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FAO Capture Production of Pleuronectes platessa (t)     n = 21
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Pleuronectes platessa
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5,400 5,900 6,100 6,800 6,880 6,774 5,912 7,895 6,883 8,227
Pleuronectes platessa
Channel Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Denmark 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 51,800 45,400 47,900 39,700 38,508 40,824 47,927 49,060 52,252 54,316
Pleuronectes platessa
Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 400 400 100 200 90 210 114 187 290 347
Pleuronectes platessa
Finland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
France 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,800 5,000 4,700 4,800 3,420 3,526 3,190 3,450 3,841 4,358
Pleuronectes platessa
Germany 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 5,900 3,700 4,700 5,800 3,634 4,528 4,635 5,938 6,402 6,189
Pleuronectes platessa
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 8,100 7,200 5,100 4,100 3,936 4,399 4,993 5,267 4,499 4,491
Pleuronectes platessa
Ireland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,700 1,700 1,500 1,600 1,427 1,581 1,823 1,714 1,683 1,710
Pleuronectes platessa
Isle of Man 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
Pleuronectes platessa
Latvia 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Netherlands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 46,100 44,600 52,100 58,000 54,513 51,527 51,194 54,067 32,235 40,051
Pleuronectes platessa
Norway 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 800 500 500 600 492 380 637 577 729 1,196
Pleuronectes platessa
Poland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 153 40 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Portugal 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Russian ederation 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Spain 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Sweden 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 700 700 700 500 490 517 507 483 508 520
Pleuronectes platessa
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 10,400 29,600 21,000 17,300 19,683 13,835 12,835 16,761 17,523 8,445
Pleuronectes platessa
United Kingdom 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 49,700 50,000 45,300 42,700 32,737 31,442 35,842 40,170 35,661 33,991
Total: 185,800 194,700 189,700 182,100 165,810 159,696 169,649 185,569 162,506 163,888

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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