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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Octopus vulgaris Albania	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	66	75	59	93	90
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	155	231	187	193	180	293	435	0
Octopus vulgaris Dominican Republic	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t)	40	46	54	21	28	33	36	33	87	39
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)	1,400	1,250	1,196	1,161	873	1,146	706	439	439	1,493
Octopus vulgaris Greece	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	1,356	2,296	3,563	2,456	2,886	2,856	2,919	2,952	1,673	1,910
Octopus vulgaris Guinea0Bissau	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	7	34	1	1	1	1
Octopus vulgaris Italy	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	998	1,850	1,620	1,345	1,345	213	244	612	933	1,845
Octopus vulgaris Italy	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	10,163	10,508	10,300	11,565	9,661	9,757	9,057	8,907	9,478	6,999
Octopus vulgaris Lebanon	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	25
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)	15,385	15,341	16,296	15,790	16,817	18,958	28,572	17,776	16,478	19,081
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	12
Octopus vulgaris Serbia and Montenegro	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	2	6	4	4	8	8	9	9
Octopus vulgaris Slovenia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	11	25	6	34	2	7	12	8
Octopus vulgaris Spain	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	25,741	42,162	34,432	33,000	32,000	31,000	26,874	22,545	38,235	21,692
Octopus vulgaris Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	6,417	6,337	7,544	3,350	1,841	1,868	3,460	5,681	3,129	2,349
Octopus vulgaris Turkey	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	482	336	579	472	659	602	802	1,000	1,450	510
Octopus vulgaris Yugoslavia SFR	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	211	121	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			62,193	80,247	75,752	69,422	66,314	66,764	72,936	60,313	72,477	56,063

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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