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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Mytilus edulis Argentina	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Mytilus edulis Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	100 0	200 0	200 0	100 0	78 0	98 0	81 0	75 0	118 0	40 0
Mytilus edulis Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Mytilus edulis Channel Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Mytilus edulis Denmark	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Mytilus edulis Falkland Is.(Malvinas)	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Mytilus edulis France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	32,500 0	30,900 0	34,600 0	26,000 0	27,727 0	48,374 0	36,385 0	46,644 0	45,061 0	56,482 0
Mytilus edulis Germany	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	9,600 0	5,600 0	8,100 0	10,400 0	15,860 0	17,042 0	22,692 0	11,154 0	11,760 0	3,422 0
Mytilus edulis Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Mytilus edulis Ireland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	3,500 0	4,600 0	5,200 0	3,000 0	3,465 0	3,652 0	3,971 0	3,501 0	3,018 0	2,939 0
Mytilus edulis Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Mytilus edulis Netherlands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	86,000 0	95,700 0	116,200 0	113,000 0	98,719 0	112,126 0	73,310 0	109,328 0	118,485 0	97,414 0
Mytilus edulis Norway	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Mytilus edulis Sweden	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	200 0	100 0	0 0	0 0	58 0	32 0	42 0	30 0	45 0	41 0
Mytilus edulis United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Mytilus edulis United States of America	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	727 0	700 0	750 0	800 0	920 0	1,000 0	900 0	1,030 0	2,727 0	600 0
Total:			132,627 0	137,800 0	165,050 0	153,300 0	146,827 0	182,324 0	137,381 0	171,762 0	181,214 0	160,938 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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