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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Aequipecten opercularis Channel Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	7
Aequipecten opercularis Faroe Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	8,386	3,300	3,500	3,320	3,854	2,781	3,559	3,581	4,751	5,993
Aequipecten opercularis France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	948	772	1,245	1,399	2,223	926	311	595	637	2,574
Aequipecten opercularis Ireland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	7	35	35	55	27	11	3	7	5	29
Aequipecten opercularis Isle of Man	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	2,215	2,469	2,635	3,000	1,455	1,465	1,129	1,630	991	1,255
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)	5,220	7,685	8,608	7,485	2,979	2,857	2,181	5,630	8,102	5,888
Total:			16,778	14,263	16,027	15,263	10,538	8,040	7,183	11,443	14,486	15,746

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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