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FAO Capture Production in Faeroe Islands (t)     n = 103
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Aequipecten opercularis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alepocephalus bairdii
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ammodytes spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anarhichas lupus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 400 100 0 0 0 0 0
Anarhichas spp
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 39 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Anarhichas spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aphanopus carbo
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argentina spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 22 0 0 0 0 0 19 21 32 0
Beryx spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brosme brosme
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 47 292 364 231 386 239 214 167 93 61
Brosme brosme
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,700 2,000 2,500 3,700 3,800 3,000 1,800 2,400 2,900 2,500
Buccinum undatum
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Centrophorus squamosus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Centroscymnus coelolepis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 11,000 16,900 9,900 12,900 19,300 34,600 61,600 70,900 69,900 46,000
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyclopterus lumpus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyclopterus lumpus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epigonus telescopus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eutrigla gurnardus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadiformes
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadiformes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 60,261 61,876 97,200 91,633 87,468 79,894 79,382 79,173 62,851 38,982
Gadus morhua
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 24,200 25,000 19,500 15,200 15,600 15,600 12,400 10,800 13,200 49,900
Gadus ogac
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Globicephala melas
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 1,680 1,892 1,762 2,194 1,386 1,599 1,478 1,979 1,749 1,395
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 24 4 54 105 0 3 4 9 0 0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 300 300 200 200 200 0 200 300 300 200
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Illex illecebrosus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lamna nasus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 100 800 800 1,214 1,088 714 589 662 865
Lamna nasus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lampris guttatus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Limanda limanda
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lophius piscatorius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macrozoarces americanus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallotus villosus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maurolicus muelleri
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 30 593 23 70 49 97 20 13 28 77
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 9,300 9,600 8,100 8,500 8,200 7,700 7,900 5,700 7,100 11,100
Merlangius merlangus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micromesistius poutassou
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Microstomus kitt
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Molva dypterygia
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Molva dypterygia
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Molva molva
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 600 700 900 600 800 900 600 800 1,200 1,500
Moridae
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Myctophidae
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nephrops norvegicus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 0 0 100 100 0 0 0 0 0
Odontoceti
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 27 13 11 19 194 11 1 21 0
Orcinus orca
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 80
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 1,000 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pandalus borealis
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pandalus borealis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phocoena phocoena
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phycis blennoides
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 100 100 100 0 0 0 0 100 200
Pleuronectiformes
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectiformes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius pollachius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 13 164 107 80 216 148 24 16 19 12
Pollachius virens
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,200 2,000 3,100 2,900 1,400 1,300 1,300 2,300 2,700 0
Psetta maxima
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja spp
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 0 0 1
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,900
Salmo salar
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 36 87 155 134 215
Salmo salar
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Faroe Islands 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,100
Sebastes marinus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 300 200 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes mentella
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes spp
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 252 204 211 12 60 47 0 0 3
Sebastes spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sprattus sprattus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalidae
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Strongylocentrotus spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus thynnus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todarodes sagittatus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachipterus arcticus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus murphyi
Faroe Islands 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus trachurus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trisopterus esmarkii
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,000 19,600
Tursiops truncatus
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urophycis tenuis
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 109,375 120,220 144,252 137,830 138,990 144,686 166,294 173,324 166,187 176,296

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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