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FAO Capture Production of Balaenoptera physalus (t) n = 28
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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Balaenoptera physalus Argentina	98 -	(t)	503	515	567	392	766	758	668	729	1,199	523	467	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Canada	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	485	587	19	22	0	15	22	677	66	20	2	1	0	1	2	9	166	443	442	389	576	418	360	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Chile	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	283	434	359	202	69	73	70	52	16	34	11	136	265	84	1	25	0	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Falkland Is.(Malvinas)	98 -	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,291	1,160	1,387	661	0	552	503	218	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Greenland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	6	9	12	18	13	10	12	13	12	9	9	9	9	10	19	16	16	13	20	12	19	11	9	7	6	8	13	9	13	14	10	12	14	10	6	5
Balaenoptera physalus Iceland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	265	339	265	332	334	400	440	517	508	371	379	350	483	439	444	432	437	406	280	423	272	208	238	267	285	245	275	144	236	260	236	254	194	144	167	161	76	80	68	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	125	148	0
Balaenoptera physalus Ireland	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Japan	98 -	(t)	1,057	2,052	2,602	1,972	3,272	4,220	4,524	5,849	7,295	7,865	8,897	8,912	11,855	10,475	8,444	4,781	910	374	613	1,821	1,821	1,607	1,252	1,142	705	598	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Japan	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	595	608	508	299	240	129	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1
Balaenoptera physalus Korea, Republic of	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Netherlands	98 -	(t)	940	851	718	993	1,074	601	860	1,152	1,396	1,907	1,904	1,903	1,111	848	605	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Norway	98 -	(t)	11,204	9,723	10,364	9,422	12,704	10,809	10,406	11,738	10,023	10,860	9,014	9,825	6,943	2,290	2,097	701	435	857	360	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Norway	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	435	417	452	380	392	305	206	170	222	215	214	256	306	0	88	133	91	56	77	128	63	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Panama	98 -	(t)	0	770	900	1,728	0	2,022	2,115	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	85	37	9	11	5	5	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus South Africa	98 -	(t)	1,194	1,498	1,511	2,019	1,717	1,178	1,359	1,381	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Spain	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	30	96	57	28	32	32	23	21	14	55	75	94	31	14	38	116	80	80	92	122	152	88	90	73	57	220	290	151	460	452	219	146	150	120	102	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Taiwan Province of China	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	64	51	41	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Un. Sov. Soc. Rep.	98 -	(t)	1,217	949	1,951	2,366	2,525	2,837	2,152	2,158	2,563	2,194	3,554	4,373	4,851	4,197	2,724	1,826	973	1,662	1,182	1,199	1,177	1,283	1,431	619	583	381	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Un. Sov. Soc. Rep.	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	412	199	252	164	174	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus United Kingdom	98 -	(t)	3,945	3,098	3,914	3,975	5,601	6,199	5,874	4,750	4,997	3,779	3,739	3,748	2,339	858	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus United States of America	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus United States of America	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	4	1	0	5	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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