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TABLE 5Landings of European feed-fish species, 2004 tonnesCountryPrimarily (>70%) feed fisheriesMixed feed and food fisheriesTotalBlue
whitingCapelinSandeelNorwaypoutAntarctickrillSubtotalAtlantic herringSpratEuropean pilchardHorse
mackerelEuropean anchovySubtotalApproximate proportion used for fishmealApproximate proportion used for fishmeal>95%c. 95%100%100%c. 70%<30%<50%c. 50%<20%n/a*Bulgaria2 889882 9772 977Croatia16 3575 04421 40121 401Denmark89 500299 60613 646402 752136 809274 12923 9556 936441 829844581Estonia27 35837 30664 66464664Faeroes322 32233 0783 4761 159360 03550 1063 86753 973414 008Finland71 21416 58887 80287 802France19 47616219 63836 55819531 45012 82816 21597 246116884Germany15 2932 65810718 05870 58626 3531 39822 938121 275139 333Greece1389 21760913 40423 36823 368Iceland422 079524 516946 595224 580224 5801 171 175Ireland75 39375 39326 2344 09613 00026 43269 762145 155Italy58 26158 26158 261Latvia23 55952 39975 95875 958Lithuania1 8456 18513 77421 80421804Netherlands95 31195 311129 64311846 77066 6783243 212338 523Norway957 68449 00948 6677 4981 062 858616 2211 52610 747628 4941 691 352Poland34518 9679 31327 91495 798123 712133 025Portugal3 9733 97375 92820 76166497 353101 326Romania1 3501351 4851 485Russian Federation346 7621 757775349 294123 24239 4337 85114 873185 399534693Spain29 021102429 055164 35320 61584 969114024Sweden19 08334 6078853 77889 03290 72456800180 612234390United Kingdom57 0285951357 63696 2983 8832 68212 244115 107172 743Ukraine12 26112 26130 89428 0539 38368 33080 591Total2 453 270608 370389 79622 51122 0033 495 9501 751 199684 005297 115201 859159 3953 093 5736 589 523*not availableSource:FAO (2006a); Huntington (2009)