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FAO Capture Production in Iceland (t)     n = 124
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Alepocephalus bairdii
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 10 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
Ammodytes spp
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anarhichas lupus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 14,425 17,818 16,024 12,945 12,766 12,574 14,638 11,685 11,844 13,769
Anarhichas minor
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 772 851 851 1,244 916 700 1,109 1,180 1,599 1,545
Anarhichas spp
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 2 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 2 0 0 0
Aphanopus carbo
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9
Aphanopus carbo
Iceland 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0
Arctica islandica
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 1,980 6,315 4,351 8,776 3,501
Argentina spp
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 112 247 657 1,255 613 492 808 3,367 13,387 5,495
Ascophyllum nodosum
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13,270 12,908
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 3 0
Balaenoptera borealis
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 7 0 0 0
Beryx spp
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 466 126 0
Brachyura
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 4,813 6,439 6,440 4,747 4,612 5,245 5,226 4,847 4,118 5,796
Buccinum undatum
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 520 1,199 13 298
Centroscyllium fabricii
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0
Centroscymnus coelolepis
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
Chimaera monstrosa
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 499 106 3 60 106 21 15 29 11
Chimaeriformes
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
Chlamys islandica
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Chlamys islandica
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 12,117 10,297 12,429 11,466 8,401 8,381 8,976 10,403 10,098 8,858
Clupea harengus
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 90,338 78,146 123,323 116,617 151,229 284,473 265,413 291,117 277,461 298,435
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3 48 210 280 210 398 216 207 120 146
Cyclopterus lumpus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,925 4,410 5,715 3,318 5,324 4,563 4,201 6,520 3,165 3,373
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 0 713 1,409 923 423 20 0 10
Eutrigla gurnardus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 93 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus morhua
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 333,348 306,697 266,684 260,544 214,656 202,900 204,058 208,636 242,968 260,643
Genypterus capensis
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 2 0
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,277 1,774 2,564 1,594 1,771 1,755 1,486 1,272 947 1,408
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 653 1,709 1,468 1,342 2,734 5,418 7,027 6,468 3,329 3,833
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,644 1,891 1,184 1,486 1,427 888 837 677 501 567
Holothuroidea
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 65 382 717 158 64 43 79 28 14
Laminaria digitata
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,500 5,239
Lamna nasus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 1 3 4 6 5 3 4 2
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 153 186 246 213 301 405 419 281 221 124
Limanda limanda
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,897 2,632 3,045 4,222 5,159 5,558 7,954 7,891 5,061 3,981
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 4 0 0
Lophius piscatorius
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 634 779 743 685 641 552 669 787 850 977
Lophius vomerinus
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
Macrourus berglax
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 28 6 15 4 1 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) 693,740 258,382 797,743 940,947 753,466 715,551 1,179,050 1,319,190 750,065 703,694
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) 66,004 53,516 46,098 46,932 58,426 60,125 56,223 43,256 40,712 44,729
Merlangius merlangus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 536 746 510 230 315 560 430 443 531 931
Merluccius capensis, M.paradoxus
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 352 206 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) 0 0 0 0 0 369 513 10,480 68,514 160,424
Microstomus kitt
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 702 1,095 915 697 692 741 984 1,135 1,432 1,860
Molva dypterygia
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,992 1,582 2,584 5,317 1,842 1,636 1,284 1,320 1,208 2,321
Molva molva
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5,153 5,206 4,556 4,333 4,049 3,729 3,670 3,634 3,603 3,976
Mytilus edulis
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nephrops norvegicus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,692 2,157 2,230 2,381 2,238 1,027 1,623 1,215 1,411 1,389
Odontoceti
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orcinus orca
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,049 777 725 244 512 337 237 179 2 82
Osteichthyes
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Pandalus borealis
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 2,195 2,355 7,481 20,680 7,197 6,572 9,147
Pandalus borealis
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 29,749 38,209 46,910 53,881 72,792 76,048 68,953 75,430 56,155 33,811
Phaeophyceae
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 16,042 8,472 8,529 11,303 13,982 11,841 14,411 19,505 0 0
Phocoena phocoena
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phycis blennoides
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Iceland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
Pleuronectiformes
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectiformes
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 24 28 40 30 6 10 11 13 3 5
Pollachius pollachius
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 95,032 99,390 77,832 69,985 63,333 47,466 39,297 36,548 30,532 30,729
Psetta maxima
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 363 274 299 245 181 118 108 80
Raja fullonica
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 2 12 24 19 16 12 21
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 0 317 295 1,206 1,749 1,493 1,431 1,252 996
Raja spp
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 383 588 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajiformes
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 36,557 34,883 31,955 34,043 27,793 27,408 22,125 18,631 10,751 11,187
Salmo salar
Iceland 		5 - Europe - Inland waters (t) 426 506 636 657 448 489 358 154 166 120
Salmo salar
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 202 345 460 496 308 289 239 48 36 22
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 28 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 927 357 144
Scombridae
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
Scorpaenidae
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Sebastes marinus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45,406
Sebastes mentella
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21,463
Sebastes spp
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 10 751 0 0 0 0
Sebastes spp
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 94,802 104,342 107,725 116,325 142,101 117,999 120,751 111,652 116,132 43,475
Sebastes viviparus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somniosus microcephalus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 54 58 68 41 42 44 61 73 87 51
Squalidae
Iceland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 15 53 181 109 97 166 157 106 78 57
Thunnus obesus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Thunnus thynnus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27
Thyrsites atun
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Todarodes sagittatus
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 5 4 3
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) 479 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Zeus faber
Iceland 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
Total: 1,505,312 1,047,395 1,574,682 1,715,581 1,556,962 1,612,548 2,060,167 2,205,943 1,681,951 1,736,261

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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