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FAO Capture Production of Squalus acanthias (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
Squalus acanthias
Algeria 		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 0 13 14 15 6 6
Squalus acanthias
Argentina 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (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 0 113 119 148 232 268 187
Squalus acanthias
Belgium 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 800 1,000 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,400 1,000 700 1,000 900 900 1,300 1,300 1,500 1,400 1,100 1,200 1,200 1,900 1,135 1,037 589 652 1,262 896 646 567 623 547 590 447 471 339 135 187 102 68 56 47 21 14 16 15 17 10 11 13 23 12 13 21 17 10 11 7 1 3
Squalus acanthias
Bulgaria 		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 27 20 52 53 68 153 90 51 28 16 21 14 12 12 80 64 40 28 25 102 126 100 51 47 15 6 24 23 9 77 81
Squalus acanthias
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (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 36 1 3 1 84 1,331 660 564 389 0 1 13 10 15 1 167 1,316 307 868 1,271 1,690 957 431 446 1,081 2,456 2,828 3,760 3,589 1,324 2,371 2,270 2,440 2,384 1,576 154 6 125
Squalus acanthias
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 600 500 700 0 0 1,000 200 200 200 300 0 100 100 100 5,200 1,154 716 290 1,817 3,150 4,877 4,545 1,091 2,037 3,071 2,441 2,679 2,983 3,767 5,314 2,774 4,109 3,128 2,356 830 1,776 2,744 4,000 2,100 2,500 5,897 4,696 4,543 4,701 5,617 5,490 5,432 2,417 4,093 2,152 4,301 1,841 961
Squalus acanthias
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 0 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
Squalus acanthias
Chile 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (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 99 108
Squalus acanthias
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
Squalus acanthias
Cuba 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (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 11 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Denmark 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 200 200 100 200 200 200 300 200 500 800 1,000 1,400 1,100 1,100 1,700 1,700 2,000 2,700 2,400 2,141 2,705 1,758 1,726 2,083 2,263 1,396 1,421 1,503 1,550 1,222 1,675 1,008 1,394 1,494 1,086 1,364 1,246 800 486 211 146 142 196 126 131 146 156 256 233 219 151 122 76 77 83 15 26
Squalus acanthias
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 0 100 42 41 0 0 5 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 308 51 212 356 484 354 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
France 		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 8,034 9,016 11,558 14,222 11,966 14,837 12,357 11,109 10,941 13,523 9,892 5,638 4,071 3,506 2,406 1,911 1,661 1,349 1,719 1,708 1,410 1,192 1,097 1,333 1,138 1,110 1,129 1,096 847 659 580 508 291 137
Squalus acanthias
France 		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 64 50 69 37 40 64 117 0 0 0 0 53 63 41 29 21 19 0 7 7 7 5 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 4 2
Squalus acanthias
Georgia 		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 1 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Germany 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 700 700 600 100 62 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 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
Squalus acanthias
Germany 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 700 1,200 1,100 700 900 700 900 700 1,200 1,000 900 700 400 500 600 500 700 800 800 800 800 500 600 400 316 218 309 123 417 71 43 42 39 25 8 23 41 47 27 24 26 6 56 8 0 0 0 0 0 45 188 303 119 98 140 140 7 3 5 2 1 1
Squalus acanthias
Germany 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (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 1 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
Squalus acanthias
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 16 10 15 13 26 17 36 22 13 25 5 9 7 5 4 17 15 53 181 109 97 166 157 106 78 57 109 136 276 231 141 82 74 34 68 95 62 53
Squalus acanthias
Ireland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 1,400 2,800 3,700 2,000 2,400 2,000 1,600 1,300 1,200 1,200 1,900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 167 33 134 108 477 1,268 4,658 6,930 8,791 5,012 8,706 5,612 3,063 1,743 1,213 1,383 3,424 3,624 2,435 2,095 1,407 1,259 962 880 1,301 1,293 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Netherlands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 300 300 200 200 300 300 500 200 400 500 400 300 600 600 600 697 342 214 240 224 203 217 268 183 315 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 39 27 9 25 30 24 25 19 4 8 1
Squalus acanthias
New Zealand 		81 - Pacific, Southwest (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 0 132 294 338 540 950 1,000 2,800 4,500 3,433 2,885 2,879 2,592 5,429 3,601 2,753 2,477 7,232 3,064 4,409 3,362 4,192 6,024 3,073 3,088 3,866 4,638 3,967 2,911 3,129 4,015 3,222
