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FAO Capture Production in Iceland (t) n = 124
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Scientific name | Fishing Area | Unit | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
Alepocephalus bairdii Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ammodytes spp Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anarhichas lupus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 8,527 | 8,237 | 8,341 | 12,138 | 10,203 | 9,602 | 12,120 | 12,601 | 14,593 | 14,127 |
Anarhichas minor Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 826 | 869 | 897 | 928 | 1,040 | 1,019 | 934 | 1,206 | 1,206 | 631 |
Anarhichas spp Iceland |
21 - Atlantic, Northwest | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anarhichas spp Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Antimora rostrata Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aphanopus carbo Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aphanopus carbo Iceland |
31 - Atlantic, Western Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arctica islandica Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,085 | 4,724 | 0 |
Argentina spp Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 42 | 206 | 8 |
Ascophyllum nodosum Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Iceland |
99 - All areas (World total) | (t) | 201 | 201 | 212 | 204 | 178 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Balaenoptera borealis Iceland |
99 - All areas (World total) | (t) | 100 | 100 | 71 | 100 | 95 | 38 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
Balaenoptera physalus Iceland |
99 - All areas (World total) | (t) | 236 | 254 | 194 | 144 | 167 | 161 | 76 | 80 | 68 | 68 |
Beryx spp Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beryx spp Iceland |
31 - Atlantic, Western Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beryx spp Iceland |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brachyura Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Brama brama Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brosme brosme Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 3,089 | 2,827 | 2,804 | 3,469 | 3,430 | 3,068 | 2,549 | 2,984 | 3,078 | 3,131 |
Buccinum undatum Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Centroscyllium fabricii Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Centroscymnus coelolepis Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chimaera monstrosa Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chimaeriformes Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chlamys islandica Iceland |
21 - Atlantic, Northwest | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chlamys islandica Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 9,079 | 10,186 | 12,076 | 15,181 | 15,583 | 17,068 | 16,429 | 13,272 | 10,058 | 10,772 |
Clupea harengus Iceland |
21 - Atlantic, Northwest | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clupea harengus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 53,268 | 39,544 | 56,528 | 58,867 | 49,747 | 49,363 | 65,756 | 75,439 | 92,828 | 97,278 |
Coryphaenoides rupestris Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 14 | 16 | 59 | 95 | 62 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
Cyclopterus lumpus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 5,782 | 6,237 | 2,660 | 3,820 | 9,260 | 7,500 | 6,782 | 6,720 | 4,590 | 6,075 |
Delphinidae Iceland |
99 - All areas (World total) | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Echinus esculentus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eutrigla gurnardus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gadiformes Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gadus morhua Iceland |
21 - Atlantic, Northwest | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gadus morhua Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 429,063 | 461,039 | 382,297 | 293,890 | 281,481 | 322,810 | 365,852 | 389,809 | 375,750 | 353,985 |
Genypterus capensis Iceland |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 19 | 3 | 54 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 334 | 4,565 | 2,974 | 2,267 |
Hippoglossoides platessoides Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 166 | 565 |
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 1,215 | 1,012 | 1,174 | 1,311 | 1,695 | 1,691 | 1,618 | 1,533 | 1,539 | 1,256 |
Holothuroidea Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hoplostethus atlanticus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Laminaria digitata Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lamna nasus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 104 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 161 | 282 | 344 |
Limanda limanda Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 446 | 948 | 1,254 | 1,184 | 3,776 | 2,236 |
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Iceland |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lophius piscatorius Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 530 | 441 | 515 | 544 | 356 | 455 | 366 | 362 | 481 | 494 |
Lophius vomerinus Iceland |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Macrourus berglax Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Magnisudis atlantica Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mallotus villosus Iceland |
21 - Atlantic, Northwest | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mallotus villosus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 759,766 | 642,430 | 13,257 | 133,478 | 867,492 | 993,437 | 898,013 | 810,035 | 911,196 | 658,253 |
Maurolicus muelleri Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Megaptera novaeangliae Iceland |
99 - All areas (World total) | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Melanogrammus aeglefinus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 47,916 | 61,033 | 67,038 | 63,889 | 47,216 | 49,553 | 47,317 | 39,479 | 53,085 | 61,792 |
Merlangius merlangus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 63 | 34 | 33 | 69 | 81 | 72 | 77 | 113 | 141 | 190 |
Merluccius capensis, M.paradoxus Iceland |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Merluccius merluccius Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Micromesistius poutassou Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 9,934 | 15,021 | 1,689 | 7,077 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,655 |
