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FAO Capture Production in Greenland (t)     n = 85
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Anarhichas lupus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 12 16 27 7 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anarhichas spp
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 47 58 128 393 313 491 752 879 1,186 1,157 1,198 790
Anarhichas spp
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 2 24 10 1 4
Balaena mysticetus
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 155 153 149 198 190 180 181 167 152 168 195 189
Balaenoptera borealis
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 6 8 13 9 13 14 10 12 14 10 6 5
Boreogadus saida
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 58 5 18 45 18 50 6 0 0 2
Boreogadus saida
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brosme brosme
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brosme brosme
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 47 0
Chionoecetes opilio
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 10,236 14,247 9,841 6,862 5,837 4,454 3,146 2,189 2,169 2,991 3,096 1,806
Chlamys islandica
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,630 1,593 2,457 2,566 2,476 1,391 1,818 1,393 667 512 392 480
Chlamys islandica
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 2,370 2,895 4,430 3,360 18,130 4,898 4,245 3,730 4,764 2,940
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 17 22 21 37 0 1 17 13 7 1 0 7
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 11 5 5 6 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0
Cyclopterus lumpus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,211 3,216 5,848 6,578 8,233 9,702 9,973 8,801 6,436 6,930 8,623 10,737
Cyclopterus lumpus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Cystophora cristata
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3,769 5,010 3,606 4,351 4,146 3,120 4,280 2,575 2,084 1,627 1,853 1,652
Cystophora cristata
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,075 1,504 1,200 2,002 1,707 1,036 562 719 521 359 273 185
Delphinapterus leucas
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 609 456 424 423 247 184 137 120 279 228 222 138
Delphinidae
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 7 0 26 69 39 108 92 261 151
Erignathus barbatus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,374 2,016 1,652 1,361 1,092 1,062 1,483 1,176 1,160 994 1,183 846
Erignathus barbatus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 320 334 313 355 274 392 309 392 277 264 220 149
Gadus morhua
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 764 1,680 3,891 3,954 4,706 5,734 8,312 14,134 20,067 9,865 9,419 11,271
Gadus morhua
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,234 3,934 32 2 5,252 5,377 6,812 5,237 4,268 5,744 8,129 8,331
Gadus ogac
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 931 1,128 918 1,288 891 1,051 1,020 597 595 171 251 164
Gadus ogac
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Globicephala melas
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 5 62 38 195 265 345 46 288 182 238 337 114
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 9 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 8 2 4 5
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 10 19 47 12 10 12 10 8 17 19 24 6
Hyperoodon ampullatus
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallotus villosus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 22 3 83 42 263 24 24 33 139 184 90 127
Mallotus villosus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 24,623 18,638 30,258 29,521 21,225 21,192 6,676 12,608 6,650 0 4,948 17,980
Megaptera novaeangliae
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 134 19 0 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 176 547 596 847 992 1,129 1,124 901 1,028 1,421 1,989 2,110
Micromesistius poutassou
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,517 5,389 5,215 60 2,435 0
Molva dypterygia
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Molva molva
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 1
Monodon monoceros
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 600 657 672 647 595 520 411 331 377 371 266 296
Odobenus rosmarus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 322 333 297 273 153 198 141 123 94 123 100 92
Odobenus rosmarus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 7 10 34 11 3 16 5 10 9 4 7 5
Odontoceti
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orcinus orca
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 1 2 21 5 14 2 0 3 26 14 15 100
Osteichthyes
Greenland 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 769 589 584 474 2 2 392 2 5 6 0 0
Osteichthyes
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 200 264 41 71 43 11 21 154 46 35 0 0
Pandalus borealis
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 80,888 81,398 103,216 79,652 131,380 142,791 146,818 136,531 145,234 130,210 123,897 116,820
Pandalus borealis
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4,514 4,444 2,730 4,187 4,581 3,375 626 1,735 14 1,284 600 225
Pandalus montagui
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 697 609 0 925 605 509 1,421 1,959 89 53 0 248
Phoca groenlandica
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 97,229 84,165 65,810 64,735 69,414 90,681 93,788 81,488 78,746 70,625 88,799 44,557
Phoca groenlandica
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 2,572 2,598 1,915 2,872 2,831 2,813 2,166 2,787 3,440 2,806 1,945 918
Phoca hispida
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 67,727 65,865 68,736 67,229 63,947 79,582 75,127 60,483 61,833 57,614 55,060 39,411
Phoca hispida
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 12,575 12,572 13,768 13,417 13,482 12,481 11,147 10,786 8,703 8,062 6,457 4,108
Phoca vitulina
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 120 75 181 643 652 362 77 54 41 28 24 68
Phoca vitulina
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 4 5 6 81 152 76 1 33 40 5 2 10
Phocoena phocoena
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 1,605 2,216 2,132 2,325 2,963 3,214 2,942 2,910 1,759 2,029 2,077 2,453
Physeter macrocephalus
Greenland 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pleuronectes platessa
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 6 1 0 0 0
Pollachius virens
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 601 1,526 1,580 2,036 2,094 1,843 1,803 1,643 1,401 1,630 954 445
Raja spp
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 23,219 19,111 23,814 27,100 28,457 28,177 32,125 29,284 26,317 26,324 28,741 29,365
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,756 1,573 2,196 1,750 1,565 3,010 2,097 2,857 311 2,886 1,868 3,418
Salmo salar
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 24 42 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0
Salmo salar
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salvelinus alpinus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 29 20 20 0 18 35 50 16 17 19 44 61
Salvelinus alpinus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber scombrus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
Sebastes marinus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Sebastes marinus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 41 13 228 97 132 146 260 123 94 922 4,740 4,284
Sebastes mentella
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 671 124 124 0 278 0 22 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes mentella
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 3,509 3,258 3,951 3,453 1,070 778 2,413 2,008 1,106 1,518 2,992 0
Sebastes spp
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 721 305 523 477 171 210 386 257 169 160 164 133
Sebastes spp
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 139 94 28 71 13 0 158 0 0 1 0 2,671
Somniosus microcephalus
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Somniosus microcephalus
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
Squalidae
Greenland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalidae
Greenland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 159,711 158,485 195,624 175,321 225,088 234,864 252,959 233,754 227,665 197,878 209,446 214,493

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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