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FAO Capture Production in Faeroe Islands (t)     n = 103
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Aequipecten opercularis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3,989 4,053 2,366 3,659 4,055 4,512 5,237 4,970 2,851 3,115 4,771 4,216
Alepocephalus bairdii
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ammodytes spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 8,513 0 18,549 5,168 3,476 0 0 2,448 2,385 1,390 1,327 0
Anarhichas lupus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 272 253 440 433 360 362 282 171 175 128 112
Anarhichas spp
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 10 1
Anarhichas spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 154 99 78 159 175 281 267 260 342 260 340 323
Aphanopus carbo
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 116 407 1,364 1,496 973 649 769 719 994 1,317 969 518
Argentina spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 6,388 9,572 7,058 6,264 3,441 7,055 12,576 14,339 15,921 18,193 18,627 19,233
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beryx spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 6
Brachyura
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 6 1 0 11 0 0 89 102 169 154 188 195
Brosme brosme
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brosme brosme
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,585 3,056 2,307 2,369 3,150 3,059 4,025 3,638 4,345 4,244 5,890 5,121
Buccinum undatum
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 133 391 494 180 0 0 91 0
Centrophorus squamosus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Centroscymnus coelolepis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 6 4 6 1 7 0 2 3 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 65,270 34,516 34,663 28,370 50,106 71,878 71,840 63,332 78,317 94,538 87,575 72,952
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 23 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 53 96 178 521 529 491 954 852 681 327 242 70
Cyclopterus lumpus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyclopterus lumpus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 0 0 1
Elasmobranchii
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 13 54 87 56 98 69 50 54 23 18 14
Epigonus telescopus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eutrigla gurnardus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 15 7 2 1
Gadiformes
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Gadiformes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 948 1,246 941 683 2,728 303 717 677 1,444 2,963 2,205
Gadus morhua
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 1 25 1,190 2,242
Gadus morhua
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 32,601 39,762 55,724 58,029 45,941 35,748 30,751 28,141 27,102 27,283 31,813 26,583
Gadus ogac
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Globicephala melas
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 588 918 626 503 1,010 302 0 0 0 99 0 0
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 1 1 3 18 29 26 20 14 6 2 3
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 318 247 394 382 497 513 463 405 240 224 176 119
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 155 430 35 1 466 290 89 20 108 61 74 129
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
Illex illecebrosus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 1 2 16 17 1 0 0 291 208 72 0
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 255 546 774 186 333 310 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lamna nasus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lamna nasus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 13 8 10 14 5 18 21 14 10 13 14 18
Lampris guttatus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Limanda limanda
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 75 34 12 20 54 97 80 69 77 84 42
Lophius piscatorius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,216 2,314 1,901 2,753 3,723 5,001 5,201 4,010 2,315 2,156 2,486 2,270
Macrozoarces americanus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallotus villosus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 59,855 28,907 54,059 50,468 33,078 19,752 31,610 19,059 10,211 0 7,353 18,113
Maurolicus muelleri
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,482 422 0 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 16,212 17,081 27,427 30,053 26,887 24,722 21,410 16,833 11,400 8,909 8,894 5,550
Merlangius merlangus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,593 1,434 1,044 709 1,326 1,817 1,888 1,807 1,154 1,038 937 827
Merluccius merluccius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 2 6 1 2 7 5 9 67 21 20 7
Micromesistius poutassou
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 152,687 258,334 204,524 326,593 316,868 267,447 320,592 312,005 229,537 58,324 52,301 16,344
Microstomus kitt
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 389 729 1,221 1,131 907 661 778 649 380 314 276 179
Molva dypterygia
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Molva dypterygia
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,756 1,751 1,132 2,519 1,542 1,729 2,051 2,080 1,168 1,214 2,238 2,276
Molva molva
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,358 2,859 3,447 3,341 4,513 4,387 5,040 4,359 5,322 5,194 6,643 5,537
Moridae
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 6 2 1 5 4 10 10 13 7
Myctophidae
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 255
Nephrops norvegicus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 73 56 41 30 32 42 42 43 54 56 56 51
Odontoceti
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orcinus orca
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3,899 0 0 0 1 26 4 44 63 32 38 70
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 37 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pandalus borealis
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 7,249 12,028 7,806 12,673 6,002 3,512 2,623 4,099 3,463 4,296 2,998 1,447
Pandalus borealis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5,362 3,902 5,335 1,410 3,312 3,671 1,443 2,962 5,442 3,882 2,826 4,432
Phocoena phocoena
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phycis blennoides
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 2 6 10 7 7 7 9 4 4 12 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 259 327 456 465 468 421 409 362 258 208 253 254
Pleuronectiformes
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 85 4 0
Pleuronectiformes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 60 138 26 22 44 26 77 246 8 5 0
Pollachius pollachius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 7 11 11 15
Pollachius virens
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 35,997 50,584 57,050 50,851 52,694 75,962 73,047 67,044 63,948 64,820 48,991 33,200
Psetta maxima
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Raja spp
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 12 2 0 0 0 0 268 0 49 36 0 0
Raja spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 113 78 26 100 292 298 268 202 203 164 199 199
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,257 647 385 253 505 304 603 390 549 479 492 323
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,327 3,744 2,631 2,991 2,389 1,486 1,058 1,662 2,819 2,567 1,681 2,124
Salmo salar
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salmo salar
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Faroe Islands 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0
Scomber scombrus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 21,022 22,790 20,356 12,299 14,203 10,310 12,082 14,124 11,920 14,469 71,539 122,049
Sebastes marinus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 13,324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes mentella
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 2,877 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes spp
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 38 69 1,460 436 2,152 229 0 315 1 304 452
Sebastes spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 13,879 8,372 7,860 10,573 4,551 10,829 7,163 6,429 6,541 7,118 4,179
Sprattus sprattus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 44 67 1,675 0 2,125 1,538 1,901 0 0 7,326 237
Squalidae
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 622 322 248 333 251 310 260 143 462 179 104
Squalus acanthias
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 354 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Strongylocentrotus spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus thynnus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 118 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todarodes sagittatus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachipterus arcticus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 798 1,940 134 0
Trachurus murphyi
Faroe Islands 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38,700 22,919 20,213 11,643 0
Trachurus trachurus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,014 0 458 693 3,867 3,476 1,313 385 800 10 212 349
Trisopterus esmarkii
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,754 122 3,385 2,374 1,159 24 0 0 0 0 3 0
Tursiops truncatus
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 6 18 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urophycis tenuis
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 454,399 515,909 525,991 620,991 599,386 565,260 623,122 620,834 518,267 351,018 393,875 354,956

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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