Microstomus kitt Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 63 | 77 | 86 | 112 | 73 | 367 | 488 | 675 | 855 | 804 |
Molva dypterygia Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 8,133 | 7,952 | 5,945 | 5,117 | 3,122 | 1,407 | 1,774 | 1,693 | 1,093 | 2,124 |
Molva molva Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 3,149 | 3,348 | 3,733 | 4,256 | 3,304 | 2,980 | 2,946 | 4,161 | 5,098 | 4,986 |
Mytilus edulis Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nephrops norvegicus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 2,398 | 2,520 | 2,603 | 2,672 | 2,459 | 2,385 | 2,564 | 2,712 | 2,240 | 1,866 |
Odontoceti Iceland |
99 - All areas (World total) | (n) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Orcinus orca Iceland |
99 - All areas (World total) | (n) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Osteichthyes Iceland |
5 - Europe - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Osteichthyes Iceland |
21 - Atlantic, Northwest | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Osteichthyes Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 1,260 | 1,205 | 1,573 | 1,167 | 784 | 716 | 709 | 830 | 708 | 762 |
Osteichthyes Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Osteichthyes Iceland |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pandalus borealis Iceland |
21 - Atlantic, Northwest | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pandalus borealis Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 9,960 | 8,147 | 9,150 | 13,091 | 24,416 | 24,894 | 35,831 | 38,636 | 29,637 | 26,785 |
Phaeophyceae Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 9,900 | 8,100 | 13,060 | 15,781 | 16,823 | 15,148 | 10,237 | 12,215 | 14,984 | 16,149 |
Phocoena phocoena Iceland |
99 - All areas (World total) | (n) | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phycis blennoides Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physeter macrocephalus Iceland |
99 - All areas (World total) | (n) | 101 | 43 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pleuronectes platessa Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 5,145 | 3,840 | 6,303 | 8,552 | 11,334 | 14,446 | 12,700 | 11,162 | 14,040 | 11,299 |
Pleuronectiformes Iceland |
21 - Atlantic, Northwest | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pleuronectiformes Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 17 |
Pollachius pollachius Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pollachius virens Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 52,436 | 54,921 | 65,124 | 55,904 | 60,406 | 55,135 | 63,867 | 78,175 | 74,383 | 79,796 |
Psetta maxima Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Raja alba Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Raja batis Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Raja fullonica Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Raja lintea Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Raja radiata Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Raja spp Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 196 | 229 | 257 | 200 | 221 | 134 | 150 | 255 | 191 | 252 |
Rajiformes Iceland |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Iceland |
21 - Atlantic, Northwest | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 27,838 | 15,455 | 28,300 | 28,360 | 30,080 | 29,231 | 31,044 | 44,780 | 49,040 | 58,330 |
Salmo salar Iceland |
5 - Europe - Inland waters | (t) | 248 | 163 | 147 | 198 | 160 | 217 | 296 | 250 | 393 | 277 |
Salmo salar Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 58 | 65 | 40 | 180 | 136 |
Salmo spp Iceland |
5 - Europe - Inland waters | (t) | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 |
Salmo trutta Iceland |
5 - Europe - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Salvelinus alpinus Iceland |
5 - Europe - Inland waters | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sardinella spp Iceland |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scomber japonicus Iceland |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scomber scombrus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scombridae Iceland |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scorpaenidae Iceland |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sebastes marinus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sebastes mentella Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sebastes spp Iceland |
21 - Atlantic, Northwest | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sebastes spp Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 69,869 | 93,349 | 115,069 | 122,749 | 108,270 | 91,381 | 85,992 | 87,768 | 93,995 | 92,917 |
Sebastes viviparus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Somniosus microcephalus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 48 | 61 | 68 | 69 | 54 | 40 | 23 | 31 | 19 | 31 |
Squalidae Iceland |
21 - Atlantic, Northwest | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Squalus acanthias Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 36 | 22 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
Thunnus obesus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thunnus thynnus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thyrsites atun Iceland |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Todarodes sagittatus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 16 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1,634 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trachipterus arcticus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trachurus spp Iceland |
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trachurus trachurus Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trisopterus esmarkii Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 4,112 | 1,271 | 599 | 1,724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,647 | 4,007 |
Xiphias gladius Iceland |
27 - Atlantic, Northeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zeus faber Iceland |
47 - Atlantic, Southeast | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total: | 1,514,874 | 1,441,747 | 788,659 | 839,244 | 1,534,814 | 1,680,302 | 1,658,278 | 1,632,064 | 1,756,467 | 1,500,717 |