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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
Squalus acanthias Algeria	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	0	13	14	15	6	6
Squalus acanthias Argentina	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(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	113	119	148	232	268	187
Squalus acanthias Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	800	1,000	1,000	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,400	1,000	700	1,000	900	900	1,300	1,300	1,500	1,400	1,100	1,200	1,200	1,900	1,135	1,037	589	652	1,262	896	646	567	623	547	590	447	471	339	135	187	102	68	56	47	21	14	16	15	17	10	11	13	23	12	13	21	17	10	11	7	1	3
Squalus acanthias Bulgaria	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	27	20	52	53	68	153	90	51	28	16	21	14	12	12	80	64	40	28	25	102	126	100	51	47	15	6	24	23	9	77	81
Squalus acanthias Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(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	36	1	3	1	84	1,331	660	564	389	0	1	13	10	15	1	167	1,316	307	868	1,271	1,690	957	431	446	1,081	2,456	2,828	3,760	3,589	1,324	2,371	2,270	2,440	2,384	1,576	154	6	125
Squalus acanthias Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	200	600	500	700	0	0	1,000	200	200	200	300	0	100	100	100	5,200	1,154	716	290	1,817	3,150	4,877	4,545	1,091	2,037	3,071	2,441	2,679	2,983	3,767	5,314	2,774	4,109	3,128	2,356	830	1,776	2,744	4,000	2,100	2,500	5,897	4,696	4,543	4,701	5,617	5,490	5,432	2,417	4,093	2,152	4,301	1,841	961
Squalus acanthias 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	0	0	2	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
Squalus acanthias Chile	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(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	0	0	0	0	99	108
Squalus acanthias Croatia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	0	0	0	0	0	19
Squalus acanthias Cuba	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(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	11	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squalus acanthias Denmark	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	200	200	100	200	200	200	300	200	500	800	1,000	1,400	1,100	1,100	1,700	1,700	2,000	2,700	2,400	2,141	2,705	1,758	1,726	2,083	2,263	1,396	1,421	1,503	1,550	1,222	1,675	1,008	1,394	1,494	1,086	1,364	1,246	800	486	211	146	142	196	126	131	146	156	256	233	219	151	122	76	77	83	15	26
Squalus acanthias Faroe 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	100	42	41	0	0	5	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	308	51	212	356	484	354	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squalus acanthias France	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	8,034	9,016	11,558	14,222	11,966	14,837	12,357	11,109	10,941	13,523	9,892	5,638	4,071	3,506	2,406	1,911	1,661	1,349	1,719	1,708	1,410	1,192	1,097	1,333	1,138	1,110	1,129	1,096	847	659	580	508	291	137
Squalus acanthias France	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	64	50	69	37	40	64	117	0	0	0	0	53	63	41	29	21	19	0	7	7	7	5	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	4	2
Squalus acanthias Georgia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	1	3	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Squalus acanthias Germany	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	700	700	600	100	62	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	5	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
Squalus acanthias Germany	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	700	1,200	1,100	700	900	700	900	700	1,200	1,000	900	700	400	500	600	500	700	800	800	800	800	500	600	400	316	218	309	123	417	71	43	42	39	25	8	23	41	47	27	24	26	6	56	8	0	0	0	0	0	45	188	303	119	98	140	140	7	3	5	2	1	1
Squalus acanthias Germany	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(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	1	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
Squalus acanthias Iceland	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	16	10	15	13	26	17	36	22	13	25	5	9	7	5	4	17	15	53	181	109	97	166	157	106	78	57	109	136	276	231	141	82	74	34	68	95	62	53
Squalus acanthias Ireland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,400	2,800	3,700	2,000	2,400	2,000	1,600	1,300	1,200	1,200	1,900	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	167	33	134	108	477	1,268	4,658	6,930	8,791	5,012	8,706	5,612	3,063	1,743	1,213	1,383	3,424	3,624	2,435	2,095	1,407	1,259	962	880	1,301	1,293	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squalus acanthias Netherlands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	200	300	300	200	200	300	300	500	200	400	500	400	300	600	600	600	697	342	214	240	224	203	217	268	183	315	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	39	27	9	25	30	24	25	19	4	8	1
Squalus acanthias New Zealand	81 - Pacific, Southwest	(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	132	294	338	540	950	1,000	2,800	4,500	3,433	2,885	2,879	2,592	5,429	3,601	2,753	2,477	7,232	3,064	4,409	3,362	4,192	6,024	3,073	3,088	3,866	4,638	3,967	2,911	3,129	4,015	3,222
