FAO Catches List
FAO Capture Production of Balaenoptera physalus (t)     n = 28
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Balaenoptera physalus
Argentina
98 - (t) 467 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 2 1 0 1 2 9 166 443 442 389
Balaenoptera physalus
Chile
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 52 16 34 11 136 265 84 1 25 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Falkland Is.(Malvinas)
98 - (t) 1,160 1,387 661 0 552 503 218 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Iceland
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 379 350 483 439 444 432 437 406 280 423
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) 8,897 8,912 11,855 10,475 8,444 4,781 910 374 613 1,821
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) 1,904 1,903 1,111 848 605 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Norway
98 - (t) 9,014 9,825 6,943 2,290 2,097 701 435 857 360 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Norway
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 214 256 306 0 88 133 91 56 77 128
Balaenoptera physalus
Panama
98 - (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Spain
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 75 94 31 14 38 116 80 80 92 122
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) 3,554 4,373 4,851 4,197 2,724 1,826 973 1,662 1,182 1,199
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) 3,739 3,748 2,339 858 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) 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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