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FAO Capture Production of Merluccius merluccius (t)     n = 45
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Merluccius merluccius
Albania
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 65 83 98 96 67 105 562 238 454 400 300 227 293 185 340 341 330 380 200 384 473 267 280 275 275 336 280 286
Merluccius merluccius
Algeria
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 900 500 900 700 500 700 900 500 500 600 600 400 500 500 700 400 700 700 500 900 600 702 844 760 880 898 850 950 1,192 1,739 2,160 2,520 2,900 2,922 2,944 2,960 1,139 2,081 1,806 828 850 650 900 1,000 1,200 1,115 1,154 1,012 1,310 1,681 3 196 209 31 22 12 44 193 96 307 288 383
Merluccius merluccius
Belgium
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 400 200 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0 100 100 200 200 200 200 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 351 658 356 240 152 165 300 236 219 176 223 226 157 136 139 136 163 172 183 116 105 76 42 54 76 92 117 124 91 72 106 94 83 79 72 51 69 52
Merluccius merluccius
Bulgaria
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Channel Islands
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Croatia
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,057 1,589 1,230 1,129 929 828 935 650 583 557 624 460 678 870 920 980 702 840 690 777
Merluccius merluccius
Cyprus
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 5 4 3 1 2 3 3 1 4 4 0 1 5 4 4 3 5 7 6 4 4 14 13 7 3 4 2 5 6 8 3 11 10 28 23 25 23 12 14 9
Merluccius merluccius
Denmark
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 200 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 400 500 400 500 600 700 800 1,100 900 1,200 1,400 1,400 1,832 2,302 1,939 1,651 1,789 1,770 2,098 2,242 1,690 1,705 1,876 1,775 1,813 1,916 1,598 2,057 2,855 3,341 3,371 3,179 2,128 1,487 868 670 591 846 811 1,043 1,163 1,199 1,357 1,254 1,360 1,224 1,668 2,179 2,189 2,188
Merluccius merluccius
Egypt
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 182 132 75 44 1 9 24 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 33 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Faroe Islands
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 14 1 6 5 5 0 2 6 1 2 7 5 9 67 21 20 7
Merluccius merluccius
France
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 18,200 20,300 20,600 21,100 18,500 22,000 22,300 25,800 30,300 32,400 35,700 35,600 33,600 29,100 28,100 28,400 26,000 26,200 23,000 22,100 25,600 23,500 21,800 24,200 21,717 22,202 19,123 15,261 18,382 22,522 24,104 22,315 15,969 20,082 19,421 26,271 20,058 18,145 21,894 23,679 20,266 18,903 15,570 12,953 14,758 14,530 8,899 8,592 5,165 7,378 10,122 8,007 10,949 10,846 10,765 13,188 10,599 12,417 10,428 17,068 19,184 22,829
Merluccius merluccius
France
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 720 639 500 500 1,268 1,948 1,776 1,714 2,222 1,747 2,565 2,463 2,288 2,277 1,566 1,587 1,658 1,568 2,216 1,877 1,761 3,694 4,275 4,006 1,955 1,775 1,423 1,423 1,423 1,782 1,513 2,022 2,663 2,452 1,292 1,020 1,031 1,331 1,965 3,210 1,968 1,233
Merluccius merluccius
Germany
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 500 200 100 100 100 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 100 100 200 100 200 200 235 134 81 64 227 37 65 62 32 7 14 24 27 28 41 36 23 30 51 120 84 110 83 76 69 68 46 73 71 81 100 119 134 243 223 175 278 298
Merluccius merluccius
Greece
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,757 8,431 3,020 4,656 4,370 1,395 5,107 4,379 6 0 9,235 4,789 266 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 34 46 39 85 70 9 20 1 9 0 349 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Greece
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,500 1,100 1,300 1,500 1,300 1,700 1,300 1,500 1,500 2,000 1,500 1,500 1,100 1,100 800 1,400 800 700 1,000 1,000 1,284 1,103 1,239 1,828 1,779 1,581 1,812 1,871 2,003 1,725 1,758 1,685 2,147 2,351 2,615 3,062 3,812 3,025 3,714 4,206 3,789 3,221 4,141 5,043 6,390 5,369 4,579 4,248 3,032 3,127 2,960 2,753 2,930 3,169 3,748 3,871 4,794 5,192 5,514 5,230 4,602 4,602
Merluccius merluccius
Iceland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0
