,775	10,398	9,290	7,684	7,469	7,369	8,186	9,148	8,487	7,043	6,487	6,053	5,063	5,139	5,732	5,220	5,008	5,200	6,344
Pleuronectes platessa Channel Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	8	8	6	4	4	4	8	8	3	3	26	19	17	23	18	13	11	6	5	5	4	2	4	4	4	6
Pleuronectes platessa Denmark	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	31,900	31,700	36,400	33,900	30,700	28,800	29,700	30,100	32,800	39,000	47,100	55,100	59,300	63,600	66,500	48,300	41,600	47,000	52,200	53,700	51,800	45,400	47,900	39,700	38,508	40,824	47,927	49,060	52,252	54,316	46,447	37,802	36,252	30,555	35,229	42,732	41,097	37,049	32,442	30,804	37,453	32,460	31,931	27,159	27,954	24,092	22,571	24,621	18,927	23,123	23,902	26,849	22,998	22,379	20,705	18,377	21,185	16,780	17,580	16,056	18,095	20,826
Pleuronectes platessa Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	100	100	300	100	300	200	100	300	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	100	200	400	400	100	200	90	210	114	187	290	347	224	353	533	582	457	362	453	324	409	523	284	236	417	319	957	425	443	506	443	325	259	327	456	465	468	421	409	362	258	208	253	254
Pleuronectes platessa Finland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	5	4	3	2
Pleuronectes platessa France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	3,300	3,700	3,900	5,100	4,300	3,900	4,600	4,100	3,800	4,000	4,500	3,900	4,100	4,800	5,200	7,000	7,600	7,200	5,600	5,200	4,800	5,000	4,700	4,800	3,420	3,526	3,190	3,450	3,841	4,358	5,297	5,604	5,928	5,666	5,234	6,408	5,886	8,019	9,456	7,420	7,502	5,662	5,026	4,582	4,667	3,982	3,843	4,326	4,667	5,642	4,703	4,247	5,229	3,856	3,615	3,185	2,741	2,809	2,267	2,694	3,214	2,862
Pleuronectes platessa Germany	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4,400	3,100	3,600	3,900	3,400	2,700	3,000	4,300	4,700	3,800	4,200	4,700	4,400	4,900	4,900	5,400	5,400	6,500	6,500	5,700	5,900	3,700	4,700	5,800	3,634	4,528	4,635	5,938	6,402	6,189	4,764	3,673	3,726	2,505	2,558	2,931	2,287	2,125	2,647	5,393	8,991	8,039	6,910	7,038	5,832	6,533	4,935	4,304	3,050	3,462	4,501	4,842	4,148	3,944	3,850	3,560	3,863	2,915	3,412	3,263	4,103	4,255
Pleuronectes platessa Greenland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectes platessa Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,300	2,700	800	200	200	200	500	1,300	500	1,000	3,100	4,600	5,000	3,300	5,300	7,300	7,400	5,700	6,100	10,800	8,100	7,200	5,100	4,100	3,936	4,399	4,993	5,267	4,499	4,491	5,145	3,840	6,303	8,552	11,334	14,446	12,700	11,162	14,040	11,299	11,360	10,794	10,500	12,516	11,851	10,649	11,070	10,557	7,111	7,064	5,218	4,905	5,126	5,257	5,707	5,807	6,370	5,816	6,724	6,316	5,984	4,945
Pleuronectes platessa Ireland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	700	700	1,000	1,300	1,100	1,200	1,400	1,200	1,100	1,000	1,100	1,100	1,000	1,100	1,500	1,300	1,500	1,500	2,200	2,000	1,700	1,700	1,500	1,600	1,427	1,581	1,823	1,714	1,683	1,710	1,916	2,187	1,675	2,352	2,573	3,243	2,677	3,228	3,410	2,778	2,648	2,272	2,549	1,661	1,470	1,590	1,679	1,699	1,731	1,424	1,028	841	801	876	564	476	340	393	277	264	273	291
