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FAO Capture Production of Scomber scombrus (t)     n = 62
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Scomber scombrus
Algeria 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 300 359 103 0 592 334 265 124 214 513
Scomber scombrus
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 100 100 100 152 151 302 50 11 13
Scomber scombrus
Bulgaria 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 4,007 28,507 23,556 31,743 20,723 18,776 13,940 3,110 30 52
Scomber scombrus
Bulgaria 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 300 4,300 13,500 20,830 27,303 0 0 9
Scomber scombrus
Bulgaria 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 15,700 15,000 16,300 21,600 16,701 13,544 15,746 20,057 25,429 30,244
Scomber scombrus
Channel Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 3 11 6 1 1 3
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Croatia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Cuba 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 145 46 36 0 601 6,968 917 18 51
Scomber scombrus
Denmark 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 26,800 17,600 2,100 7,500 3,910 9,908 27,998 22,536 26,825 29,538
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Estonia 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Estonia 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Faroe Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,100 3,600 7,600 11,800 27,284 25,184 69,120 47,177 46,329 38,525
Scomber scombrus
France 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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France 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 48,800 41,900 41,900 41,200 40,080 28,575 36,175 38,240 41,261 37,527
Scomber scombrus
France 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,520 1,642 1,500 900 1,279 1,490 1,139 1,173 940 1,631
Scomber scombrus
Germany 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 8,000 72,000 81,400 78,300 60,843 49,475 39,393 8,171 0 0
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Germany 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,200 900 1,000 3,000 4,396 12,053 5,444 5,790 29,444 17,872
Scomber scombrus
Greece 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Iceland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,600 700 800 3,100 4,689 219 312 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Ireland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 82 1 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Ireland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,100 3,100 4,600 8,300 8,525 13,345 14,395 23,022 28,676 25,120
Scomber scombrus
Isle of Man 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36
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Italy 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 800 375 420 49 560 395 64 29
Scomber scombrus
Italy 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,491 63
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Italy 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Japan 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 1,200 1,600 500 76 275 47 16 13 7
Scomber scombrus
Japan 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0
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Latvia 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Latvia 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Lithuania 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Lithuania 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Mexico 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12
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Montenegro 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Netherlands 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Netherlands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 6,800 8,800 10,600 10,100 10,574 15,664 17,178 38,139 51,621 63,388
Scomber scombrus
Norway 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 278,800 202,600 159,800 337,600 287,806 243,440 212,119 181,742 92,897 125,497
Scomber scombrus
Poland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 68,189 112,296 142,244 117,254 96,104 74,281 51,549 19,456 2 0
Scomber scombrus
Poland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 6,300 11,000 13,400 11,200 26,925 23,886 23,427 2,546 0 92
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Portugal 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 300 1,000 800 1,100 1,140 1,564 1,807 1,023 1,081 743
Scomber scombrus
Romania 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 758 4,539 2,519 5,876 6,966 74 5,396 1,070 20 10
Scomber scombrus
Romania 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 2,166 12,148 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Romania 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Russian ederation 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Russian ederation 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Russian ederation 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Serbia and Montenegro 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Slovenia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Spain 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 50 6 0 0 32 121 87 36 4
Scomber scombrus
Spain 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 34,400 37,600 33,100 28,000 33,441 26,753 21,000 24,788 25,362 22,998
Scomber scombrus
Spain 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 6,174 4,754 3,400 3,000 3,700 3,935 0 3,184 2,529 2,215
Scomber scombrus
St. Pierre and Miquelon 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 25 164 109 291 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Sweden 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3,400 3,200 4,700 3,000 3,587 5,426 8,174 4,012 4,502 4,665
Scomber scombrus
Syrian Arab Republic 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 64 70 89 92 95 75
Scomber scombrus
Turkey 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 500 0 400 400 154 488 65 195 330 814
Scomber scombrus
Ukraine 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 128,475 137,320 139,826 162,562 136,601 127,854 105,301 22,842 655 275
Scomber scombrus
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 14,300 39,100 77,700 104,600 140,854 321,715 265,002 25,740 670 245
Scomber scombrus
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep. 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 100 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
United Kingdom 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,600 6,500 8,900 21,400 30,133 48,354 87,100 187,722 320,920 353,454
Scomber scombrus
United States of America 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 4,300 2,500 2,500 2,000 1,074 1,864 2,929 1,362 1,614 2,024
Total: 668,523 758,112 783,725 1,021,010 982,447 1,092,759 1,072,519 684,779 704,081 757,744

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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