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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
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)	190 0	178 0	192 0	244 0	876 846	909 1,136	2,062 2,493	1,740 2,139	2,045 2,743	3,391 3,523
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$'000)	67,128 0	74,761 0	66,989 0	56,583 0	49,289 33,946	49,073 33,043	52,959 53,631	52,312 52,281	45,762 49,272	34,296 32,924
Mytilus edulis Germany	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	10,760 0	10,566 0	16,967 0	31,634 0	59,311 38,552	20,818 13,532	29,939 19,460	25,926 16,852	29,725 19,321	18,556 17,628
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)	4,558 0	4,658 0	5,282 0	5,739 0	13,717 3,018	10,358 2,279	10,575 2,327	14,892 3,723	12,648 4,806	13,560 6,780
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)	76,972 0	109,448 0	130,271 0	119,643 0	60,149 39,097	116,252 75,564	85,896 55,832	98,367 63,939	77,596 42,678	107,000 101,650
Mytilus edulis Norway	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	170 67	127 73	87 57	43 28
Mytilus edulis Sweden	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	39 0	557 0	1,548 0	1,580 0	1,278 831	415 270	325 211	2,556 1,661	858 140	241 36
Mytilus edulis United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	1,003 602	1,204 722	1,561 937	2,185 1,420	2,124 1,466	2,278 2,141
Mytilus edulis United States of America	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	650 0	700 0	773 0	378 0	1,946 1,596	1,969 1,398	2,560 1,715	2,663 1,784	1,988 1,590	1,397 726
Total:			160,297 0	200,868 0	222,022 0	215,801 0	187,569 0	200,998 0	186,047 0	200,768 0	172,833 0	180,762 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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