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FAO Capture Production of Gadus morhua (t)     n = 53
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Gadus morhua
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 12,200 23,800 24,500 13,800 12,399 10,217 9,295 12,190 19,509 15,125
Gadus morhua
Bulgaria 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 10 272 42 0 8 0 0 8 93
Gadus morhua
Bulgaria 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 1,400 3,132 0 29 1,368 702
Gadus morhua
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 262,900 244,600 218,800 177,300 157,138 153,746 192,717 235,444 296,449 370,245
Gadus morhua
Channel Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Cuba 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 3 23 0 639 597 1,481 625 1,076
Gadus morhua
Denmark 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 96,800 133,400 153,300 136,400 138,908 138,850 164,186 153,508 132,846 136,676
Gadus morhua
Estonia 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Estonia 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Faroe Islands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 25,352 34,044 29,137 21,480 16,211 15,095 14,720 14,206 8,704 8,290
Gadus morhua
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 45,800 27,300 25,800 32,100 32,165 45,054 50,191 47,206 44,503 35,775
Gadus morhua
Finland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 100 100 100 160 310 286 310 1,446 2,938
Gadus morhua
France 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 66,131 50,240 44,678 32,848 29,163 28,519 26,030 29,108 26,914 19,068
Gadus morhua
France 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 74,700 74,100 43,400 42,900 67,303 50,868 43,725 37,145 38,125 30,083
Gadus morhua
Germany 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 113,100 91,200 74,300 65,800 63,533 63,842 37,775 24,092 9,303 13,250
Gadus morhua
Germany 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 120,700 141,200 114,200 96,000 137,617 97,639 100,818 86,968 82,293 61,236
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 morhua
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 72 10 0 0 0 12 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 308,300 254,900 228,600 236,600 241,075 265,760 283,964 329,701 319,661 360,080
Gadus morhua
Ireland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 191 120 8
Gadus morhua
Ireland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3,200 4,000 3,300 5,400 4,443 5,137 6,760 5,297 4,842 6,545
Gadus morhua
Isle of Man 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 297
Gadus morhua
Italy 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 15 0
Gadus morhua
Japan 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 30 27 77
Gadus morhua
Japan 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Korea, Republic of 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Latvia 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Latvia 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Lithuania 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Lithuania 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Netherlands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 25,300 46,900 47,800 25,800 24,160 23,447 22,469 30,792 49,424 34,875
Gadus morhua
Norway 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 44,117 32,527 39,332 24,560 7,960 4,914 7,733 2,744 2,043 2,404
Gadus morhua
Norway 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 413,500 457,100 433,600 306,800 333,051 337,291 390,355 433,065 401,911 332,217
Gadus morhua
Poland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 50,063 29,466 42,256 28,800 33,749 16,384 20,403 9,548 4,517 5,633
Gadus morhua
Poland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 76,500 56,800 58,900 52,900 63,840 80,281 80,967 49,174 64,794 79,856
Gadus morhua
Portugal 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 162,655 152,557 131,853 124,426 133,125 84,284 63,475 28,140 18,835 19,427
Gadus morhua
Portugal 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 25,995 10,578 7,728 4,092 863 2,300
Gadus morhua
Romania 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 4,161 2,779 2,696 2,671 3 4 1 24 3 6
Gadus morhua
Romania 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Russian ederation 		18 - Arctic Ocean (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Russian ederation 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Russian ederation 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Spain 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 267,903 254,188 218,173 159,550 157,747 97,951 49,248 30,869 16,989 24,777
Gadus morhua
Spain 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 200 200 5,300 4,200 10,358 9,146 11,311 14,008 7,744 7,596
Gadus morhua
St. Pierre and Miquelon 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,178 1,861 1,769 1,713 2,220 3,008 4,862 4,072 5,625 7,537
Gadus morhua
Sweden 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 22,800 22,400 23,000 24,200 22,345 21,103 28,429 23,500 19,862 29,920
Gadus morhua
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 113,599 111,996 178,083 121,408 137,878 124,908 64,995 27,289 13,993 8,963
Gadus morhua
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 334,800 171,000 177,200 429,600 589,000 406,287 402,539 399,572 304,355 198,111
Gadus morhua
United Kingdom 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 6,456 7,066 13,295 5,526 5,591 899 371 2,913 677 638
Gadus morhua
United Kingdom 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 408,000 360,100 349,000 323,200 315,686 289,973 254,144 174,264 150,688 130,498
Gadus morhua
United States of America 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 24,100 24,600 21,100 22,900 26,606 25,461 25,415 34,262 39,249 44,359
Gadus morhua
Venezuela, Boliv Rep of 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 3,106,122 2,830,436 2,727,559 2,538,648 2,811,024 2,434,278 2,382,209 2,271,320 2,127,147 2,039,820

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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