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FAO Capture Production in Faeroe Islands (t)     n = 103
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Aequipecten opercularis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,955 2,189 1,614 2,680 2,406 1,930 2,000 2,230 8,852 4,959
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) 7,205 3,686 4,758 2,000 11,254 3,851 1,211 18,619 15,531 16,612
Anarhichas lupus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 242 253 310 347 375 328 181 176 267 325
Anarhichas spp
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 24 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0
Anarhichas spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 28 18 42 61 11 16 39 0 16 18
Aphanopus carbo
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
Argentina spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 97 141 0 189 23 60 287 299
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brosme brosme
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 7,789 4,809 6,717 7,762 6,455 7,223 6,614 6,914 7,481 6,035
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) 847 1,100 1,134 1,600 2,461 668 1,242 2,357 2,115 3,269
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 43 199 312 0 251 17 29 27 27
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 9 0 0
Gadiformes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 66 376 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 6,227 6,890 7,249 5,699 3,768 2,560 2,340 1,356 1,183 2
Gadus morhua
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 36,951 45,696 45,354 63,838 58,190 63,917 62,247 49,005 49,548 44,047
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) 2,773 2,973 2,652 1,689 1,921 2,580 1,709 1,422 1,690 1,258
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 2 0 0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 40 0 17 1 0 12 0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 493 471 538 638 619 497 642 934 625 561
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 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Illex illecebrosus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 11 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) 425 344 258 256 126 210 270 260 270 456
Lamna nasus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 8 6 17 12 0 12 12 33 14 14
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) 3 0 0 14 0 8 4 0 0 0
Lophius piscatorius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 762 819 842 722 722 678 573 498 729 808
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) 29,135 40,233 21,300 36,466 45,304 83,250 64,876 69,243 48,515 14,613
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 16,881 14,261 14,377 15,130 13,350 16,488 16,596 16,316 13,977 16,018
Merlangius merlangus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,980 962 953 400 319 451 521 564 1,091 1,277
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) 39,383 37,110 54,671 72,634 62,264 76,005 86,307 86,902 77,591 73,833
Microstomus kitt
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 502 683 761 1,015 1,209 852 636 360 451 303
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) 1,406 1,788 3,113 5,591 7,696 4,561 7,013 3,147 8,671 4,930
Molva molva
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,708 1,943 3,060 3,384 3,424 3,615 3,181 4,619 3,046 2,503
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) 69 34 50 73 82 38 47 99 54 70
Odontoceti
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 10 0 0 212 77 614 6
Orcinus orca
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 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) 0 160 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 687 583 798 65 1,564 0 0 0 0 0
Pandalus borealis
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 5,297 4,241 2,342 2,339 1,090 613 1,987 3,468 8,541 9,477
Pandalus borealis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,143 1,938 4,108 5,129 8,782 10,935 7,342 6,440 5,017 4,053
Phocoena phocoena
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 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) 224 353 533 582 457 362 453 324 409 523
Pleuronectiformes
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 30,296 34,082 35,480 42,446 56,891 46,037 41,572 42,843 47,723 46,997
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) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 263 160 267 306 323 302 268 179 109 138
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 67 170 337 777 370 718 691 3,265 1,703 1,299
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,219 775 1,532 1,145 2,502 1,056 895 1,024 1,636 2,407
Salmo salar
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salmo salar
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 553 1,025 865 678 628 96 530 0 217 364
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) 29,287 9,520 12,031 15,449 15,530 8,777 1,513 8,091 3,639 5,070
Sebastes marinus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 6,564 4,668 5,045 6,052 9,475 12,967 15,402 14,194 16,036 13,668
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
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) 3,063 39 19 94 0 5 0 0 0 0
Squalidae
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Squalus acanthias
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 22 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) 504 2,132 249 200 1,147 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) 260 0 0 0 0 4,014 1,992 4,565 5,873 4,527
Trisopterus esmarkii
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 37,594 20,137 19,498 33,878 27,997 18,731 20,061 38,357 29,427 23,285
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: 275,064 243,343 250,518 329,955 346,839 372,338 349,675 386,519 360,683 302,839

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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