FAO Capture Production of Illex argentinus (t)     n = 31 (See disclaimer below)

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Illex argentinus Argentina	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	9,111	10,622	38,885	28,687	28,969	21,541	12,455	29,610	20,777	23,106
Illex argentinus Australia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Belize	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Bulgaria	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	3,200	5,543	83	3,223	3,875	7,581
Illex argentinus Cambodia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Chile	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,307	0
Illex argentinus China	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Cuba	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	52	4,523	3,689	7,151	5,010	2,185
Illex argentinus Estonia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Falkland Is.(Malvinas)	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Illex argentinus France	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	0	0
Illex argentinus Germany	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	1	0	0	92	8,379	11,766	3,875	3,477	9,211	15,521
Illex argentinus Ghana	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Honduras	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Japan	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	6,148	19,635	36,753	23,798	62,748	67,291	73,760	190,976	195,839	147,627
Illex argentinus Korea, Republic of	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	10,588	48,350	89,911	98,650	136,236
Illex argentinus Latvia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Namibia	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Netherlands	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	0
Illex argentinus Panama	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Poland	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,735	48,291	56,609	50,340
Illex argentinus Poland	48 - Atlantic, Antarctic	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Portugal	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	383	14
Illex argentinus Russian ederation	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33,356	49,937
Illex argentinus Saint Vincent/Grenadines	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Sierra Leone	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illex argentinus Spain	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	22,250	1,330	6,278	2,115
Illex argentinus Taiwan Province of China	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	83,275	94,090	147,924	129,177	117,717
Illex argentinus United Kingdom	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	137	136	3
Illex argentinus Uruguay	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	715	3,085	4,106	3,609	2,743	333	2,061	2,603	3,652	6,071
Illex argentinus Vanuatu	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			15,975	33,342	79,744	56,186	106,091	204,860	271,348	524,769	564,334	558,453

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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