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FAO Capture Production in Iceland (t) n = 124
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Alepocephalus bairdii Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ammodytes spp Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Anarhichas lupus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	15,043	17,953	14,303	16,453	13,194	15,233	16,408	16,192	14,648	15,129	12,608	12,608
Anarhichas minor Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,896	2,126	2,128	2,414	3,346	3,264	3,644	2,726	2,100	2,314	1,903	1,903
Anarhichas spp Iceland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anarhichas spp Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	17
Antimora rostrata Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aphanopus carbo Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	18	8	15	14	19	19	23	1	0	0	109	109
Aphanopus carbo Iceland	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arctica islandica Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,584	7,434	12,353	14,558	10,376	2,357	328	4,620	7,629	0	0	0
Argentina spp Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4,595	2,478	4,357	2,680	3,645	0	4,776	4,246	9,038	11,644	16,569	16,569
Ascophyllum nodosum Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	14,737	15,688	14,959	18,047	17,736	18,186	17,829	17,114	18,564	18,988	18,560	18,560
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Iceland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	1	0	2	36	25	41	62	45	39	81	60	60
Balaenoptera borealis Iceland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Iceland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	125	148	148
Beryx spp Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beryx spp Iceland	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beryx spp Iceland	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brachyura Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	1	0	0	1	0	52	0	1	0	2	2
Brama brama Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Brosme brosme Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4,741	3,425	3,935	4,031	3,127	3,539	5,053	5,984	6,933	6,950	6,919	6,919
Buccinum undatum Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	770	678	0	248	863	991	832	554	398	116	142	142
Centroscyllium fabricii Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	10
Centroscymnus coelolepis Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chimaera monstrosa Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	7
Chimaeriformes Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chlamys islandica Iceland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chlamys islandica Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	9,074	6,499	5,192	789	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clupea harengus Iceland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clupea harengus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	287,663	178,950	223,842	250,039	224,580	261,445	291,380	319,894	370,814	331,200	254,476	254,476
Coryphaenoides rupestris Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	70	57	70	59	181	76	62	13	29	46	59	59
Cyclopterus lumpus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,458	3,271	5,047	6,230	5,782	3,731	4,026	3,319	0	5,614	8,477	8,477
Delphinidae Iceland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	6	0	3	14	0	0	3	0	0	0
Echinus esculentus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	50	29	1	134	126	140	146	146
Eutrigla gurnardus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	10
Gadiformes Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gadus morhua Iceland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gadus morhua Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	238,324	240,002	213,417	206,290	227,222	212,423	199,375	174,436	151,397	188,976	178,599	178,599
Genypterus capensis Iceland	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,098	1,132	1,147	1,948	2,122	2,325	2,030	1,805	1,428	1,789	1,325	1,325
Hippoglossoides platessoides Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	3,176	3,473	3,579	2,835	2,024	877	744	358	278	290	220	220
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	493	589	683	634	574	524	447	419	502	498	551	551
Holothuroidea Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	27	0	208	50	0	1,051	1,167	2,246	2,246
Hoplostethus atlanticus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	68	18	10	0	28	8	2	0	4	1	1	1
Laminaria digitata Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,764	4,679	3	4,072	3,734	2,910	3,135	4,753	3,995	3,575	2,454	2,454
Lamna nasus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2	3	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	1
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	97	96	78	73	123	148	284	187	197	0	252	252
Limanda limanda Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	3,015	4,373	4,358	4,213	2,953	2,116	1,080	810	798	882	612	612
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loliginidae, Ommastrephidae Iceland	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lophius piscatorius Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,570	1,353	965	1,685	2,224	2,852	2,587	2,777	2,947	4,069	3,283	3,283
Lophius vomerinus Iceland	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macrourus berglax Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	5	3	11	33	3	5	7	2	0	5	23	23
Magnisudis atlantica Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Mallotus villosus Iceland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mallotus villosus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	892,405	918,417	1,078,820	680,291	524,516	604,509	184,431	307,447	149,031	21,526	115,515	115,515
Maurolicus muelleri Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46,203	17,894	17,894
Megaptera novaeangliae Iceland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Melanogrammus aeglefinus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	41,698	39,825	49,951	60,337	84,678	96,627	96,591	109,313	102,385	81,832	64,939	64,939
Merlangius merlangus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,349	1,179	1,295	1,026	1,048	797	1,051	1,259	1,688	2,308	0	0
