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
Octopus vulgaris Albania	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Congo, Republic of	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Croatia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Dominican Republic	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris France	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Greece	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Guinea0Bissau	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Italy	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
Octopus vulgaris Lebanon	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Libya	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Mexico	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	500	200
Octopus vulgaris Montenegro	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Portugal	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Serbia and Montenegro	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	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
Octopus vulgaris Spain	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	100	100	100	500	500	500
Octopus vulgaris Turkey	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octopus vulgaris Yugoslavia SFR	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Total:			3,700	3,700	3,800	3,800	5,000	5,800	5,600	6,200	9,400	8,200

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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