FAO Catches List
FAO Capture Production of Balaenoptera physalus (t)     n = 28
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All Years  |   1950 - 1959  |   1960 - 1969  |   1970 - 1979  |   1980 - 1989  |   1990 - 1999  |   2000 - 2010  |        Back to Menu
Country Fishing Area Unit 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Balaenoptera physalus
Argentina
98 - (t) 503 515 567 392 766 758 668 729 1,199 523
Balaenoptera physalus
Brazil
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 485 587 19 22 0 15 22 677 66 20
Balaenoptera physalus
Chile
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 283 434 359 202 69 73 70
Balaenoptera physalus
Falkland Is.(Malvinas)
98 - (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,291
Balaenoptera physalus
France
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Iceland
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 265 339 265 332 334 400 440 517 508 371
Balaenoptera physalus
Ireland
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Italy
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Japan
98 - (t) 1,057 2,052 2,602 1,972 3,272 4,220 4,524 5,849 7,295 7,865
Balaenoptera physalus
Japan
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Korea, Republic of
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Netherlands
98 - (t) 940 851 718 993 1,074 601 860 1,152 1,396 1,907
Balaenoptera physalus
Norway
98 - (t) 11,204 9,723 10,364 9,422 12,704 10,809 10,406 11,738 10,023 10,860
Balaenoptera physalus
Norway
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 435 417 452 380 392 305 206 170 222 215
Balaenoptera physalus
Panama
98 - (t) 0 770 900 1,728 0 2,022 2,115 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Peru
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Sierra Leone
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
South Africa
98 - (t) 1,194 1,498 1,511 2,019 1,717 1,178 1,359 1,381 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Spain
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 30 96 57 28 32 32 23 21 14 55
Balaenoptera physalus
Taiwan Province of China
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep.
98 - (t) 1,217 949 1,951 2,366 2,525 2,837 2,152 2,158 2,563 2,194
Balaenoptera physalus
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep.
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
United Kingdom
98 - (t) 3,945 3,098 3,914 3,975 5,601 6,199 5,874 4,750 4,997 3,779
Balaenoptera physalus
United States of America
61 - Pacific, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
United States of America
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
United States of America
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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