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FAO Capture Production in Greenland (t)     n = 85
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Anarhichas lupus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 11 12
Anarhichas spp
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,702 2,613 3,464 4,186 5,753 5,687 4,923 2,988 2,152 1,731
Anarhichas spp
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaena mysticetus
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 197 186 145 268 204 171 169 300 180 250
Balaenoptera borealis
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1
Balaenoptera physalus
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 1 2 4 1 6 9 12 18
Boreogadus saida
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boreogadus saida
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brosme brosme
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brosme brosme
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chionoecetes opilio
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chlamys islandica
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chlamys islandica
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 81 28 10 6 3 7 5
Clupea harengus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 11 5 6 1 10 32 21
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyclopterus lumpus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,379 805 410 60 36 95 116 434 1,212 778
Cyclopterus lumpus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cystophora cristata
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,412 1,634 2,383 2,654 2,801 3,679 4,230 3,751 3,635 3,612
Cystophora cristata
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 713 744 1,827 677 1,218 1,085 833 2,258 2,769 2,304
Delphinapterus leucas
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 1,416 737 841 1,069 907 400 1,059 805 719 741
Delphinidae
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erignathus barbatus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 366 520 512 524 493 571 568 497 482 651
Erignathus barbatus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 372 187 195 137 123 114 296 145 197 133
Gadus morhua
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 20,007 19,430 23,402 19,401 20,122 19,314 16,282 24,220 37,470 46,384
Gadus morhua
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 500 500 300 200 68 224 372 1,833 1,347 2,755
Gadus ogac
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 989 3,390 4,648 4,743 5,915 4,432 3,623
Gadus ogac
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Globicephala melas
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 1 0 0 81 1 136 101 50
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1 9 27 54 67 0 4 0 0 0
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 4 4 10 57 136 175 153 128 206 132
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallotus villosus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3,124 2,469 1,916 3,214 3,471 1,034 474 322 297 261
Mallotus villosus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Megaptera novaeangliae
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 4 3 9 9 9 5 10 21 14
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micromesistius poutassou
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Molva dypterygia
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Molva molva
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monodon monoceros
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 274 615 395
Odobenus rosmarus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Odobenus rosmarus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Odontoceti
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 1,603 1,553 1,167 985 778 748 630 70 35 42
Orcinus orca
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
Osteichthyes
Greenland 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 29 0 101 29 0 119 0
Osteichthyes
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 278 167 166 344 184 67 78 161 20 160
Osteichthyes
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pandalus borealis
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 8,429 8,941 7,492 8,135 10,244 9,789 9,778 14,881 13,131 20,176
Pandalus borealis
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pandalus montagui
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phoca groenlandica
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 6,178 5,540 5,952 9,162 7,073 5,953 7,787 9,938 10,540 12,774
Phoca groenlandica
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 197 68 90 138 171 193 287 93 438 189
Phoca hispida
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 51,584 46,966 51,944 61,954 57,629 54,004 55,713 67,806 77,356 83,084
Phoca hispida
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 18,241 17,568 15,770 15,821 16,422 18,789 16,163 13,362 13,172 14,242
Phoca vitulina
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 74 90 62 46 54 69 74 51 36 35
Phoca vitulina
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3 2 9 3 14 3 9 7 1 3
Phocoena phocoena
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,007 798 1,075
Physeter macrocephalus
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raja spp
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 13 7 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,212 1,159 2,950 4,632 4,060 3,724 3,546 6,110 5,985 5,273
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 6 0
Salmo salar
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,267 1,449 1,320 1,585 1,162 1,171 1,175 1,420 984 1,389
Salmo salar
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 5
Salvelinus alpinus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 112 125 76 117 117 138 134 323 138 176
Salvelinus alpinus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes marinus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes marinus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes mentella
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes mentella
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes spp
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 171 324 244 1,202 2,414 1,408 2,696 1,098 671 251
Sebastes spp
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 1 3 0
Somniosus microcephalus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somniosus microcephalus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalidae
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 262 252 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalidae
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 39,461 38,354 41,792 44,297 51,260 47,593 44,644 59,865 68,233 83,135

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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