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FAO Capture Production of Dosidicus gigas (t)     n = 12
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All Years  |   1950 - 1959  |   1960 - 1969  |   1970 - 1979  |   1980 - 1989  |   1990 - 1999  |   2000 - 2010  |        Back to Menu
Country Fishing Area Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Dosidicus gigas
Chile 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 9 3,476 5,589 15,191 175,134 296,954 250,989 124,389 145,667 56,337 200,428 163,495
Dosidicus gigas
China 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 17,770 50,483 81,000 205,600 86,000 62,000 46,400 79,064 70,000 142,000 250,000
Dosidicus gigas
Ecuador 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 212 121 668 0 0 0
Dosidicus gigas
Japan 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 26,144 691 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dosidicus gigas
Japan 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 58,337 71,646 60,246 27,058 46,187 33,652 37,428 14,059 14,143 27,271 17,113 9,977
Dosidicus gigas
Korea, Republic of 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 15,625 5,797 21,759 4,722 10,787 2,519 2,485 0 6,775 7,221 14,506 7,843
Dosidicus gigas
Mexico 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 56,153 73,741 115,896 97,332 87,228 53,437 65,611 57,476 84,437 57,894 42,893 34,844
Dosidicus gigas
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 53,795 71,834 146,390 153,727 270,368 291,140 434,261 427,591 533,414 411,805 369,822 404,730
Dosidicus gigas
Taiwan Province of China 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 12,064 23,009 39,450 15,976 18,349 14,750 31,161 12,319 29,206 35,418
Dosidicus gigas
Ukraine 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dosidicus gigas
Ukraine 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dosidicus gigas
United States of America 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 1 0 4 4 0 2 24 74 36 8 10 3
Total: 210,064 244,955 412,431 402,045 834,754 779,680 871,359 684,860 895,365 642,855 815,978 906,310

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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