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FAO Capture Production of Thunnus thynnus (t) n = 87
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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Thunnus thynnus Algeria	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	100	100	1	0	33	66	49	40	20	150
Thunnus thynnus Argentina	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Bermuda	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Brazil	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	10
Thunnus thynnus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	1,442	1,082	477	1,018	768	641	846	972	670	245
Thunnus thynnus Cape Verde	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus China	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus China	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus China	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Croatia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Cuba	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Cyprus	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Denmark	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	1	2	1
Thunnus thynnus Dominican Republic	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	732	680	740	551	522	692	267	592	723	275
Thunnus thynnus France	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,100	2,200	1,100	1,400	1,800	1,600	3,800	3,182	1,597	1,578
Thunnus thynnus Germany	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	14	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
Thunnus thynnus Greece	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Greece	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Guinea	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Ireland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Israel	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Italy	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	2,264	2,480	3,718	3,167	6,839	7,083	10,369	6,263	4,983	4,020
Thunnus thynnus Italy	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Italy	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Japan	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	1,200	200	1,000	909	174	722	1,032	705	1,292
Thunnus thynnus Japan	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	100	100	100	1,085	677	355	691	403	237
Thunnus thynnus Japan	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	100	200	0	100	226	1,047	1,938	2,627	2,435	2,320
Thunnus thynnus Japan	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	100	100	0	881	2,514	1,859	903	197	393
Thunnus thynnus Japan	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	112	246	2,195	1,260	968	520	61	99
Thunnus thynnus Japan	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Japan	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Korea, Republic of	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Korea, Republic of	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	30	66	56	16	9	3	0	2
Thunnus thynnus Korea, Republic of	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	233	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Korea, Republic of	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Libya	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Libya	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	500	600	449	475	1,469	780	799	336	677	424
Thunnus thynnus Malta	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	21	37	25	47	26	23
Thunnus thynnus Mexico	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	23	29	39	24	37	14	28	22
Thunnus thynnus Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	692	93	653	513	597	2,624	331	884	36	206
Thunnus thynnus Morocco	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	79	37	1	9	40	1	7	0	2
Thunnus thynnus Netherlands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Norway	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	263	568	94	65	865	988	529	764	221	60
Thunnus thynnus Norway	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	207	85	336	355	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Other nei	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Other nei	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Other nei	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Other nei	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Panama	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	2	0	0	157	92	58	10
Thunnus thynnus Panama	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	3	0	0	69	208	156	14
Thunnus thynnus Panama	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Poland	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	2	7	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Poland	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	100	149	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Poland	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Portugal	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	191	303	7	4	13	8
Thunnus thynnus Portugal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	10	43	27
Thunnus thynnus Portugal	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Portugal	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Portugal	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Saint Lucia	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Serbia and Montenegro	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Seychelles	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Sierra Leone	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Spain	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	3,135	2,175	1,612	2,200	1,102	1,469	1,170	1,664	2,477	2,783
Thunnus thynnus Spain	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	650	800	930	906	546	978	832	1,250	1,548	758
Thunnus thynnus Spain	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	349	182	212	420	203	120	253	158	165	115
Thunnus thynnus St. Pierre and Miquelon	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Sweden	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4	3	0	0	0	2	8	2	2	0
Thunnus thynnus Syrian Arab Republic	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Taiwan Province of China	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Taiwan Province of China	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Taiwan Province of China	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	2	13	7	0	9	1	0	1	1	34
Thunnus thynnus Taiwan Province of China	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	46	12	2	0	9	0	3	1	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Taiwan Province of China	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Taiwan Province of China	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	15
Thunnus thynnus Togo	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	153	206	57	52	136	83	66	131	141	262
Thunnus thynnus Turkey	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	138	22	68	66	34	17	181	177	127	27
Thunnus thynnus United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus United States of America	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	2,900	2,300	2,000	1,400	1,089	2,217	1,838	1,809	1,539	1,202
Thunnus thynnus United States of America	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus United States of America	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Uruguay	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus thynnus Yugoslavia SFR	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	90	326	200	224	317	155	562	932	1,049	756
Total:			15,081	15,928	13,420	14,383	21,965	25,645	28,307	25,321	20,118	17,371

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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