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FAO Capture Production in Faeroe Islands (t)     n = 103
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Aequipecten opercularis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 900 500 700 551 496 1,004 874 892 1,181
Alepocephalus bairdii
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ammodytes spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 1,400 6,422 4,910 8,073 11,393 11,829 13,207
Anarhichas lupus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 200 300 300 114 219 296 198 248 268
Anarhichas spp
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 11 152 57 18 12 18 88 226 14 164
Anarhichas spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 30 34
Aphanopus carbo
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argentina spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beryx spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brosme brosme
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 9 10 40 2 0 12 12 2 0 30
Brosme brosme
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,200 3,100 3,600 7,300 5,455 4,837 5,170 6,373 4,750 6,218
Buccinum undatum
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Centrophorus squamosus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Centroscymnus coelolepis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 75,000 66,500 60,600 76,400 38,664 37,813 22,040 20,588 1,406 1,174
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cyclopterus lumpus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyclopterus lumpus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epigonus telescopus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eutrigla gurnardus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadiformes
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadiformes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0
Gadus morhua
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 25,352 34,044 29,137 21,480 16,211 15,095 14,720 14,206 8,704 8,290
Gadus morhua
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 45,800 27,300 25,800 32,100 32,165 45,054 50,191 47,206 44,503 35,775
Gadus ogac
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 558 11 3 8 0 0
Globicephala melas
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 388 1,032 511 1,050 673 1,080 531 898 1,238 1,725
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 16 15 20 4 0 0 5 0 0 0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 600 300 300 300 290 295 384 395 409 544
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Illex illecebrosus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lamna nasus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 205 231 260 269 0 80 307 294 121 299
Lamna nasus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 9 25
Lampris guttatus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Limanda limanda
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 24 19 11 18 5 3
Lophius piscatorius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 600 477 494 614 656 943 1,004
Macrozoarces americanus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0
Mallotus villosus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 16,847 0 24,601 54,505 24,005
Maurolicus muelleri
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 53 37 80 0 4 0 2 0 0 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 13,000 11,300 9,000 9,400 7,235 10,543 14,426 22,783 20,787 14,508
Merlangius merlangus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 1,800 1,300 1,051 1,784 1,196 963 2,729
Merluccius merluccius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micromesistius poutassou
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 4,900 4,137 482 14,080 29,689 43,478 38,031
Microstomus kitt
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 300 300 1,200 607 972 815 787 747 799
Molva dypterygia
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Molva dypterygia
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 100 110 88 90 68 473 1,175
Molva molva
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 800 1,400 2,200 2,600 3,470 2,395 2,530 3,088 2,796 3,101
Moridae
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Myctophidae
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nephrops norvegicus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 100 0 0 31 44 42 52 53 23
Odontoceti
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 60 80 0 0 4 0 44 0 0 0
Orcinus orca
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 31 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 1,802 308 25 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 0 1,000 3,800 264 19 25 58 454 523
Pandalus borealis
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 130 496 755 1,371 2,023 5,300 11,179 12,851 9,744 8,964
Pandalus borealis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 197 390
Phocoena phocoena
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phycis blennoides
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 400 400 100 200 90 210 114 187 290 347
Pleuronectiformes
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectiformes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius pollachius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 16 5 47 0 0 8 2 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 6,200 7,900 6,800 5,100 6,071 4,204 6,279 8,765 21,151 28,930
Psetta maxima
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja spp
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 7 2 137 0 0 0 7 0
Raja spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 400 265 196 227 279 250 301
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 38 1,412 950 4 825 951 1,357 820 50
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,200 1,300 1,200 100 50 8 377 1,272 258 153
Salmo salar
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 282 232 144 171 110 260 0 0 0 0
Salmo salar
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 28 40 40 37 0
Scomber japonicus
Faroe Islands 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,100 3,600 7,600 11,800 27,284 25,184 69,120 47,177 46,329 38,525
Sebastes marinus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 100 0 400 293 159 384 374 1,768 6,323
Sebastes mentella
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes spp
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 65 114 93 92 0 0 1 0 6 33
Sebastes spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sprattus sprattus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 100 4,117 42,050 45,692 2,328 732 2,870
Squalidae
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 100 42 41 0 0 5 0
Strongylocentrotus spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus thynnus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todarodes sagittatus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 49
Trachipterus arcticus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus murphyi
Faroe Islands 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus trachurus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 5,400 1,114 158 118 130 3 0
Trisopterus esmarkii
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 32,000 47,200 56,800 53,600 86,606 65,138 70,765 50,936 36,947 26,700
Tursiops truncatus
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urophycis tenuis
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 33 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 207,772 207,274 208,152 246,261 246,635 285,618 341,962 310,490 316,675 266,745

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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