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FAO Capture Production in Iceland (t)     n = 124
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Alepocephalus bairdii
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ammodytes spp
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Anarhichas lupus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 15,043 17,953 14,303 16,453 13,194 15,233 16,408 16,192 14,648 15,129 12,608 10,992
Anarhichas minor
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,896 2,126 2,128 2,414 3,346 3,264 3,644 2,726 2,100 2,314 1,903 1,654
Anarhichas spp
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anarhichas spp
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 13
Antimora rostrata
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aphanopus carbo
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 18 8 15 14 19 19 23 1 0 0 109 172
Aphanopus carbo
Iceland 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arctica islandica
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,584 7,434 12,353 14,558 10,376 2,357 328 4,620 7,629 0 0 5
Argentina spp
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,595 2,478 4,357 2,680 3,645 0 4,776 4,246 9,038 11,644 16,569 10,516
Ascophyllum nodosum
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 14,737 15,688 14,959 18,047 17,736 18,186 17,829 17,114 18,564 18,988 18,560 10,754
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 1 0 2 36 25 41 62 45 39 81 60 58
Balaenoptera borealis
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 125 148 0
Beryx spp
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beryx spp
Iceland 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beryx spp
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 1 0 0 1 0 52 0 1 0 2 4
Brama brama
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Brosme brosme
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,741 3,425 3,935 4,031 3,127 3,539 5,053 5,984 6,933 6,950 6,919 5,847
Buccinum undatum
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 770 678 0 248 863 991 832 554 398 116 142 512
Centroscyllium fabricii
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1
Centroscymnus coelolepis
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chimaera monstrosa
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 4
Chimaeriformes
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chlamys islandica
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chlamys islandica
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 9,074 6,499 5,192 789 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 287,663 178,950 223,842 250,039 224,580 261,445 291,380 319,894 370,814 331,200 254,476 198,463
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 70 57 70 59 181 76 62 13 29 46 59 62
Cyclopterus lumpus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,458 3,271 5,047 6,230 5,782 3,731 4,026 3,319 0 5,614 8,477 1,749
Delphinidae
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 6 0 3 14 0 0 3 0 0 0
Echinus esculentus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 50 29 1 134 126 140 146 144
Eutrigla gurnardus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
Gadiformes
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 238,324 240,002 213,417 206,290 227,222 212,423 199,375 174,436 151,397 188,976 178,599 182,356
Genypterus capensis
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,098 1,132 1,147 1,948 2,122 2,325 2,030 1,805 1,428 1,789 1,325 1,321
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3,176 3,473 3,579 2,835 2,024 877 744 358 278 290 220 179
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 493 589 683 634 574 524 447 419 502 498 551 549
Holothuroidea
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 27 0 208 50 0 1,051 1,167 2,246 2,655
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 68 18 10 0 28 8 2 0 4 1 1 5
Laminaria digitata
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,764 4,679 3 4,072 3,734 2,910 3,135 4,753 3,995 3,575 2,454 4,983
Lamna nasus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 97 96 78 73 123 148 284 187 197 0 252 321
Limanda limanda
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3,015 4,373 4,358 4,213 2,953 2,116 1,080 810 798 882 612 903
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lophius piscatorius
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,570 1,353 965 1,685 2,224 2,852 2,587 2,777 2,947 4,069 3,283 3,227
Lophius vomerinus
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macrourus berglax
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5 3 11 33 3 5 7 2 0 5 23 21
Magnisudis atlantica
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Mallotus villosus
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallotus villosus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 892,405 918,417 1,078,820 680,291 524,516 604,509 184,431 307,447 149,031 21,526 115,515 323,554
Maurolicus muelleri
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46,203 17,894 9,191
Megaptera novaeangliae
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 41,698 39,825 49,951 60,337 84,678 96,627 96,591 109,313 102,385 81,832 64,939 51,285
Merlangius merlangus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,349 1,179 1,295 1,026 1,048 797 1,051 1,259 1,688 2,308 0 2,964
Merluccius capensis, M.paradoxus
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0
Micromesistius poutassou
