Mytilus edulis FAO Aquaculture Production of Mytilus edulis (t)     n = 16 (See disclaimer below)

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Mytilus edulis Argentina	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	15 12	30 25	30 19	35 35	12 8	13 9
Mytilus edulis Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	21,287 18,641	21,362 19,448	20,540 19,899	20,510 22,022	22,779 25,081	22,764 27,258	23,624 31,247	23,292 32,455
Mytilus edulis Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	7 8	78 86	78 93	150 198	200 279
Mytilus edulis Channel Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	87 220	78 195	96 187	108 230	25 53	50 91	50 91	50 91
Mytilus edulis Denmark	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	11 22	55 98	280 163	411 510	949 1,053
Mytilus edulis Falkland Is.(Malvinas)	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	20 81	1 4	1 4	1 5
Mytilus edulis France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	60,819 73,058	55,220 67,546	56,111 74,844	48,488 86,114	55,361 103,934	58,105 107,130	56,675 106,746	56,700 120,458
Mytilus edulis Germany	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	24,122 15,884	11,638 15,693	8,018 4,551	28,549 21,960	12,474 10,701	9,470 11,679	3,670 8,710	10,539 20,079
Mytilus edulis Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	4 8	4 8	4 8	4 8	4 8
Mytilus edulis Ireland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	25,660 14,104	30,373 15,187	31,703 21,594	39,289 32,888	37,315 34,795	38,265 40,042	33,243 53,847	37,435 58,493
Mytilus edulis Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	10 10	10 10	10 10	10 10	10 10	10 10	10 10	0 0
Mytilus edulis Netherlands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	66,800 66,800	48,600 71,928	45,061 60,382	56,200 80,928	67,200 73,248	59,500 69,615	31,300 61,704	43,731 96,502
Mytilus edulis Norway	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	852 609	920 829	2,557 1,902	1,829 1,291	3,747 2,398	4,885 3,178	3,705 2,383	2,473 3,181
Mytilus edulis Sweden	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	443 208	1,444 835	1,382 814	1,742 972	1,435 794	1,069 597	1,791 1,354	1,168 775
Mytilus edulis United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	11,107 19,029	17,332 29,941	17,580 34,310	19,218 25,128	30,699 56,234	28,506 52,166	23,960 43,847	25,358 28,932
Mytilus edulis United States of America	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	2,248 4,878	1,562 1,172	3,571 3,178	1,545 3,523	1,368 3,954	2,558 4,963	2,284 7,126	1,937 4,475
Total:			213,435 0	188,539 0	186,644 0	217,540 0	232,600 0	225,580 0	180,890 0	203,850 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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