Merluccius merluccius
Ireland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 100 200 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0 100 100 111 126 208 143 212 305 657 806 1,105 1,395 1,309 1,298 2,104 2,014 1,961 2,107 2,266 1,773 2,513 2,539 2,175 2,186 1,741 2,270 1,971 2,090 2,037 1,124 698 1,077 1,069 1,043 1,114 1,438 1,393 1,619 2,048 1,896
Merluccius merluccius
Isle of Man
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 24 24 31 7 3 2 4 2 2 5 7 11 6 7 25 23 18 28 30 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Israel
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 200 400 400 200 400 400 500 600 700 700 100 700 1,100 700 600 400 400 100 200 100 138 80 88 158 101 100 100 100 100 40 52 65 60 80 90 75 85 90 65 60 63 53 54 61 120 120 131 86 134 60 62 73 68 60 39 36 18 10 6 2 2 2
Merluccius merluccius
Italy
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 211 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Italy
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 116 718 922 196 902 2,090 286 685 1,502 1,679 1,950 1,139 66 0 0 0 371 0 0 0 0 1 539 1,459 1,398 717 17 10 5 6 2 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Italy
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 5,400 3,600 6,600 5,000 4,800 2,700 1,800 1,900 7,100 6,400 6,500 7,400 6,500 6,400 8,000 8,800 9,700 9,300 9,200 9,300 10,316 10,697 12,938 11,525 13,574 14,330 16,162 17,174 13,468 12,086 11,378 14,552 16,197 21,623 27,473 33,480 23,687 25,093 27,786 24,745 20,473 24,838 28,433 34,001 36,334 37,680 30,707 17,971 13,166 9,754 9,219 8,765 8,459 9,361 9,586 15,379 18,570 14,655 13,049 12,520 11,989 10,462
Merluccius merluccius
Japan
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 690 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Malta
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 14 11 8 11 40 17 15 10 12 114 9 11 7 9 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 7 5 9 2 11 6 11
Merluccius merluccius
Montenegro
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 25 34 24 27 20
Merluccius merluccius
Morocco
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,700 2,200 2,000 1,800 1,800 1,800 2,200 2,800 2,900 3,100 3,100 2,200 1,700 4,000 2,100 2,600 3,900 4,000 3,400 2,500 4,800 2,900 2,600 2,800 5,103 4,412 53 4,349 2,813 2,562 2,598 2,000 2,170 1,983 2,124 3,430 3,372 4,089 4,026 4,635 6,234 5,986 5,799 3,735 5,090 6,038 3,086 2,473 1,232 2,581 2,331 4,958 6,492 11,722 10,364 9,048 5,376 6,403 4,722 5,388 3,946 4,284
Merluccius merluccius
Morocco
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 100 200 300 200 200 200 300 300 200 300 200 200 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 11 16 16 8 1 21 35 141 50 61 502 35 48 90 124 50 61 116 65 68 106 66 77 95 84 74 96 37 461 197 197 187 202 157 547 194 132 197 146 227
Merluccius merluccius
Netherlands
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 200 200 100 100 0 0 0 0 100 0 100 100 0 100 100 0 100 100 200 100 100 200 100 300 244 148 66 53 48 91 104 196 126 156 113 38 25 102 154 129 132 117 181 144 75 78 111 62 75 98 43 72 18 24 24 40 37 95 157 193 251 494
Merluccius merluccius
Norway
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 100 200 100 200 500 400 400 400 300 500 600 800 800 700 1,000 721 434 627 430 419 439 453 344 384 272 377 428 277 322 358 397 669 817 872 887 589 783 938 981 825 609 693 635 534 608 642 882 1,179 1,294 1,608 1,693 1,677 2,285
Merluccius merluccius
Poland
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 48 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Portugal
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 9,000 11,200 13,800 14,800 13,700 13,600 10,400 11,900 14,700 12,300 14,100 13,000 6,400 9,600 9,000 10,400 8,300 7,600 7,200 6,600 9,300 8,000 8,700 15,300 7,833 9,422 7,924 5,489 4,406 5,257 6,300 5,408 6,813 7,311 5,022 5,448 7,863 6,912 5,510 3,131 3,094 3,587 4,620 3,273 2,685 3,109 2,636 2,198 2,346 3,103 3,058 3,030 2,616 2,256 2,084 2,396 2,310 2,077 2,124 2,222 2,432 2,271
Merluccius merluccius
Portugal
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 406 0 13 844 71 99 168 211 573 1,807 1,430 862 972 642 126 126 1,041 687 357 986 380 217 114 3 2 264 371 210 1 28 128 0 11 65 66
