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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
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)	3,598 3,393	3,956 4,247	4,877 4,765	5,141 4,468	6,866 5,579	8,622 7,228	9,898 8,779	11,561 9,933	15,018 12,792	17,397 15,457
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	8 13
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$'000)	46,642 46,642	45,783 41,205	47,423 54,537	55,000 63,250	48,413 61,000	49,194 73,981	49,962 73,268	52,350 76,336	50,800 74,676	51,600 67,080
Mytilus edulis Germany	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	20,237 6,678	29,977 14,989	50,800 14,349	24,666 10,301	4,868 2,796	17,782 6,832	38,028 12,388	22,330 12,232	31,213 9,932	37,912 12,901
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)	18,380 7,926	15,300 6,921	13,822 7,306	13,657 6,211	12,967 6,604	11,000 6,352	14,500 8,357	16,094 9,528	19,096 11,693	16,111 8,246
Mytilus edulis Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	2 1	6 5	10 8	10 9	10 9	10 9	10 9	10 9
Mytilus edulis Netherlands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	98,845 56,342	49,254 48,925	51,223 52,260	65,981 47,276	104,952 56,061	79,772 47,863	94,496 54,808	93,244 55,946	113,185 56,593	100,800 60,480
Mytilus edulis Norway	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	77 77	0 0	0 0	0 0	542 542	388 427	184 202	502 552	309 376	662 718
Mytilus edulis Sweden	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	1,163 311	1,643 381	1,353 374	737 131	2,095 587	1,521 476	1,821 739	1,425 710	455 455	925 835
Mytilus edulis United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	2,044 1,737	4,826 3,378	3,880 2,871	4,211 3,116	4,017 3,615	5,801 8,239	8,347 13,038	13,127 23,652	8,956 17,016	9,535 17,163
Mytilus edulis United States of America	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	1,378 1,171	378 896	639 1,157	698 928	963 1,194	930 1,218	2,237 5,078	1,354 3,372	1,196 765	1,244 796
Total:			192,364 0	151,117 0	174,019 0	170,097 0	185,693 0	175,020 0	219,483 0	211,997 0	240,238 0	236,204 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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