FAO Capture Production in Belgium (t)     n = 78 (See disclaimer below)

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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Abramis brama Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anarhichas lupus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	100	100	100	92	217	127	158	82	85
Anguilla anguilla Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aspitrigla cuculus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Belgium	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buccinum undatum Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	300	400	500	500	155	678	541	454	549	416
Cancer pagurus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	200	200	300	300	322	210	214	224	217	208
Carassius carassius Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chelidonichthys lucerna Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clupea harengus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	800	700	1,400	2,200	627	2,451	1,445	57	1	2
Clupeoidei Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Conger conger Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coregonus spp Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crangon crangon Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,700	1,200	1,100	2,100	1,652	1,956	2,094	1,212	854	1,329
Crustacea Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprinidae Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprinus carpio Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dicentrarchus labrax Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Esox lucius Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eutrigla gurnardus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gadus morhua Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	12,200	23,800	24,500	13,800	12,399	10,217	9,295	12,190	19,509	15,125
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	100	100	100	49	43	30	43	29	36
Homarus gammarus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Lagenorhynchus albirostris Belgium	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	600	500	400	400	227	368	274	350	234	244
Leuciscus idus Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Limanda limanda Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	400	500	700	700	375	672	588	728	580	538
Loligo spp Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	200	100	100	100	90	206	97	278	86	37
Lophius spp Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	900	800	700	800	1,029	1,207	872	799	765	937
Megaptera novaeangliae Belgium	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4,900	2,300	2,600	3,400	2,221	3,447	3,686	3,309	2,135	1,800
Merlangius merlangus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4,100	3,000	3,200	3,900	3,541	3,854	3,140	3,517	3,542	4,241
Merluccius merluccius Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	200	200	200	200	351	658	356	240	152	165
Microstomus kitt Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	700	900	800	1,000	923	1,171	819	883	989	916
Mollusca Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	15	0	2	5	3	7
Molva molva Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,000	2,000	1,300	1,200	819	886	666	573	671	590
Mullus surmuletus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nephrops norvegicus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	500	400	300	400	444	451	448	475	597	312
Octopodidae Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oncorhynchus mykiss Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0
Osteichthyes Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	600	400	800	1,200	620	706	569	489	1,065	299
Pecten maximus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	100	100	100	262	409	762	427	504	429
Perca fluviatilis Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phocoena phocoena Belgium	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Physeter macrocephalus Belgium	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Platichthys flesus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	100	100	100	126	76	97	111	124	131
Pleuronectes platessa Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	5,400	5,900	6,100	6,800	6,880	6,774	5,912	7,895	6,883	8,227
Pollachius pollachius Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	200	100	200	100	381	466	475	289	291	226
Pollachius virens Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4,300	3,600	2,500	2,400	2,671	1,821	1,874	1,565	1,145	1,004
Psetta maxima Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	200	200	200	200	185	218	318	213	232	252
Raja brachyura Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raja circularis Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raja clavata Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raja montagui Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raja naevus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raja radiata Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raja spp Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,500	2,200	1,800	1,900	1,709	1,372	1,759	1,541	1,612	1,630
Rutilus rutilus Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salmo trutta Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salmonoidei Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sander lucioperca Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scardinius erythrophthalmus Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scomber scombrus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	100	100	100	152	151	302	50	11	13
Scophthalmus rhombus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	200	200	300	300	303	247	265	274	291	309
Sebastes spp Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,200	2,800	2,500	1,700	2,152	1,973	1,524	1,396	1,549	1,385
Selachimorpha (Pleurotremata) Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sepia officinalis Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Solea solea Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4,200	4,200	3,100	3,200	2,873	2,986	3,419	3,311	2,962	3,828
Sprattus sprattus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	600	100	100	200	36	0	0	0	0	1
Squalidae, Scyliorhinidae Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	500	500	400	500	485	480	538	422	431	424
Squalus acanthias Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,100	1,200	1,200	1,900	1,135	1,037	589	652	1,262	896
Thymallus thymallus Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tinca tinca Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trachurus trachurus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	100	100	37	27	17	15	16	12
Triglidae Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	700	700	700	700	619	650	568	508	463	427
Trisopterus luscus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	500	400	600	863	927	811	707	741	639
Total:			53,000	60,200	59,000	53,300	46,820	49,027	44,496	45,360	50,577	47,125

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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