FAO Capture Production of Mytilus edulis (t)     n = 13 (See disclaimer below)

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Mytilus edulis Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,233	2,918	2,917	3,646	4,359	4,938	6,118	4,505	247	195	178	334	448	348	344	205	213	218	151	318	127	54	50	26
Mytilus edulis Channel Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	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)	21,800	14,300	17,700	16,900	15,000	18,700	23,700	17,400	12,800	21,200	14,200	11,300	18,400	13,600	16,400	18,300	19,200	16,400	14,400	16,300	20,100	28,900	30,400	27,000	28,736	27,798	37,871	47,552	46,756	56,681	90,443	86,115	69,649	66,493	81,473	84,077	87,510	85,676	72,523	75,568	93,348	125,762	136,271	136,677	129,317	107,377	86,002	90,765	108,329	96,215	110,618	122,487	110,873	92,523	99,500	69,155	54,808	57,335	35,082	37,447	27,872	34,443
Mytilus edulis France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,463	8,761	5,208	1,272	2,050	3,908	8,910	197	6,972	1,355	9,564	8,660	7,497	4,299	1,396	1,443	5,071	6,025	3,238	3,137	2,402	1,083	4,004
Mytilus edulis Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	79	64
Mytilus edulis Ireland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,095	3,033	4,556	1,372	1,963	500	0	0	0	0	813	0	5,092	733	733	740	0	765	0
Mytilus edulis Norway	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	200	100	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	100	200	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	3	10	7	3	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mytilus edulis Portugal	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	6	2	5	9	14	55	6	7	10	53	107	30	12	17	45	59	37	45	35	46	24	87	48	74	165	1,422	104	9	12	21	53	37	32	132
Mytilus edulis Spain	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,800	2,147	2,874	1,459	1	1,328	0	38	0	0	18	176	84	27	0	33	66	12	19	27	7	38	8	124	58	99
Mytilus edulis St. Pierre and Miquelon	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	4	4	17	11	5	9	7	8	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mytilus edulis Sweden	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	18	2	4	4	2	17	32	19	30	51	52	0	3	36	0	70	51	86	70	101	112	107	51	13	11	52	85
Mytilus edulis United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4,600	5,200	5,700	5,100	4,500	3,800	3,200	3,600	3,500	3,700	4,400	3,800	3,700	3,700	3,400	2,900	3,700	4,800	4,100	3,400	5,500	4,700	4,700	4,900	6,141	6,913	7,452	11,389	7,209	5,515	9,147	2,522	4,443	5,860	3,294	4,625	4,729	3,029	4,823	9,034	6,740	9,390	7,040	7,751	10,348	9,534	12,337	18,994	11,434	7,972	7,468	14,905	16,738	3,103	12,102	11,158	10,376	4,649	8,602	3,451	5,193	9,239
Mytilus edulis United States of America	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	607	843	399	353	437	636	376	351	286	379	375	565	474	820	307	554	331	743	529	838	973	1,100	1,250	1,900	2,113	2,544	3,859	6,491	9,018	8,614	7,262	8,659	11,427	14,094	10,990	13,774	16,957	18,815	33,552	22,688	16,413	16,859	21,362	14,931	10,891	11,210	9,434	8,063	4,774	4,086	6,009	6,524	9,862	9,091	10,359	9,618	8,396	7,328	8,551	12,807	14,981	10,892
Total:			27,207	20,443	23,799	22,353	19,937	23,236	27,276	21,351	16,586	25,379	19,175	15,765	22,674	18,220	20,207	21,754	23,231	21,943	19,029	20,538	26,573	34,700	36,350	33,800	36,990	37,257	49,196	65,434	62,989	70,815	106,867	97,312	85,536	86,503	95,831	102,505	113,015	109,727	115,120	116,166	128,226	162,253	170,375	170,580	163,710	146,205	109,650	127,179	126,718	118,286	133,331	151,919	142,433	108,635	123,841	100,460	80,615	73,711	56,316	56,333	50,165	58,984

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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