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 259,157 365,101 286,381 501,494 422,078 265,889 314,755 234,952 163,794 120,197 87,907 5,769
Microstomus kitt
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,438 1,371 950 1,245 2,210 2,509 2,688 2,661 2,635 2,629 1,968 1,900
Molva dypterygia
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,623 765 1,274 1,098 1,083 1,497 1,737 1,999 3,654 4,129 6,377 5,904
Molva molva
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3,223 2,864 2,833 3,855 3,722 4,311 6,277 6,592 7,737 9,610 0 8,789
Mytilus edulis
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 79 64
Nephrops norvegicus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,230 1,420 1,548 1,666 1,437 2,031 1,876 2,007 2,070 2,463 2,541 2,240
Odontoceti
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orcinus orca
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Iceland 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 45 49 28 100 0 0 62 0 9 0 0
Osteichthyes
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 49 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pandalus borealis
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 8,832 5,065 6,877 4,848 3,671 4,154 2,184 0 0 0 185 124
Pandalus borealis
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 24,707 25,725 29,280 23,939 16,377 4,505 860 2,027 2,198 5,512 7,577 8,439
Phaeophyceae
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phocoena phocoena
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 128 0 362 206 0 0 84 0 0 0
Phycis blennoides
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Physeter macrocephalus
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5,218 4,905 5,126 5,257 5,707 5,807 6,370 5,816 6,724 6,316 5,984 4,945
Pleuronectiformes
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectiformes
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius pollachius
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 32,947 31,941 41,839 51,940 62,933 67,747 75,460 64,245 70,109 61,332 53,896 50,494
Psetta maxima
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja alba
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Raja batis
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 94 85 59 120 145 167 134 117 127 113 117 125
Raja fullonica
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 27 37 32 17 23 16 18 25 4 45 19 17
Raja lintea
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 10 8 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja radiata
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,076 1,211 1,781 1,491 1,015 660 512 473 636 710 1,029 1,352
Raja spp
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 436 0 9
Rajiformes
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 528 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 14,553 16,628 19,229 20,366 15,486 13,030 11,796 9,582 11,699 15,780 13,310 13,216
Salmo salar
Iceland 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 85 88 97 110 130 149 113 126 174 170 190 128
Salmo salar
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salmo spp
Iceland 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 91 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salmo trutta
Iceland 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 63 64 54 46 38 41 38 45 47 42
Salvelinus alpinus
Iceland 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 50 51 38 24 22 18 19 20 23 18
Sardinella spp
Iceland 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 1 53 122 0 363 4,222 0 112,352 116,101 122,033 155,771
Scombridae
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scorpaenidae
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes marinus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 44,829 38,762 54,766 41,296 35,518 44,447 46,780 42,993 50,268 42,804 39,316 43,647
Sebastes mentella
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 45,231 42,440 44,504 46,454 32,905 13,231 11,169 12,461 19,385 15,529 28,242 23,804
Sebastes spp
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1 0 0 2,378 3,917 2,660 1,870 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes spp
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 26,243 11,325 11,606 21,484 12,256 17,159 22,776 19,942 6,804 15,054 0 1,427
Sebastes viviparus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,601 1,427
Somniosus microcephalus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 45 57 56 61 66 50 24 2 42 25 43 18
Squalidae
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 109 136 276 231 141 82 74 34 68 95 62 53
Thunnus obesus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus thynnus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Thyrsites atun
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todarodes sagittatus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 0
Trachipterus arcticus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Trachurus spp
Iceland 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus trachurus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36,518 0 0 0 0
Trisopterus esmarkii
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 160 253 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 39 65
Xiphias gladius
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zeus faber
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 1,982,545 1,983,574 2,134,548 1,986,539 1,733,702 1,664,657 1,327,079 1,399,190 1,284,034 1,141,869 1,060,641 1,138,462

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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