FAO Capture Production of Octopus vulgaris (t)     n = 21 (See disclaimer below)

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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
Octopus vulgaris Albania	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	66	75	59	93	90	85	24	105	137	135	47	82	82	82	109	47	113
Octopus vulgaris Congo, Republic of	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(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	28	6	5	38	10	8	25	20	44
Octopus vulgaris Croatia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	155	231	187	193	180	293	435	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	146	141	149
Octopus vulgaris Dominican Republic	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(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	51	20	38	16	21	26	44	0	75	82	30	51	24	51	36	44	40	46	54	21	28	33	36	33	87	39	99	57	86	66	45	84	73	7	63	57	24	29
Octopus vulgaris France	27 - Atlantic, 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	20	3	38	37	67
Octopus vulgaris France	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	957	1,605	1,329	1,163	1,001	925	1,044	1,061	1,064	823	699	647	806	659	643	1,163	1,400	1,250	1,196	1,161	873	1,146	706	439	439	1,493	1,643	1,406	2,128	1,284	1,166	1,569	1,576	1,389	1,223	1,153	1,584	1,118
Octopus vulgaris Greece	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	427	368	294	459	624	631	830	834	1,356	2,296	3,563	2,456	2,886	2,856	2,919	2,952	1,673	1,910	2,193	2,058	2,263	2,697	3,061	2,496	2,212	2,146	1,601	1,580	1,487	1,487
Octopus vulgaris Guinea0Bissau	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(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	7	34	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	85	50	70	90	110	130	145	145	145
Octopus vulgaris Italy	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,190	1,033	2,567	0	0	457	283	10	536	252	58	239	1,030	47	544	1,722	1,560	2,050	998	1,850	1,620	1,345	1,345	213	244	612	933	1,845	1,373	1,388	784	1,499	1,350	1,534	1,612	1,277	1,305	1,387	727	0
Octopus vulgaris Italy	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	3,600	3,600	3,700	3,700	4,800	5,600	5,400	5,600	8,300	7,400	6,400	6,300	4,900	4,700	7,900	8,000	10,100	8,500	8,400	8,100	8,122	7,864	9,439	8,148	8,289	9,202	9,390	8,718	8,974	8,313	8,868	9,033	8,925	9,329	9,140	9,419	10,996	10,184	10,354	9,145	10,163	10,508	10,300	11,565	9,661	9,757	9,057	8,907	9,478	6,999	7,800	8,648	7,373	6,615	5,473	3,897	4,117	3,895	3,018	3,454	3,336	4,023
Octopus vulgaris Lebanon	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24
Octopus vulgaris Libya	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	148	247	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Mexico	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	500	200	400	500	500	700	300	800	1,100	1,600	1,900	2,200	1,500	2,200	3,700	1,900	3,281	3,529	4,487	6,162	2,344	6,558	6,444	6,868	6,364	8,553	5,769	6,374	9,337	8,136	7,574	12,115	15,385	15,341	16,296	15,790	16,817	18,958	28,572	17,776	16,478	19,081	22,463	20,596	16,018	16,103	24,447	6,753	16,372	11,802	8,959	16,636	15,325	16,281
Octopus vulgaris Montenegro	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	20	19	23	15	16	13
Octopus vulgaris Portugal	27 - Atlantic, 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	12	624	823	659	1,310	692	3,487	3,953	5,283	9,160	6,720	10,454	7,199
Octopus vulgaris Serbia and Montenegro	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	6	4	4	8	8	9	9	10	12	11	10	7	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Slovenia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(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	11	25	6	34	2	7	12	8	18	53	25	32	24	37	28	34	14	25	20	0
Octopus vulgaris Spain	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,000	1,900	2,100	4,000	4,600	8,100	41,700	29,300	20,000	20,000	87,266	66,500	85,267	92,621	71,653	51,480	53,719	40,447	45,251	68,452	42,600	76,830	42,996	40,343	36,185	32,214	22,558	24,992	25,741	42,162	34,432	33,000	32,000	31,000	26,874	22,545	38,235	21,692	11,626	14,913	8,483	12,640	8,393	9,894	9,948	5,134	5,792	6,752	4,759	5,317
Octopus vulgaris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	100	100	100	500	500	500	800	1,200	1,000	1,000	1,200	1,000	500	500	1,400	1,400	105	203	252	900	700	2,144	2,201	3,312	3,675	3,254	4,022	2,819	2,222	3,328	4,851	5,192	5,427	8,325	12,295	9,135	6,417	6,337	7,544	3,350	1,841	1,868	3,460	5,681	3,129	2,349	2,103	1,752	2,535	2,710	4,638	3,901	2,542	2,297	1,280	1,819	3,064	2,987
Octopus vulgaris Turkey	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	200	100	87	9	0	0	10	10	27	27	17	25	54	123	60	137	229	252	274	460	1,732	2,133	482	336	579	472	659	602	802	1,000	1,450	510	680	1,400	1,502	750	1,185	876	1,114	664	681	649	509	322
Octopus vulgaris Yugoslavia SFR	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	100	100	200	100	100	253	218	132	99	98	85	107	133	132	122	107	106	114	113	100	150	154	159	179	180	211	121	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			3,700	3,700	3,800	3,800	5,000	5,800	5,600	6,200	9,400	8,200	7,700	8,100	7,500	8,400	11,500	13,900	16,400	19,000	53,700	41,200	30,067	30,494	102,979	78,580	101,220	109,216	89,232	71,468	70,166	59,680	66,370	88,714	61,909	99,802	65,138	62,934	64,371	62,541	57,761	61,791	62,193	80,247	75,752	69,422	66,314	66,764	72,936	60,313	72,477	56,063	50,742	53,158	41,997	45,991	50,697	34,684	43,801	34,341	33,613	40,734	41,719	39,318

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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