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FAO Capture Production of Merluccius merluccius (t)     n = 45
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Merluccius merluccius
Albania 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Algeria 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 600 702 844 760 880 898 850 950 1,192 1,739
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Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 200 200 200 200 351 658 356 240 152 165
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Bulgaria 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0
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Channel Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Croatia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Cyprus 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 6 6 5 4 3 1 2 3 3 1
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Denmark 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 900 1,200 1,400 1,400 1,832 2,302 1,939 1,651 1,789 1,770
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Egypt 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 89 182 132 75 44 1 9 24 1 0
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Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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France 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 25,600 23,500 21,800 24,200 21,717 22,202 19,123 15,261 18,382 22,522
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France 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 720 639 500 500 1,268 1,948 1,776 1,714 2,222 1,747
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Germany 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 200 100 200 200 235 134 81 64 227 37
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Greece 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,757 8,431 3,020 4,656 4,370 1,395 5,107 4,379 6 0
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Greece 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,284 1,103 1,239 1,828 1,779 1,581 1,812 1,871 2,003 1,725
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Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Ireland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 0 100 100 111 126 208 143 212 305
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Isle of Man 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
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Israel 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 138 80 88 158 101 100 100 100 100 40
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Italy 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 211
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Italy 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 116
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Italy 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 10,316 10,697 12,938 11,525 13,574 14,330 16,162 17,174 13,468 12,086
Merluccius merluccius
Japan 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 690 0 0 0
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Malta 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 2 6 14 11 8 11
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Montenegro 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Morocco 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 4,800 2,900 2,600 2,800 5,103 4,412 53 4,349 2,813 2,562
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Morocco 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 11 6 11 16 16 8 1 21 35 141
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Netherlands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 200 100 300 244 148 66 53 48 91
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Norway 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 800 800 700 1,000 721 434 627 430 419 439
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Poland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 13 48 21 2 0 0
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Portugal 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 9,300 8,000 8,700 15,300 7,833 9,422 7,924 5,489 4,406 5,257
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Portugal 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 406 0 13
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Romania 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
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Serbia and Montenegro 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Slovenia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Spain 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 76,100 24,800 58,200 63,000 61,898 63,995 58,898 41,009 21,735 33,633
Merluccius merluccius
Spain 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 8,071 7,639 4,982 3,399 30 867
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Spain 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 4,617 5,861 4,500 2,800 3,400 2,547 2,676 3,167 4,782 3,778
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Sweden 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 400 300 300 400 373 411 347 284 203 339
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Syrian Arab Republic 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 92 95 75
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Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 379 399 703 563 783 472 606 643 460 593
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Turkey 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1 3 0 0 6 18 0 3 4 4
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Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 400 300 1,600 368 146 0 245 3 0
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United Kingdom 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3,300 2,800 2,900 2,800 2,558 2,827 2,075 1,863 1,972 1,831
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Yugoslavia SFR 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 322 263 342 408 464 579 734 852 646 590
Total: 143,140 93,572 121,822 136,593 138,118 138,788 127,345 106,042 77,423 92,722

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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