FAO Capture Production of Aequipecten opercularis (t)     n = 7 (See disclaimer below)

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Aequipecten opercularis Channel Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	3	2
Aequipecten opercularis Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,955	2,189	1,614	2,680	2,406	1,930	2,000	2,230	8,852	4,959
Aequipecten opercularis France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	10	0	0	301	543	165	838	108
Aequipecten opercularis Ireland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	3	16	14	58	53	73	61	34	35	25
Aequipecten opercularis Isle of Man	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	1,620	4,084	2,846	5,640	4,016	3,503	3,045	2,827	1,636	3,043
Aequipecten opercularis Portugal	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aequipecten opercularis United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	6,281	8,637	5,795	8,648	6,994	5,105	6,107	8,956	4,077	6,116
Total:			9,859	14,926	10,279	17,026	13,472	10,913	11,756	14,215	15,441	14,253

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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