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FAO Capture Production of Clupea harengus (t)     n = 45
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All Years  |   1950 - 1959  |   1960 - 1969  |   1970 - 1979  |   1980 - 1989  |   1990 - 1999  |   2000 - 2011  |        Back to Menu
Country Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Clupea harengus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 800 700 1,400 2,200 627 2,451 1,445 57 1 2
Clupea harengus
Bulgaria 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 348 4,551 2,355 1,758 1,773 422 114 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Bulgaria 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 100 600 600 814 224 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 477,500 425,700 296,700 225,200 225,408 245,295 225,659 228,873 246,134 187,910
Clupea harengus
Channel Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Cuba 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 1,309 327 171 1 0
Clupea harengus
Denmark 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 254,000 332,300 357,900 383,000 176,896 216,662 107,252 93,589 65,949 65,990
Clupea harengus
Estonia 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Estonia 		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
Clupea harengus
Finland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 51,900 60,200 56,400 68,600 73,840 70,557 76,861 78,051 89,792 83,130
Clupea harengus
France 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 500 2,794 4,080 4,853 1,196 0 0 1
Clupea harengus
France 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 24,400 23,500 29,900 30,800 21,199 25,645 20,466 4,164 4,201 3,596
Clupea harengus
Germany 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 135,000 78,800 80,800 92,400 59,525 55,250 17,441 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Germany 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 114,100 71,600 81,400 107,100 108,274 103,993 75,265 70,587 54,466 58,065
Clupea harengus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 81 28 10 6 3 7 5
Clupea harengus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 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
Clupea harengus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 51,400 61,400 41,700 43,600 40,471 33,433 29,976 28,925 37,333 45,072
Clupea harengus
Ireland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 42,700 31,200 47,800 38,900 39,608 29,752 22,227 23,436 27,717 27,454
Clupea harengus
Isle of Man 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 9,700 11,100 11,600 10,200 11,023 11,113 7,663 8,729 6,733 7,730
Clupea harengus
Japan 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 3,200 2,700 2,800 3,400 2,079 868 1 2 0
Clupea harengus
Japan 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 100 36 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Latvia 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Latvia 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Lithuania 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Lithuania 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Netherlands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 58,400 53,400 56,300 73,200 59,307 70,980 57,090 19,701 7,694 3,223
Clupea harengus
Norway 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 285,100 236,500 156,100 146,100 76,124 40,188 36,540 20,361 19,803 10,274
Clupea harengus
Poland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 71,909 88,328 49,520 50,307 39,513 38,463 10,539 239 0 0
Clupea harengus
Poland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 56,300 47,900 51,000 64,400 73,130 79,048 74,414 60,220 63,850 79,168
Clupea harengus
Portugal 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Romania 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 685 898 2,156 297 2,019 1,544 124 9 1 0
Clupea harengus
Romania 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 147 303 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Russian ederation 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Russian ederation 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Spain 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Spain 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
St. Pierre and Miquelon 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Sweden 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 173,600 127,900 120,400 123,600 115,274 100,599 92,756 105,264 115,244 125,786
Clupea harengus
Ukraine 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 133,592 110,306 72,289 83,524 64,696 62,933 16,113 1,836 2 0
Clupea harengus
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 128,100 133,800 139,900 168,400 147,558 142,525 139,580 131,726 132,639 119,333
Clupea harengus
United Kingdom 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 145,600 146,500 149,700 156,900 149,267 112,665 91,011 43,049 16,009 4,587
Clupea harengus
United States of America 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 30,300 35,100 40,100 26,200 32,607 36,170 50,130 50,627 50,490 65,033
Total: 2,320,434 2,151,383 1,909,320 1,979,461 1,564,947 1,526,723 1,177,633 990,206 939,474 887,533

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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