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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
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	51	20	38	16	21	26
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	957	1,605	1,329	1,163	1,001	925
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	2,190	1,033	2,567	0	0	457	283	10
Octopus vulgaris Italy	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	8,122	7,864	9,439	8,148	8,289	9,202	9,390	8,718	8,974	8,313
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)	1,500	2,200	3,700	1,900	3,281	3,529	4,487	6,162	2,344	6,558
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)	20,000	20,000	87,266	66,500	85,267	92,621	71,653	51,480	53,719	40,447
Octopus vulgaris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	105	203	252	900	700	2,144	2,201	3,312	3,675	3,254
Octopus vulgaris Turkey	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	87	9	0	0	10	10	27	27	17	25
Octopus vulgaris Yugoslavia SFR	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	253	218	132	99	98	85	107	133	132	122
Total:			30,067	30,494	102,979	78,580	101,220	109,216	89,232	71,468	70,166	59,680

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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