FAO Capture Production of Physeter macrocephalus (t)     n = 31
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Physeter macrocephalus
Argentina
98 - (n) 52 95 69 68 38 38 29 32 121 57 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Australia
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 388 1,224 1,787 2,001 2,039 1,854 2,051 2,100 2,095 1,811 1,809 1,937 1,320 720 710 668 606 587 658 679 799 860 953 971 1,080 1,172 995 624 679 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Bahamas
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 173 224 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Belgium
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Brazil
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 55 66 75 29 54 9 25 24 27 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 37 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Chile
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 1,093 1,094 1,374 698 798 746 1,171 2,299 2,062 2,062 1,886 2,160 2,227 1,491 1,213 267 669 321 319 221 270 246 337 232 130 48 85 43 100 34 65 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Denmark
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Ecuador
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Falkland Is.(Malvinas)
98 - (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 215 89 134 86 0 66 141 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
France
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Greenland
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Iceland
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 106 76 47 71 37 111 110 141 96 101 43 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Italy
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Japan
98 - (n) 172 409 961 120 595 967 1,308 1,429 2,123 1,917 1,400 1,552 1,064 1,314 1,877 279 264 357 104 0 18 192 126 132 45 307 146 129 36 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Japan
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 2,007 2,302 2,428 2,749 4,571 5,039 6,452 6,521 6,899 6,932 6,495 6,299 7,463 10,625 8,917 7,521 8,350 8,250 8,013 8,074 6,530 6,273 5,447 4,950 4,534 4,877 3,986 3,183 2,525 1,502 1,192 869 439 393 400 400 200 188 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 8 5 10 3 5 7 3 2 1 3 1
Physeter macrocephalus
Netherlands
98 - (n) 95 237 357 41 166 128 404 120 281 285 43 218 406 347 335 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Norway
98 - (n) 1,261 2,552 2,320 587 717 2,864 2,764 2,057 2,642 1,989 1,424 1,745 1,657 899 917 1,231 652 595 74 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Norway
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 16 10 34 121 358 0 442 51 334 420 655 955 133 159 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Oman
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Panama
98 - (n) 0 44 21 182 0 43 309 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Peru
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 6,414 95 1,340 1,827 1,887 2,027 2,381 2,554 3,400 3,451 3,602 3,301 3,241 2,066 1,289 1,365 645 2,000 2,000 1,436 1,321 1,554 1,497 1,286 793 1,500 799 770 742 450 225 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Portugal
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 448 928 784 637 807 839 705 842 701 572 606 507 583 658 611 530 410 395 142 228 249 353 390 388 234 238 57 184 205 179 330 251 95 21 63 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
South Africa
98 - (n) 183 456 362 177 157 332 601 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Spain
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 116 140 217 100 250 260 250 280 167 182 122 98 167 112 181 169 203 207 267 193 261 273 181 178 167 231 120 78 118 82 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 3 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 1 1 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Taiwan Province of China
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,824 2,068 1,640 1,606 1,783 1,682 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep.
98 - (n) 57 82 139 80 194 201 228 124 481 530 840 974 1,283 1,956 3,522 2,701 3,622 4,008 2,390 2,682 3,066 2,863 3,240 4,071 4,882 3,855 2,683 1,873 2,124 2,286 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Un. Sov. Soc. Rep.
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 2,357 2,583 3,430 2,879 2,745 3,031 3,298 3,513 4,375 4,146 4,403 4,002 4,092 10,064 9,410 10,698 12,368 12,615 11,711 9,895 10,528 7,565 4,815 8,158 6,981 7,751 7,442 5,234 4,281 3,570 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
United Kingdom
98 - (n) 907 1,093 1,256 1,077 1,012 1,343 1,331 592 887 874 487 311 419 258 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
United States of America
67 - Pacific, Northeast (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
United States of America
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 22 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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