FAO Catches List
FAO Capture Production of Balaenoptera physalus (t)     n = 28
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Balaenoptera physalus
Argentina
98 - (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Brazil
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 576 418 360 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Chile
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Falkland Is.(Malvinas)
98 - (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 1 2 4 1 6 9 12 18
Balaenoptera physalus
Iceland
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 272 208 238 267 285 245 275 144 236 260
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) 1,821 1,607 1,252 1,142 705 598 118 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Japan
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 595 608 508 299 240 129 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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Norway
98 - (t) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Norway
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 63 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Panama
98 - (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Peru
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 85 37 9 11 5 5 8 2 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Sierra Leone
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
South Africa
98 - (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Spain
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 152 88 90 73 57 220 290 151 460 452
Balaenoptera physalus
Taiwan Province of China
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 47 64 51 41 21 21 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep.
98 - (t) 1,177 1,283 1,431 619 583 381 88 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep.
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 412 199 252 164 174 34 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
United Kingdom
98 - (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 5 4 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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