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FAO Capture Production in Faeroe Islands (t)     n = 103
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Aequipecten opercularis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 8,386 3,300 3,500 3,320 3,854 2,781 3,559 3,581 4,751 5,993
Alepocephalus bairdii
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ammodytes spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,537 11,194 9,139 2,934 10,288 7,485 5,023 11,221 11,071 7,487
Anarhichas lupus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 435 282 313 176 132 141 146 196 264 291
Anarhichas spp
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1 0 0 5 0 1 4 0 0 0
Anarhichas spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 15 14 32 15 49 37 27 64 60 118
Aphanopus carbo
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 12 0 375 1,315 893 550 256 126 89 45
Argentina spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3,574 59 1,439 1,069 960 7,131 9,496 8,433 17,167 8,186
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 1 3 0 5 0 0
Brachyura
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 1
Brosme brosme
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brosme brosme
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5,837 6,545 5,018 3,313 4,678 4,490 2,562 2,593 2,389 2,714
Buccinum undatum
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Centrophorus squamosus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 3 51 53 58 129 11
Centroscymnus coelolepis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 22 0 60 282 228 80 35
Clupea harengus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 6,848 15,963 11,865 4,592 5,500 66,023 57,853 65,949 70,214 56,476
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 8 8 9 23 0 2 1 1 0 10
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 104 22 746 641 743 764 233 199 84 108
Cyclopterus lumpus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 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 41 45 38 31 129 94 4
Eutrigla gurnardus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gadiformes
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadiformes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 109 968 1,083 372 192 229 449 898 57 338
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 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) 818 720 1,572 0 1,201 228 1,524 1,162 815 608
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 0 0 4
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 3 0 0 2 5 2 2 3 3
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 1 244 0 0 8 0 0 3
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 24 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 7 0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 575 780 871 722 1,090 654 451 479 384 432
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 60 259 732 950 854 747 349
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Illex illecebrosus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 32 23
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 438 0
Lamna nasus
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 530 610 559 250 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lamna nasus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 14 7 20 76 48 44 7 9 7 10
Lampris guttatus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Limanda limanda
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 6 3 5 69 7 27 37 39 39 29
Lophius piscatorius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 848 881 1,210 993 1,065 1,433 1,610 1,765 1,885 2,578
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) 17,977 15,291 41,724 40,980 12,310 3,306 39,777 43,466 41,966 24,275
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 1 0 0 0 0 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 12,745 10,157 6,856 5,143 7,759 8,494 13,896 21,409 22,598 19,697
Merlangius merlangus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,348 1,089 656 601 815 966 1,042 1,018 1,724 1,756
Merluccius merluccius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 6 4 14 1 6 5 5
Micromesistius poutassou
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 46,165 6,645 12,731 14,984 24,404 25,936 21,483 28,773 71,217 105,106
Microstomus kitt
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 383 219 261 201 276 265 236 332 464 433
Molva dypterygia
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Molva dypterygia
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,631 2,082 4,326 3,116 1,781 2,398 1,624 1,172 1,274 2,136
Molva molva
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,170 2,876 2,361 2,047 2,799 3,686 3,132 4,056 3,547 2,998
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) 56 27 0 55 105 91 66 40 57 80
Odontoceti
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 153 62 46 0 266 151 173 350 0 0
Orcinus orca
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 0 124 326 94 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 474 133 0
Osteichthyes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,201 1,362 858 247
Pandalus borealis
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3,405 6,051 2,028 9,823 6,908 5,815 8,600 7,871 9,815 9,792
Pandalus borealis
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 7,193 7,047 8,461 1,815 2,351 3,475 1,992 2,997 3,170 5,051
Phocoena phocoena
Faroe Islands 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 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) 284 236 417 319 957 425 443 506 443 325
Pleuronectiformes
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 36 0 14 2 0 0 0
Pleuronectiformes
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 1,634 0 327 0 757 1,059 292
Pollachius pollachius
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 5 2 2 0 1 0 0
Pollachius virens
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 65,583 57,669 40,195 37,189 35,218 31,979 20,398 22,598 26,751 34,423
Psetta maxima
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 320 0 0 2 0 0 0
Raja spp
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Raja spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 160 212 259 208 174 230 169 187 151 180
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,819 3,345 1,354 1,552 850 13 870 579 272 748
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,953 1,929 2,159 4,469 6,361 4,481 5,371 4,545 3,515 3,363
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) 361 120 32 78 12 3 0 0 5 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) 10,039 11,733 14,898 13,978 21,570 34,924 19,530 8,401 10,654 11,334
Sebastes marinus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 11,052 15,422 19,532 17,402 12,161 12,071 11,028 11,402 7,951 7,129
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 19 61 12 15 1 0 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) 0 0 170 0 1,827 598 100 0 753 1,719
Squalidae
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2 3 106 141 225 12 7 8 8 3
Squalus acanthias
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 308 51 212 356 484
Strongylocentrotus spp
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 14 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 11
Thunnus thynnus
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 104
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) 2,562 1,710 10,877 10,531 505 950 863 1,005 216 3,643
Trisopterus esmarkii
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 24,132 19,262 22,416 31,471 32,358 8,960 9,133 11,215 6,222 4,045
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 5
Total: 273,020 228,316 248,430 246,294 237,708 287,796 304,587 329,145 364,497 358,362

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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