Merluccius merluccius
Romania
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Serbia and Montenegro
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 22 20 21 19 17 18 18 18 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Slovenia
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 4 4 2 1 0 2 2 5 1 3 3 6 1 2 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Spain
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 63,900 77,900 70,200 61,500 64,600 98,100 58,900 68,800 63,500 63,200 68,400 72,800 70,800 65,000 79,800 74,800 73,200 76,700 69,600 65,700 76,100 24,800 58,200 63,000 61,898 63,995 58,898 41,009 21,735 33,633 26,791 25,322 28,986 31,781 45,397 35,640 33,370 33,495 31,629 20,353 18,212 22,022 23,757 21,015 20,001 27,168 18,076 20,161 20,057 22,931 24,856 12,137 13,410 14,854 21,874 22,107 22,608 13,043 21,814 22,189 23,743 24,856
Merluccius merluccius
Spain
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 400 200 200 200 600 300 500 1,000 0 0 0 0 8,071 7,639 4,982 3,399 30 867 6,612 3,686 3,725 4,120 4,439 5,539 6,432 6,787 4,636 4,092 3,190 4,563 6,615 6,300 6,000 5,800 5,536 3,293 1,741 926 0 7 3,989 4,380 6,937 6,347 5,148 4,168 3,240 3,825 5,315 1,469
Merluccius merluccius
Spain
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 1,000 4,000 4,400 4,200 4,200 4,500 4,900 5,200 4,800 5,200 4,600 4,200 3,600 4,300 4,300 3,500 3,400 4,100 4,100 3,200 4,617 5,861 4,500 2,800 3,400 2,547 2,676 3,167 4,782 3,778 4,885 4,291 5,254 5,643 5,290 5,156 5,939 5,668 4,618 4,627 4,500 4,300 4,100 4,000 3,800 3,600 3,400 2,850 5,402 5,497 6,327 7,015 4,706 3,895 4,163 4,363 4,766 3,823 4,451 5,818 4,002 4,061
Merluccius merluccius
Sweden
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,500 1,100 1,000 1,000 900 1,100 1,100 900 1,100 500 500 600 700 1,000 400 300 600 600 600 400 400 300 300 400 373 411 347 284 203 339 224 111 114 78 103 114 84 78 71 74 139 241 201 200 170 69 45 33 26 27 34 63 51 55 72 71 61 61 182 75 70 84
Merluccius merluccius
Syrian Arab Republic
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 92 95 75 70 63 78 70 84 83 63 104 85 104 107 94 130 134 129 128 250 300 125 110 87 52 63 70 86 110 62 65 46 52 49 40
Merluccius merluccius
Tunisia
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 379 399 703 563 783 472 606 643 460 593 646 566 883 660 668 496 519 515 508 345 372 433 710 818 840 744 685 922 537 1,069 974 1,284 1,538 1,202 1,552 1,295 1,336 1,255 1,422 1,237 1,311 956
Merluccius merluccius
Turkey
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,200 0 0 0 0 0 2,000 1 3 0 0 6 18 0 3 4 4 0 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 71 583 3 1 150 25 15 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep.
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 100 400 300 1,600 368 146 0 245 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius merluccius
United Kingdom
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 26,500 28,500 26,800 25,000 20,200 19,000 16,500 14,500 13,200 10,500 11,700 11,900 13,800 12,100 9,400 7,800 6,000 4,800 5,500 4,500 3,300 2,800 2,900 2,800 2,558 2,827 2,075 1,863 1,972 1,831 2,457 5,676 3,687 3,257 4,563 5,730 6,155 9,308 8,366 5,953 6,177 7,789 7,577 7,380 6,120 5,614 5,380 5,716 5,168 5,537 4,519 2,775 2,663 2,658 2,974 4,937 3,875 4,576 6,061 7,922 6,927 8,018
Merluccius merluccius
Yugoslavia SFR
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 400 500 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 300 300 300 200 300 300 400 400 500 300 300 322 263 342 408 464 579 734 852 646 590 799 538 644 645 668 762 770 893 958 1,060 1,015 580 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 131,600 152,500 149,300 137,900 131,900 166,600 122,000 135,900 141,800 138,200 148,500 152,000 141,900 137,400 145,400 141,300 136,000 137,700 127,500 122,300 143,140 93,572 121,822 136,593 138,118 138,788 127,345 106,042 77,423 92,722 107,991 101,041 96,582 109,792 128,825 134,810 122,151 125,465 124,822 107,903 98,775 107,721 115,913 114,660 113,129 119,906 92,332 76,958 66,159 70,553 71,241 57,914 66,503 72,909 81,168 88,986 86,352 75,298 81,483 94,431 93,698 94,166

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