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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
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)	6,400	6,300	4,900	4,700	7,900	8,000	10,100	8,500	8,400	8,100
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)	400	500	500	700	300	800	1,100	1,600	1,900	2,200
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	1,000	1,900	2,100	4,000	4,600	8,100	41,700	29,300
Octopus vulgaris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	800	1,200	1,000	1,000	1,200	1,000	500	500	1,400	1,400
Octopus vulgaris Turkey	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	200	100
Octopus vulgaris Yugoslavia SFR	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	100	100	100	100	0	100	100	200	100	100
Total:			7,700	8,100	7,500	8,400	11,500	13,900	16,400	19,000	53,700	41,200

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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