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FAO Capture Production of Pleuronectes platessa (t)     n = 21
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Country Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Pleuronectes platessa
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 9,148 8,487 7,043 6,487 6,053 5,063 5,139 5,732 5,220 5,008 5,200 6,344
Pleuronectes platessa
Channel Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 18 13 11 6 5 5 4 2 4 4 4 6
Pleuronectes platessa
Denmark 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 23,902 26,849 22,998 22,379 20,705 18,377 21,185 16,780 17,580 16,056 18,095 20,826
Pleuronectes platessa
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 259 327 456 465 468 421 409 362 258 208 253 254
Pleuronectes platessa
Finland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 5 4 3 2
Pleuronectes platessa
France 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,703 4,247 5,229 3,856 3,615 3,185 2,741 2,809 2,267 2,694 3,214 2,862
Pleuronectes platessa
Germany 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,501 4,842 4,148 3,944 3,850 3,560 3,863 2,915 3,412 3,263 4,103 4,255
Pleuronectes platessa
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5,218 4,905 5,126 5,257 5,707 5,807 6,370 5,816 6,724 6,316 5,984 4,945
Pleuronectes platessa
Ireland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,028 841 801 876 564 476 340 393 277 264 273 291
Pleuronectes platessa
Isle of Man 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Latvia 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Netherlands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 35,079 33,835 29,083 28,867 25,123 23,101 23,947 23,099 20,757 23,476 28,291 29,305
Pleuronectes platessa
Norway 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,944 2,772 2,945 3,227 2,886 2,671 2,619 2,085 1,818 1,690 1,671 1,805
Pleuronectes platessa
Poland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 45 28 56 60 29 43 38 35
Pleuronectes platessa
Portugal 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 124 145 184 99 171 143 105 92 89 101 112 65
Pleuronectes platessa
Russian ederation 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3,114 1,250 1,133 593 976 1,160 1,445 1,938 2,233 4,245 7,514 8,455
Pleuronectes platessa
Spain 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 39 41 13 12 13 33 7 16 6 8 12 9
Pleuronectes platessa
Sweden 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 449 416 387 468 396 323 447 505 535 341 300 302
Pleuronectes platessa
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
United Kingdom 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 23,701 21,936 19,647 16,495 17,402 12,272 14,521 13,242 12,963 14,793 16,416 17,164
Total: 113,233 110,907 99,204 93,032 87,979 76,625 83,200 75,858 74,178 78,515 91,483 96,925

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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