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FAO Capture Production of Merluccius merluccius (t)     n = 45
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Merluccius merluccius
Albania 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 562 238 454 400 300 227 293 185 340 341
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Algeria 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 850 650 900 1,000 1,200 1,115 1,154 1,012 1,310 1,681
Merluccius merluccius
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 163 172 183 116 105 76 42 54 76 92
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Bulgaria 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1,057 1,589 1,230 1,129 929 828 935 650
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Cyprus 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 6 4 4 14 13 7 3 4 2 5
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Denmark 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,855 3,341 3,371 3,179 2,128 1,487 868 670 591 846
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Egypt 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 6 4 14 1 6 5 5
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France 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 20,266 18,903 15,570 12,953 14,758 14,530 8,899 8,592 5,165 7,378
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France 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,761 3,694 4,275 4,006 1,955 1,775 1,423 1,423 1,423 1,782
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Germany 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 23 30 51 120 84 110 83 76 69 68
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Greece 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 2 34 46 39 85 70 9 20 1
Merluccius merluccius
Greece 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 3,789 3,221 4,141 5,043 6,390 5,369 4,579 4,248 3,032 3,127
Merluccius merluccius
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Ireland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,266 1,773 2,513 2,539 2,175 2,186 1,741 2,270 1,971 2,090
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Isle of Man 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 7 11 6 7 25 23 18 28 30 3
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Israel 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 63 53 54 61 120 120 131 86 134 60
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Italy 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Italy 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,139 66 0 0 0 371 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Italy 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 20,473 24,838 28,433 34,001 36,334 37,680 30,707 17,971 13,166 9,754
Merluccius merluccius
Japan 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Malta 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 6
Merluccius merluccius
Montenegro 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Morocco 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 6,234 5,986 5,799 3,735 5,090 6,038 3,086 2,473 1,232 2,581
Merluccius merluccius
Morocco 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 65 68 106 66 77 95 84 74 96 37
Merluccius merluccius
Netherlands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 132 117 181 144 75 78 111 62 75 98
Merluccius merluccius
Norway 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 669 817 872 887 589 783 938 981 825 609
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Poland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Portugal 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3,094 3,587 4,620 3,273 2,685 3,109 2,636 2,198 2,346 3,103
Merluccius merluccius
Portugal 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 642 126 126 1,041 687 357 986 380 217 114
Merluccius merluccius
Romania 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Serbia and Montenegro 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 1 1 13 22 20 21 19
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Slovenia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 1 2 1 4 4 4 2 1
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Spain 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 18,212 22,022 23,757 21,015 20,001 27,168 18,076 20,161 20,057 22,931
Merluccius merluccius
Spain 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 3,190 4,563 6,615 6,300 6,000 5,800 5,536 3,293 1,741 926
Merluccius merluccius
Spain 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 4,500 4,300 4,100 4,000 3,800 3,600 3,400 2,850 5,402 5,497
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Sweden 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 139 241 201 200 170 69 45 33 26 27
Merluccius merluccius
Syrian Arab Republic 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 107 94 130 134 129 128 250 300 125 110
Merluccius merluccius
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 372 433 710 818 840 744 685 922 537 1,069
Merluccius merluccius
Turkey 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 71 583 3 1 150 25 15 5
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Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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United Kingdom 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 6,177 7,789 7,577 7,380 6,120 5,614 5,380 5,716 5,168 5,537
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Yugoslavia SFR 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,015 580 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 98,775 107,721 115,913 114,660 113,129 119,906 92,332 76,958 66,159 70,553

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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