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Table V. - State of exploitation, total production and nominal catches by selected species groups fished in the Mediterranean and Black Sea (FAO Statistical Area 37), in metric tonnes, years 1950-94

Catches ('000t)
Stock or species group Main fishing countries in 94 1950-59 1960-69 1970-79 1980-89 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 State of exploitation
 
 
Pontic shad Ukraine,Bulgaria,Russian Fed. 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D
Azov sea sprat Ukraine,Russian Fed.,Romania 51 41 75 85 32 38 3 24 5 2 5 D
Other Shads,etc. 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 6 5 D
24-Shads,etc. 54 43 77 87 34 41 6 28 8 8 10 D
 
 
Common sole Italy,Greece,Spain 1 5 5 8 9 9 9 10 10 9 8 F
Other Flounders,halibuts,soles 3 5 6 7 5 6 5 5 4 6 6 F
31-Flounders,halibuts,soles,.. 4 10 11 15 14 15 15 15 14 15 14 F
 
 
European hake Italy,Greece,Spain 12 15 20 36 42 38 33 38 45 52 53 F-O
Whiting Turkey,Romania,Russian Fed. 0 2 10 20 34 24 22 23 22 21 17 F
Other Cods,hakes,haddocks,.. 8 9 13 16 14 13 12 14 19 21 22
32-Cods,hakes,haddocks,... 20 26 44 72 90 75 67 75 85 95 92
 
 
Bogue Greece,Algeria,Italy 12 19 24 25 23 32 28 31 30 36 37 M-F
Surmullets(=Red mullets) Italy,Greece,Spain 12 16 18 20 18 18 19 18 19 20 20 F-O
Picarels Greece,Turkey,Italy 10 16 17 14 15 16 16 17 17 16 22 F
Porgies,seabreams,nei Tunisia,Italy,Morocco 1 3 5 7 8 7 6 6 8 7 7 F
European seabass Greece,Italy,France 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Red mullet Turkey,Greece,Tunisia 0 1 2 4 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 F-O
Striped mullet Turkey,Tunisia,Cyprus 0 1 2 5 7 10 6 7 7 6 6 F-O
Common pandora Tunisia,France,Israel 1 1 5 8 4 3 4 3 4 3 2 F-O
Gilthead seabream Turkey,Greece,Italy 0 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 F (+aquacult.)
Common dentex Italy,Greece,Tunisia 0 1 1 3 4 3 7 4 5 3 3 F-O
Dusky grouper Italy,Turkey,Greece 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 F-O
Other Redfishes,basses,congers 53 67 36 48 52 55 57 54 58 55 64
33-Redfishes,basses,congers,.. 90 128 114 141 143 160 157 155 165 164 179
 
 
Mullets nei Turkey,Italy,Egypt 10 13 14 15 14 17 19 24 23 21 24 M-O
Flathead grey mullet Greece,Egypt,Tunisia 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 7 6 6 5 F
Jack and horse mackerels nei Italy,Algeria,Morocco 30 30 30 32 25 25 22 22 21 22 25 M
Silversides(=Sand smelts) Turkey,Egypt,Italy 0 3 4 5 10 9 7 9 9 13 10
Other Jacks,mullets,sauries, 12 22 46 128 144 143 110 63 65 73 64
34-Jacks,mullets,sauries,... 54 70 98 185 197 199 164 125 123 135 128
 
 
European pilchard(=Sardine) Algeria,Spain,Italy 102 113 169 245 282 272 247 238 247 251 262 M-F
European anchovy Turkey,Italy,Spain 118 198 364 562 619 238 171 164 272 322 424 F-O (Med)*
European sprat Ukraine,Romania,Bulgaria 2 3 17 70 67 105 54 19 21 16 19 D (Black Sea)
Sardinellas nei Egypt,Tunisia,Algeria 13 15 13 21 21 26 29 31 27 30 27 M-F
Other Herrings,sardines,anchov 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 4 4 5
35-Herrings,sardines,anchovies 237 330 564 899 989 646 504 454 571 623 738
 
 
Atlantic bonito Turkey,Italy,Greece 30 29 12 23 25 12 22 26 15 26 16 F-O
Swordfish Italy,Greece,Spain 2 3 5 13 20 18 11 11 13 11 14 F-O
Northern bluefin tuna France,Italy,Spain 6 6 9 15 17 16 16 17 18 19 28 D
Albacore Spain,France,Greece 0 0 1 3 4 4 2 2 2 0 0 D
Plain bonito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 F-O
Other Tunas,bonitos,billfishes 4 4 6 9 12 11 15 10 7 4 5
36-Tunas,bonitos,billfishes,.. 41 43 33 63 78 61 65 66 56 60 64
 
 
Chub mackerel Turkey,Greece,Tunisia 1 3 4 23 38 32 24 20 27 32 34 M-F
Other Mack.,snoeks,cutlassfish 26 25 11 13 13 12 14 13 15 21 16
37-Mack.,snoeks,cutlassfishes 27 28 16 36 51 44 38 32 42 52 51
 
 
Deepwater rose shrimp Spain,Algeria,Tunisia 4 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 M-F
Common prawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Shrimps,prawns,etc. 9 14 13 25 31 29 36 29 29 26 25
45-Shrimps,prawns,etc. 12 16 14 27 33 32 38 32 32 29 28
 
 
Mediterranean mussel Italy,Greece,France 16 29 51 49 28 28 40 33 39 39 32 **
Other Mussels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54-Mussels 16 29 51 49 28 28 40 33 39 39 32
 
 
Striped venus Turkey,Italy,Spain 4 9 23 33 38 39 36 40 55 61 52 F-O
Other Clams,cockles,arkshell 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 2
56-Clams,cockles,arkshells.. 5 11 26 34 39 40 37 42 58 64 55
 
 
Octopuses Spain,Greece,Cyprus 2 3 5 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 F
Common cuttlefish Italy,Tunisia,Greece 8 16 13 19 26 23 21 19 18 17 23 F
Common squids Italy,Greece,Spain 4 8 7 8 11 11 10 8 8 8 9 F
Other Squid,cuttlefish,octopus 7 16 20 29 40 37 35 36 40 35 32
57-Squid,cuttlefish,octopuses 21 42 46 62 83 77 73 69 73 67 71
 
 
Selected groups 582 776 1093 1670 1781 1418 1205 1126 1265 1351 1461
Other groups 172 139 152 187 191 172 157 158 145 148 153
 
 
Total aquaculture 0 0 0 58 110 125 141 146 165 184 187
Total productions 754 915 1245 1915 2082 1715 1503 1430 1575 1683 1801
Total marine capture 754 915 1245 1857 1972 1590 1362 1284 1410 1499 1614