Merluccius capensis, M.paradoxus Iceland	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merluccius merluccius Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	110	110
Micromesistius poutassou Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	259,157	365,101	286,381	501,494	422,078	265,889	314,755	234,952	163,794	120,197	87,907	87,907
Microstomus kitt Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,438	1,371	950	1,245	2,210	2,509	2,688	2,661	2,635	2,629	1,968	1,968
Molva dypterygia Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,623	765	1,274	1,098	1,083	1,497	1,737	1,999	3,654	4,129	6,377	6,377
Molva molva Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	3,223	2,864	2,833	3,855	3,722	4,311	6,277	6,592	7,737	9,610	0	0
Mytilus edulis Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	79	79
Nephrops norvegicus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,230	1,420	1,548	1,666	1,437	2,031	1,876	2,007	2,070	2,463	2,541	2,541
Odontoceti Iceland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Orcinus orca Iceland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Iceland	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Iceland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	0	49	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	45	49	28	100	0	0	62	0	9	0	0
Osteichthyes Iceland	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pandalus borealis Iceland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	8,832	5,065	6,877	4,848	3,671	4,154	2,184	0	0	0	185	185
Pandalus borealis Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	24,707	25,725	29,280	23,939	16,377	4,505	860	2,027	2,198	5,512	7,577	7,577
Phaeophyceae Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phocoena phocoena Iceland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	128	0	362	206	0	0	84	0	0	0
Phycis blennoides Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
Physeter macrocephalus Iceland	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectes platessa Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	5,218	4,905	5,126	5,257	5,707	5,807	6,370	5,816	6,724	6,316	5,984	5,984
Pleuronectiformes Iceland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pleuronectiformes Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pollachius pollachius Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Pollachius virens Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	32,947	31,941	41,839	51,940	62,933	67,747	75,460	64,245	70,109	61,332	53,896	53,896
Psetta maxima Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raja alba Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12
Raja batis Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	94	85	59	120	145	167	134	117	127	113	117	117
Raja fullonica Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	27	37	32	17	23	16	18	25	4	45	19	19
Raja lintea Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	10	8	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raja radiata Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,076	1,211	1,781	1,491	1,015	660	512	473	636	710	1,029	1,029
Raja spp Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	436	0	0
Rajiformes Iceland	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Iceland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	528	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	14,553	16,628	19,229	20,366	15,486	13,030	11,796	9,582	11,699	15,780	13,310	13,310
Salmo salar Iceland	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	85	88	97	110	130	149	113	126	174	170	190	190
Salmo salar Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salmo spp Iceland	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	91	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salmo trutta Iceland	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	63	64	54	46	38	41	38	45	47	47
Salvelinus alpinus Iceland	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	50	51	38	24	22	18	19	20	23	23
Sardinella spp Iceland	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scomber japonicus Iceland	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scomber scombrus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	1	53	122	0	363	4,222	0	112,352	116,101	122,033	122,033
Scombridae Iceland	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scorpaenidae Iceland	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastes marinus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	44,829	38,762	54,766	41,296	35,518	44,447	46,780	42,993	50,268	42,804	39,316	39,316
Sebastes mentella Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	45,231	42,440	44,504	46,454	32,905	13,231	11,169	12,461	19,385	15,529	28,242	28,242
Sebastes spp Iceland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	1	0	0	2,378	3,917	2,660	1,870	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastes spp Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	26,243	11,325	11,606	21,484	12,256	17,159	22,776	19,942	6,804	15,054	0	0
Sebastes viviparus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,601	2,601
Somniosus microcephalus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	45	57	56	61	66	50	24	2	42	25	43	43
Squalidae Iceland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Squalus acanthias Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	109	136	276	231	141	82	74	34	68	95	62	62
Thunnus obesus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thyrsites atun Iceland	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Todarodes sagittatus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	2	2
Trachipterus arcticus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	11
Trachurus spp Iceland	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachurus trachurus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36,518	0	0	0	0
Trisopterus esmarkii Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	160	253	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	39	39
Xiphias gladius Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zeus faber Iceland	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			1,982,545	1,983,574	2,134,548	1,986,539	1,733,702	1,664,657	1,327,079	1,399,190	1,284,034	1,141,869	1,060,641	1,060,641

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