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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
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)	44	0	75	82	30	51	24	51	36	44
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)	1,044	1,061	1,064	823	699	647	806	659	643	1,163
Octopus vulgaris Greece	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	427	368	294	459	624	631	830	834
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)	536	252	58	239	1,030	47	544	1,722	1,560	2,050
Octopus vulgaris Italy	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	8,868	9,033	8,925	9,329	9,140	9,419	10,996	10,184	10,354	9,145
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)	6,444	6,868	6,364	8,553	5,769	6,374	9,337	8,136	7,574	12,115
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)	45,251	68,452	42,600	76,830	42,996	40,343	36,185	32,214	22,558	24,992
Octopus vulgaris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	4,022	2,819	2,222	3,328	4,851	5,192	5,427	8,325	12,295	9,135
Octopus vulgaris Turkey	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	54	123	60	137	229	252	274	460	1,732	2,133
Octopus vulgaris Yugoslavia SFR	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	107	106	114	113	100	150	154	159	179	180
Total:			66,370	88,714	61,909	99,802	65,138	62,934	64,371	62,541	57,761	61,791

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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