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FAO Capture Production of Gadus morhua (t)     n = 53
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Gadus morhua
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,473 3,504 4,248 4,347 3,611 5,938 4,491 5,677 6,893 4,540
Gadus morhua
Bulgaria 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Bulgaria 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 395,266 309,031 187,526 76,556 22,719 12,438 15,541 29,899 37,741 55,410
Gadus morhua
Channel Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 12 11 2 2 3 3 6 14 19 21
Gadus morhua
Cuba 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 84 88 92 15 2 1 1 0 1 5
Gadus morhua
Denmark 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 98,816 84,693 64,067 47,924 55,221 78,332 90,741 80,491 69,025 70,547
Gadus morhua
Estonia 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Estonia 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,567 1,812 1,369 70 905 1,049 1,392 1,174 1,070 1,059
Gadus morhua
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,594 2,591 773 3,049 2,250 1,016 701 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 27,541 21,819 19,308 24,731 33,882 44,332 59,803 57,921 39,689 33,725
Gadus morhua
Finland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,771 1,766 489 230 529 1,861 3,139 1,543 1,037 1,572
Gadus morhua
France 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 288 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
France 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 20,680 12,605 16,039 19,037 16,607 17,669 21,500 25,123 20,640 14,431
Gadus morhua
Germany 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 9,048 7,230 293 0 0 0 16 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Germany 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 49,472 27,178 24,954 18,602 22,055 31,892 37,613 26,491 23,075 21,990
Gadus morhua
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 58,816 20,238 5,727 1,925 2,117 1,710 944 904 326 2
Gadus morhua
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,442 6,678 4,706 5,620 6,955 7,493 6,542 6,777 5,272 4,115
Gadus morhua
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 333,348 306,697 266,684 260,544 214,656 202,900 204,058 208,636 242,968 260,643
Gadus morhua
Ireland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Ireland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 6,668 5,588 4,837 3,635 4,963 5,650 7,258 5,702 5,294 3,860
Gadus morhua
Isle of Man 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 45 101 96 57 27 22 27 19 34 9
Gadus morhua
Italy 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Japan 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 389 140 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Japan 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 124 24 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Korea, Republic of 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,550 138 258 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Latvia 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 11 13 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Latvia 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5,381 2,641 1,250 1,333 2,379 6,471 8,741 6,187 7,778 6,914
Gadus morhua
Lithuania 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 24 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Lithuania 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,879 2,023 2,141 574 1,886 3,629 5,520 4,694 3,296 4,371
Gadus morhua
Netherlands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 8,441 6,854 11,143 10,220 6,512 11,189 9,307 11,838 14,724 9,075
Gadus morhua
Norway 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 954 897 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Norway 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 124,235 162,972 219,094 275,238 373,577 365,333 358,395 401,277 321,428 256,555
Gadus morhua
Poland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Poland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 28,783 25,763 13,314 8,909 14,426 25,001 35,968 34,295 27,705 28,056
Gadus morhua
Portugal 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 15,142 13,362 5,986 3,657 2,636 1,669 1,318 1,546 549 327
Gadus morhua
Portugal 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 517 790 1,134 1,788 5,644 5,654 6,765 7,533 5,493 3,885
Gadus morhua
Romania 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Romania 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Russian ederation 		18 - Arctic Ocean (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Russian ederation 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 235 209 96 298 0 0 0 0 5 26
Gadus morhua
Russian ederation 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 78,025 122,435 183,325 250,567 319,679 297,770 309,391 316,147 248,714 215,590
Gadus morhua
Spain 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 14,547 13,757 9,964 6,055 3,735 563 181 2 0 3
Gadus morhua
Spain 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,343 3,747 6,217 8,800 14,929 15,580 16,175 17,226 14,392 10,156
Gadus morhua
St. Pierre and Miquelon 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 19,749 20,316 14,397 103 86 60 44 1,547 3,123 3,171
Gadus morhua
Sweden 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 57,415 46,188 22,361 17,971 30,986 33,186 41,827 34,797 22,475 22,597
Gadus morhua
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
United Kingdom 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,633 50 79 0 0 0 129 23 0 0
Gadus morhua
United Kingdom 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 70,004 67,117 65,207 67,289 68,855 78,650 78,235 74,614 77,182 51,695
Gadus morhua
United States of America 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 43,491 42,019 27,798 22,908 17,533 13,440 14,253 12,982 11,119 9,727
Gadus morhua
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 1,196 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 1,490,817 1,344,320 1,185,017 1,142,066 1,249,459 1,270,501 1,340,022 1,375,079 1,211,067 1,094,077

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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