Squalus acanthias Norway	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	7,500	11,400	13,100	13,800	16,700	17,200	20,800	18,700	24,700	19,100	25,600	34,600	31,600	34,000	26,600	20,900	17,900	17,200	23,100	25,400	23,100	20,300	27,700	21,600	18,690	16,254	16,264	13,231	12,627	7,314	5,925	3,940	3,992	4,659	4,280	3,487	2,986	3,614	4,139	5,329	8,105	9,634	7,114	6,945	4,546	3,939	2,749	1,567	1,293	1,461	1,644	1,425	1,130	1,119	1,053	1,010	790	615	711	543	540	247
Squalus acanthias Poland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,850	3,848	115	58	70	0	0	0	0	103	0	20	89	13	0	52	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squalus acanthias 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	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
Squalus acanthias Poland	67 - Pacific, 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	24	286	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
Squalus acanthias Portugal	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(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	0	0	0	0	0	1
Squalus acanthias 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	1	4	1	2	4	4	2	5	7	5	2	2	2	21	2	3	4	4	9	6	10	14	3	3	2	3
Squalus acanthias Portugal	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(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	0	11	17	19	10	0
Squalus acanthias Romania	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	100	105	0	37	0	1	5	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
Squalus acanthias Romania	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	3	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
Squalus acanthias Romania	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	500	200	0	400	0	9	1	5	0	6	6	3	1	4	3	3	8	19	93	134	77	52	49	25	30	45	26	53	6	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	13	10	4	3	4
Squalus acanthias Slovenia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	8	4	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squalus acanthias Spain	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(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	69	6	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	1	0	31	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squalus acanthias 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	94	372	363	359	201	17	96	102	115	79	53	19	17
Squalus acanthias Spain	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	9	8	8	2	3	5	2	2	3	7	7	4
Squalus acanthias Spain	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(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	0	0	56	0	0	0
Squalus acanthias St. Pierre and Miquelon	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	35	6	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squalus acanthias Sweden	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	0	0	0	0	0	200	200	200	200	300	300	200	200	300	300	300	600	400	400	300	400	400	300	277	236	375	268	934	787	399	308	398	300	256	360	471	702	733	613	390	333	230	188	95	104	154	197	140	114	124	238	270	275	244	170	148	95	76	80	5	0
Squalus acanthias Ukraine	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	1,681	1,191	1,330	775	595	409	148	67	44	20	38	94	71	134	97	172	93	75	67	45	79	47	27	31
Squalus acanthias Ukraine	81 - Pacific, Southwest	(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	162	160	153	0	160	0	0	0	0	0
Squalus acanthias United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	9,600	13,400	14,400	11,800	11,500	12,900	12,100	13,400	13,100	12,500	11,800	10,600	7,700	7,700	9,800	9,700	11,000	12,900	13,000	11,700	12,100	15,400	16,200	17,100	16,354	18,761	18,737	19,292	19,454	16,673	14,066	12,932	11,234	11,010	12,810	14,483	13,183	15,577	14,618	13,311	13,081	12,171	13,812	10,032	8,072	10,815	9,423	8,691	8,926	7,527	7,138	7,306	5,170	6,817	5,030	3,132	1,211	808	278	546	64	1
Squalus acanthias United States of America	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(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	128	0	0	0	0	7,873	2,234	2,108	1,067	785	1,127	2,365	2,881	4,008	4,774	5,081	8,615
Squalus acanthias United States of America	67 - Pacific, 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	1	542	667	638	990	651	493	577	547	612	834	245	101	573
Squalus acanthias United States of America	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(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	2	25	8	0	4	24	2	0	3	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	5	24	8	3	17	11	28	8	14	11	44	46	6	0
Total:			20,300	29,800	33,300	29,300	32,300	34,000	36,800	35,600	42,200	36,300	42,900	48,400	41,000	44,200	40,300	34,510	33,200	34,500	41,100	41,800	39,509	41,301	50,205	54,150	44,918	40,522	38,705	37,997	48,414	43,651	39,681	36,080	34,124	41,577	41,774	44,265	38,339	50,656	48,281	36,993	38,668	35,412	32,567	31,140	25,585	26,022	23,594	23,952	20,359	25,551	31,712	28,258	27,866	22,280	20,589	19,319	16,132	16,633	13,784	14,908	12,559	14,428

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