Pleuronectes platessa Isle of Man	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	20	27	12	11	11	26	12	9	12	13	22	26	15	13	14	20	16	11	14	5	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Pleuronectes platessa Latvia	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectes platessa Netherlands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	11,900	12,000	12,400	14,800	11,400	10,400	11,700	12,200	14,000	12,900	13,200	16,000	19,100	23,100	24,600	23,300	27,600	29,900	33,200	39,400	46,100	44,600	52,100	58,000	54,513	51,527	51,194	54,067	32,235	40,051	40,044	41,468	56,365	54,442	64,250	95,503	79,189	78,821	79,516	84,846	78,987	68,642	51,124	48,555	50,289	44,262	35,539	34,272	30,592	37,543	35,079	33,835	29,083	28,867	25,123	23,101	23,947	23,099	20,757	23,476	28,291	29,305
Pleuronectes platessa Norway	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,700	1,400	1,400	1,100	1,200	1,000	1,000	1,100	1,000	900	1,200	1,400	1,200	1,200	1,300	1,400	1,300	900	700	700	800	500	500	600	492	380	637	577	729	1,196	765	656	651	882	1,183	750	638	364	441	899	2,473	1,172	1,510	1,399	1,105	1,166	1,731	2,857	1,872	1,816	1,944	2,772	2,945	3,227	2,886	2,671	2,619	2,085	1,818	1,690	1,671	1,805
Pleuronectes platessa Poland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	153	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	28	56	60	29	43	38	35
Pleuronectes platessa Portugal	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	216	248	219	184	191	218	197	218	143	147	137	89	115	95	124	145	184	99	171	143	105	92	89	101	112	65
Pleuronectes platessa Russian ederation	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	659	598	1,598	2,886	4,984	4,404	4,431	2,161	3,531	3,729	3,911	3,114	1,250	1,133	593	976	1,160	1,445	1,938	2,233	4,245	7,514	8,455
Pleuronectes platessa Spain	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	67	28	14	0	79	0	0	0	4	0	0	17	2	1	12	14	3	6	3	39	41	13	12	13	33	7	16	6	8	12	9
Pleuronectes platessa Sweden	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,300	1,100	1,700	1,200	1,100	1,300	1,100	1,000	1,000	1,100	1,100	1,400	1,800	1,400	1,300	1,100	600	1,000	1,100	1,000	700	700	700	500	490	517	507	483	508	520	504	487	444	540	743	748	484	634	543	500	1,172	859	666	475	565	511	531	558	431	405	449	416	387	468	396	323	447	505	535	341	300	302
Pleuronectes platessa Un. Sov. Soc. Rep.	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4,400	5,900	7,300	7,200	5,500	6,100	4,700	4,900	6,800	6,700	10,000	16,800	14,200	9,200	10,400	9,800	15,400	11,700	10,300	9,700	10,400	29,600	21,000	17,300	19,683	13,835	12,835	16,761	17,523	8,445	4,218	2,998	4,496	6,091	3,859	2,220	3,217	2,487	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectes platessa United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	33,000	32,400	33,500	37,200	37,300	42,200	38,300	38,500	40,100	43,800	41,200	39,700	40,600	45,600	47,100	45,000	45,500	50,200	47,800	46,900	49,700	50,000	45,300	42,700	32,737	31,442	35,842	40,170	35,661	33,991	27,772	26,868	25,947	22,340	23,136	22,150	23,292	28,208	31,502	33,456	33,059	34,628	37,390	36,278	32,802	29,194	25,319	26,599	23,510	20,394	23,701	21,936	19,647	16,495	17,402	12,272	14,521	13,242	12,963	14,793	16,416	17,164
Total:			100,400	100,400	108,100	112,800	102,500	104,600	102,500	105,700	112,200	120,600	133,500	148,900	155,600	164,100	173,000	154,400	160,700	168,600	171,900	180,300	185,800	194,700	189,700	182,100	165,810	159,696	169,649	185,569	162,506	163,888	145,246	133,823	150,881	145,123	162,197	203,613	182,129	185,022	190,069	193,198	202,510	184,564	166,009	157,982	152,463	136,307	117,699	121,421	103,586	113,421	113,233	110,907	99,204	93,032	87,979	76,625	83,200	75,858	74,178	78,515	91,483	96,925

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