Squalus acanthias
Norway 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 7,500 11,400 13,100 13,800 16,700 17,200 20,800 18,700 24,700 19,100 25,600 34,600 31,600 34,000 26,600 20,900 17,900 17,200 23,100 25,400 23,100 20,300 27,700 21,600 18,690 16,254 16,264 13,231 12,627 7,314 5,925 3,940 3,992 4,659 4,280 3,487 2,986 3,614 4,139 5,329 8,105 9,634 7,114 6,945 4,546 3,939 2,749 1,567 1,293 1,461 1,644 1,425 1,130 1,119 1,053 1,010 790 615 711 543 540 247
Squalus acanthias
Poland 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,850 3,848 115 58 70 0 0 0 0 103 0 20 89 13 0 52 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
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 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
Squalus acanthias
Poland 		67 - Pacific, 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 24 286 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
Squalus acanthias
Portugal 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (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 0 1
Squalus acanthias
Portugal 		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 1 4 1 2 4 4 2 5 7 5 2 2 2 21 2 3 4 4 9 6 10 14 3 3 2 3
Squalus acanthias
Portugal 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (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 11 17 19 10 0
Squalus acanthias
Romania 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 100 105 0 37 0 1 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
Squalus acanthias
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 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 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Romania 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 200 0 400 0 9 1 5 0 6 6 3 1 4 3 3 8 19 93 134 77 52 49 25 30 45 26 53 6 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 13 10 4 3 4
Squalus acanthias
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 8 4 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Spain 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (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 69 6 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Spain 		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 27 94 372 363 359 201 17 96 102 115 79 53 19 17
Squalus acanthias
Spain 		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 9 8 8 2 3 5 2 2 3 7 7 4
Squalus acanthias
Spain 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (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 56 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
St. Pierre and Miquelon 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 35 6 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Sweden 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 100 0 0 0 0 0 200 200 200 200 300 300 200 200 300 300 300 600 400 400 300 400 400 300 277 236 375 268 934 787 399 308 398 300 256 360 471 702 733 613 390 333 230 188 95 104 154 197 140 114 124 238 270 275 244 170 148 95 76 80 5 0
Squalus acanthias
Ukraine 		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 1,681 1,191 1,330 775 595 409 148 67 44 20 38 94 71 134 97 172 93 75 67 45 79 47 27 31
Squalus acanthias
Ukraine 		81 - Pacific, Southwest (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 0 162 160 153 0 160 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
United Kingdom 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 9,600 13,400 14,400 11,800 11,500 12,900 12,100 13,400 13,100 12,500 11,800 10,600 7,700 7,700 9,800 9,700 11,000 12,900 13,000 11,700 12,100 15,400 16,200 17,100 16,354 18,761 18,737 19,292 19,454 16,673 14,066 12,932 11,234 11,010 12,810 14,483 13,183 15,577 14,618 13,311 13,081 12,171 13,812 10,032 8,072 10,815 9,423 8,691 8,926 7,527 7,138 7,306 5,170 6,817 5,030 3,132 1,211 808 278 546 64 1
Squalus acanthias
United States of America 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (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 0 128 0 0 0 0 7,873 2,234 2,108 1,067 785 1,127 2,365 2,881 4,008 4,774 5,081 8,615
Squalus acanthias
United States of America 		67 - Pacific, 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 1 542 667 638 990 651 493 577 547 612 834 245 101 573
Squalus acanthias
United States of America 		77 - Pacific, 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 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 8 0 4 24 2 0 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 5 24 8 3 17 11 28 8 14 11 44 46 6 0
Total: 20,300 29,800 33,300 29,300 32,300 34,000 36,800 35,600 42,200 36,300 42,900 48,400 41,000 44,200 40,300 34,510 33,200 34,500 41,100 41,800 39,509 41,301 50,205 54,150 44,918 40,522 38,705 37,997 48,414 43,651 39,681 36,080 34,124 41,577 41,774 44,265 38,339 50,656 48,281 36,993 38,668 35,412 32,567 31,140 25,585 26,022 23,594 23,952 20,359 25,551 31,712 28,258 27,866 22,280 20,589 19,319 16,132 16,633 13,784 14,908 12,559 14,428

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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