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FAO Capture Production of Squalus acanthias (t)     n = 45
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Squalus acanthias
Algeria 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Argentina 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 646 567 623 547 590 447 471 339 135 187
Squalus acanthias
Bulgaria 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 27 20 52 53 68 153 90 51 28
Squalus acanthias
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 660 564 389 0 1 13 10 15 1 167
Squalus acanthias
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 4,545 1,091 2,037 3,071 2,441 2,679 2,983 3,767 5,314 2,774
Squalus acanthias
Channel Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Chile 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Croatia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Cuba 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Denmark 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,396 1,421 1,503 1,550 1,222 1,675 1,008 1,394 1,494 1,086
Squalus acanthias
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
France 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 11,558 14,222 11,966 14,837 12,357 11,109 10,941 13,523 9,892 5,638
Squalus acanthias
France 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 69 37 40 64 117 0 0 0 0 53
Squalus acanthias
Georgia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Germany 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 8 2 5 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Germany 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 43 42 39 25 8 23 41 47 27 24
Squalus acanthias
Germany 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 36 22 13 25 5 9 7 5 4 17
Squalus acanthias
Ireland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 108 477 1,268 4,658 6,930 8,791 5,012 8,706 5,612 3,063
Squalus acanthias
Netherlands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 217 268 183 315 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
New Zealand 		81 - Pacific, Southwest (t) 0 132 294 338 540 950 1,000 2,800 4,500 3,433
Squalus acanthias
Norway 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5,925 3,940 3,992 4,659 4,280 3,487 2,986 3,614 4,139 5,329
Squalus acanthias
Poland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 103 0 20 89 13 0 52 47
Squalus acanthias
Poland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Poland 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Portugal 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Portugal 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 2
Squalus acanthias
Portugal 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Romania 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Romania 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Romania 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 3 8 19 93 134 77 52 49 25 30
Squalus acanthias
Slovenia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Spain 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Spain 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Spain 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Spain 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
St. Pierre and Miquelon 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Sweden 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 399 308 398 300 256 360 471 702 733 613
Squalus acanthias
Ukraine 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,681 1,191
Squalus acanthias
Ukraine 		81 - Pacific, Southwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
United Kingdom 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 14,066 12,932 11,234 11,010 12,810 14,483 13,183 15,577 14,618 13,311
Squalus acanthias
United States of America 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
United States of America 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
United States of America 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 2 25 8 0 4 24 2 0
Total: 39,681 36,080 34,124 41,577 41,774 44,265 38,339 50,656 48,281 36,993

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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