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

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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Abramis brama Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	50	52	52	60	60
Anarhichas lupus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	113	93	70	124	147	164	155	98	133	123
Anguilla anguilla Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	48	48	48	48	48
Aspitrigla cuculus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	178	0	203	198	250
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)	384	372	448	452	498	406	434	462	433	258
Cancer pagurus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	180	170	175	219	173	211	118	120	163	186
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)	2,573	8,899	10,090	5,970	5,080	3,482	415	40	4	434
Clupeoidei Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	1	62	17	0	7	0	0	0
Conger conger Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	126
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)	1,334	1,197	2,225	976	984	883	622	784	723	1,015
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	50	49	9	9	49
Cyprinus carpio Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	31	30	30	30	30
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	22	21	21	21	21
Eutrigla gurnardus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	137	0	115	117	117
Gadus morhua Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	11,240	11,230	7,632	7,715	6,801	6,240	8,221	8,792	7,273	5,324
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	41	25	9	11	14	14	19	24	15	6
Homarus gammarus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	16	0	2	4	0	0	0	0
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)	341	328	260	249	304	292	238	176	265	374
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)	603	651	581	703	756	647	620	792	951	596
Loligo spp Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	22	58	116	308	238	241	271	187	265	391
Lophius spp Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,070	1,091	1,691	2,771	3,013	2,461	1,596	1,039	1,020	1,486
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)	2,608	1,934	1,359	1,264	880	1,130	600	479	677	763
Merlangius merlangus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	3,394	2,939	2,502	3,170	3,142	2,530	2,531	1,790	2,328	1,730
Merluccius merluccius Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	300	236	219	176	223	226	157	136	139	136
Microstomus kitt Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	741	843	1,246	1,523	1,532	1,410	891	803	901	787
Mollusca Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	11	5	16	21	16	9	20	22	33	43
Molva molva Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	575	316	269	380	357	220	240	284	341	301
Mullus surmuletus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nephrops norvegicus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	593	552	475	659	638	680	344	437	500	574
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)	384	394	308	850	642	458	401	397	446	373
Osteichthyes Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1
Pecten maximus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	354	412	390	589	525	463	601	482	286	266
Perca fluviatilis Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	24	24	24	24	24
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)	191	164	111	88	274	166	158	134	164	202
Pleuronectes platessa Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	8,058	7,793	8,521	10,591	11,627	12,003	9,973	12,336	15,386	14,416
Pollachius pollachius Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	333	309	203	227	261	283	289	176	230	192
Pollachius virens Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,014	558	220	237	311	225	259	254	366	412
Psetta maxima Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	237	228	243	303	356	345	292	266	254	318
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)	1,448	1,444	1,466	1,869	2,180	2,197	1,790	1,816	1,572	1,477
Rutilus rutilus Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	156	154	154	160	160
Salmo trutta Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	95	100	100	100	100
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	2	2	2	2	2
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)	5	67	106	102	68	44	50	15	22	38
Scophthalmus rhombus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	276	307	362	403	392	382	381	378	296	281
Sebastes spp Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,381	924	283	389	291	400	423	398	372	192
Selachimorpha (Pleurotremata) Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
Sepia officinalis Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Solea solea Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	3,746	3,704	4,053	3,648	3,609	4,428	4,776	4,606	3,691	4,317
Sprattus sprattus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1	1	2	5	0	2	1	8	0	9
Squalidae, Scyliorhinidae Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	451	518	487	525	549	473	580	640	522	562
Squalus acanthias Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	646	567	623	547	590	447	471	339	135	187
Thymallus thymallus Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	5	5
Tinca tinca Belgium	5 - Europe - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	13	15	15	15	15
Trachurus trachurus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	8	35	8	55	20	14	14	11	15	10
Triglidae Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	402	435	519	608	638	113	435	175	219	315
Trisopterus luscus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	557	480	536	791	723	611	575	556	612	507
Total:			45,615	49,279	47,841	48,580	47,871	45,115	39,466	40,231	41,541	39,633

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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