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Crassostrea gigas FAO Aquaculture Production of Crassostrea gigas (t)     n = 36
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Crassostrea gigas
Algeria 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t)
(US$'000)		 4
14		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Crassostrea gigas
Argentina 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 2
8
Crassostrea gigas
Australia 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Crassostrea gigas
Australia 		57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern (t)
(US$'000)		 1,690
8,450		 2,893
8,295		 2,593
8,767		 2,517
7,702		 2,772
9,943		 4,049
14,421		 4,926
19,285		 5,389
19,168		 3,852
11,589		 5,707
12,448
Crassostrea gigas
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t)
(US$'000)		 4,076
2,760		 4,482
3,012		 4,484
2,970		 4,758
3,102		 4,990
3,324		 5,260
3,911		 5,480
4,137		 3,650
2,820		 5,500
3,421		 5,300
3,675
Crassostrea gigas
Channel Islands 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t)
(US$'000)		 62
143		 62
143		 45
113		 81
203		 92
202		 112
246		 187
355		 126
248		 196
372		 238
539
Crassostrea gigas
Chile 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t)
(US$'000)		 144
144		 371
445		 123
148		 435
609		 1,130
1,469		 1,313
1,707		 1,776
2,309		 3,203
3,203		 4,076
4,076		 5,441
5,441
Crassostrea gigas
China 		61 - Pacific, Northwest (t)
(US$'000)		 503,183
754,775		 534,148
801,222		 751,579
826,737		 1,029,046
1,131,951		 1,915,338
1,915,338		 2,279,757
2,165,769		 2,284,663
2,284,663		 2,182,411
2,182,411		 2,566,429
2,309,786		 2,660,337
2,261,287
Crassostrea gigas
China, Hong Kong SAR 		61 - Pacific, Northwest (t)
(US$'000)		 805
805		 640
640		 533
533		 533
603		 477
625		 371
572		 318
477		 350
514		 339
474		 302
384
Crassostrea gigas
Costa Rica 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Crassostrea gigas
Falkland Is.(Malvinas) 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Crassostrea gigas
France 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t)
(US$'000)		 131,456
262,912		 116,265
232,530		 119,447
268,756		 131,000
262,000		 132,347
281,855		 130,328
303,141		 135,629
233,371		 133,150
217,000		 123,200
203,280		 125,000
208,750
Crassostrea gigas
France 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t)
(US$'000)		 10,664
18,497		 13,149
23,393		 13,134
22,985		 13,000
23,400		 14,000
29,820		 14,000
32,564		 14,000
24,089		 14,000
22,816		 13,000
21,450		 12,000
20,040
Crassostrea gigas
Germany 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t)
(US$'000)		 91
904		 100
1,000		 106
1,089		 84
813		 84
830		 73
730		 75
750		 75
750		 75
750		 85
850
Crassostrea gigas
Ireland 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t)
(US$'000)		 361
451		 1,278
1,755		 1,750
4,028		 2,014
3,693		 1,862
3,347		 2,539
2,647		 3,955
5,699		 3,628
5,507		 5,369
7,875		 6,555
8,660
Crassostrea gigas
Japan 		61 - Pacific, Northwest (t)
(US$'000)		 248,793
241,692		 239,217
297,182		 244,905
332,903		 235,531
369,702		 223,481
418,269		 227,319
437,653		 222,853
381,305		 218,056
312,239		 199,460
251,406		 205,345
315,369
Crassostrea gigas
Korea, Republic of 		61 - Pacific, Northwest (t)
(US$'000)		 219,124
74,000		 215,418
81,097		 235,326
100,082		 258,212
186,605		 172,313
136,226		 191,156
140,684		 185,339
139,004		 200,913
144,657		 175,926
54,138		 177,259
74,433
Crassostrea gigas
Mexico 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t)
(US$'000)		 2,186
547		 2,282
571		 1,593
478		 993
348		 929
325		 2,507
697		 2,702
392		 2,831
499		 2,055
411		 1,575
788
Crassostrea gigas
Mexico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Crassostrea gigas
Morocco 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t)
(US$'000)		 171
841		 219
1,218		 160
751		 113
281		 121
271		 160
487		 120
358		 248
677		 200
514		 206
550
Crassostrea gigas
Namibia 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t)
(US$'000)		 20
36		 20
40		 20
44		 30
66		 35
77		 35
77		 35
77		 30
69		 30
69		 30
69
Crassostrea gigas
New Caledonia 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t)
(US$'000)		 91
603		 110
783		 114
971		 86
608		 89
643		 60
602		 69
675		 45
386		 27
229		 30
165
Crassostrea gigas
New Zealand 		81 - Pacific, Southwest (t)
(US$'000)		 2,100
1,995		 2,200
2,640		 2,000
2,400		 2,001
2,601		 2,246
3,335		 2,872
4,724		 3,400
5,614		 7,000
11,550		 13,000
17,388		 14,950
19,435
Crassostrea gigas
Norway 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Crassostrea gigas
Peru 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 14
85		 8
47		 7
42
Crassostrea gigas
Portugal 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t)
(US$'000)		 70
172		 155
334		 380
1,044		 585
1,278		 1,063
2,126		 652
1,434		 666
1,465		 618
1,360		 578
1,272		 754
1,734
Crassostrea gigas
Senegal 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Crassostrea gigas
Singapore 		71 - Pacific, Western Central (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Crassostrea gigas
South Africa 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t)
(US$'000)		 596
1,490		 633
1,583		 501
1,253		 480
1,469		 520
1,466		 339
1,366		 339
1,356		 450
2,119		 475
2,579		 405
1,326
Crassostrea gigas
Spain 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t)
(US$'000)		 830
3,320		 650
3,679		 770
3,683		 785
2,276		 655
2,439		 900
3,193		 1,080
4,111		 980
2,755		 1,043
2,920		 681
1,975
Crassostrea gigas
Spain 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
Crassostrea gigas
Taiwan Province of China 		61 - Pacific, Northwest (t)
(US$'000)		 28,153
84,992		 24,990
79,029		 26,746
101,829		 27,684
109,505		 24,919
92,238		 25,405
94,621		 28,127
91,798		 24,073
78,701		 19,386
101,271		 18,629
78,432
Crassostrea gigas
Taiwan Province of China 		61 - Pacific, Northwest (t)
(US$'000)		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 3
10		 0
0		 0
0
Crassostrea gigas
Tunisia 		37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t)
(US$'000)		 7
11		 5
7		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 3
4		 0
0
Crassostrea gigas
United Kingdom 		27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t)
(US$'000)		 262
828		 354
1,203		 415
1,466		 437
1,530		 357
1,250		 535
2,111		 553
2,160		 597
2,445		 559
2,292		 232
974
Crassostrea gigas
United States of America 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t)
(US$'000)		 34,644
19,054		 32,707
13,737		 31,202
13,729		 39,053
16,793		 36,462
20,783		 34,798
19,487		 28,815
19,018		 24,796
15,126		 31,715
18,078		 33,259
21,951
Total: 1,189,583
0		 1,192,348
0		 1,437,926
0		 1,749,458
0		 2,536,282
0		 2,924,540
0		 2,925,107
0		 2,826,636
0		 3,166,501
0		 3,274,329
0
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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