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FAO Capture Production of Pleuronectes platessa (t)     n = 21
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Pleuronectes platessa
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 17,766 17,954 14,823 12,775 10,398 9,290 7,684 7,469 7,369 8,186
Pleuronectes platessa
Channel Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4 4 8 8 3 3 26 19 17 23
Pleuronectes platessa
Denmark 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 37,453 32,460 31,931 27,159 27,954 24,092 22,571 24,621 18,927 23,123
Pleuronectes platessa
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 284 236 417 319 957 425 443 506 443 325
Pleuronectes platessa
Finland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
France 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 7,502 5,662 5,026 4,582 4,667 3,982 3,843 4,326 4,667 5,642
Pleuronectes platessa
Germany 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 8,991 8,039 6,910 7,038 5,832 6,533 4,935 4,304 3,050 3,462
Pleuronectes platessa
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 11,360 10,794 10,500 12,516 11,851 10,649 11,070 10,557 7,111 7,064
Pleuronectes platessa
Ireland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,648 2,272 2,549 1,661 1,470 1,590 1,679 1,699 1,731 1,424
Pleuronectes platessa
Isle of Man 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 22 26 15 13 14 20 16 11 14 5
Pleuronectes platessa
Latvia 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Netherlands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 78,987 68,642 51,124 48,555 50,289 44,262 35,539 34,272 30,592 37,543
Pleuronectes platessa
Norway 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,473 1,172 1,510 1,399 1,105 1,166 1,731 2,857 1,872 1,816
Pleuronectes platessa
Poland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Portugal 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 191 218 197 218 143 147 137 89 115 95
Pleuronectes platessa
Russian ederation 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 598 1,598 2,886 4,984 4,404 4,431 2,161 3,531 3,729 3,911
Pleuronectes platessa
Spain 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 17 2 1 12 14 3 6 3
Pleuronectes platessa
Sweden 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,172 859 666 475 565 511 531 558 431 405
Pleuronectes platessa
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
United Kingdom 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 33,059 34,628 37,390 36,278 32,802 29,194 25,319 26,599 23,510 20,394
Total: 202,510 184,564 166,009 157,982 152,463 136,307 117,699 121,421 103,586 113,421

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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