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FAO Capture Production in Greenland (t)     n = 85
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Anarhichas lupus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5 1 1 1 15 40 71 4 5 12
Anarhichas spp
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 4,018 3,312 2,783 2,314 1,598 1,774 1,668 1,438 1,892 1,001
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) 260 204 251 277 225 193 147 90 119 73
Balaenoptera borealis
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Balaenoptera physalus
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 13 10 12 13 12 9 9 9 9 10
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 10 2
Brosme brosme
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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 0 287 973 384 8 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) 6 13 26 10 5 1 5 0 0 0
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 39 37 22 25 36 81 58 138 8
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 7 0
Cyclopterus lumpus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,771 1,873 2,451 2,385 3,176 419 189 13 196 162
Cyclopterus lumpus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cystophora cristata
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3,779 3,745 4,398 4,155 3,364 3,188 2,796 2,333 413 429
Cystophora cristata
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,637 2,452 2,051 1,330 1,345 3,695 3,050 2,475 367 824
Delphinapterus leucas
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 889 1,017 899 601 763 611 375 682 275 457
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) 500 428 645 642 764 400 0 327 397 85
Erignathus barbatus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 198 230 243 276 395 300 0 247 478 67
Gadus morhua
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 45,838 53,039 47,693 44,970 24,457 12,651 6,549 18,486 48,098 92,152
Gadus morhua
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,778 890 898 438 1,051 106 606 1,476 345 3,877
Gadus ogac
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 5,589 3,772 3,637 3,514 4,763 6,571 5,952 2,994 1,333 372
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) 6 1 1 0 1 26 9 0 0 0
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 1 13 5 1 9 4 2 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) 299 628 591 422 152 108 99 165 284 213
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1 0 0 0 9 59 168 59 4 9
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallotus villosus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 281 140 104 288 1,069 980 1,156 422 132 229
Mallotus villosus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1 2 2 8 7 10 10 12 1 2
Megaptera novaeangliae
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 15 12 12 15 15 8 0 0 1 2
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 10 0 0 0
Molva dypterygia
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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) 520 752 560 492 731 305 405 563 551 600
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) 42 24 23 1 1 13 7 30 0 0
Orcinus orca
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 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 0 228 0 6 44 40 1 0 0
Osteichthyes
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 211 160 228 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pandalus borealis
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 35,816 35,782 39,524 38,429 39,631 50,986 58,179 58,220 52,440 56,713
Pandalus borealis
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 126 150 1,115 1,467 1,862 2,579 5,781 6,627 7,579 5,979
Pandalus montagui
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phoca groenlandica
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 12,270 13,605 17,244 18,739 17,667 18,445 13,932 16,053 7,715 8,191
Phoca groenlandica
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 353 476 317 414 586 590 570 1,075 743 802
Phoca hispida
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 61,903 59,377 57,424 51,324 55,154 28,692 0 28,447 33,036 24,307
Phoca hispida
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 12,640 17,612 14,067 15,858 20,100 10,000 0 9,322 11,758 10,333
Phoca vitulina
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 38 31 63 56 48 0 0 0 0 0
Phoca vitulina
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phocoena phocoena
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 1,216 995 853 914 860 861 836 607 0 49
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) 0 0 0 0 143 102 1 0 0 0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 5,356 5,755 5,397 4,136 6,509 9,126 8,333 8,385 7,003 7,492
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 1 5 15 81 177 154 37 13
Salmo salar
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,192 1,264 1,077 285 297 857 960 963 472 267
Salmo salar
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1 0 0 0 0 6 19 0 6 0
Salvelinus alpinus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 228 181 112 113 139 131 126 94 63 82
Salvelinus alpinus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 1 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) 1,221 484 288 496 1,027 1,767 2,780 159 223 159
Sebastes spp
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 10 5,519 9,542 670 42 3
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) 0 0 0 0 14 4 13 0 0 0
Squalidae
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 5 7 3 0 24 39
Total: 103,738 107,487 106,206 99,311 86,274 94,949 102,906 100,413 120,337 168,786

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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