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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Mytilus edulis Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mytilus edulis Channel Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mytilus edulis Denmark	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	20,100	28,900	30,400	27,000	28,736	27,798	37,871	47,552	46,756	56,681
Mytilus edulis France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mytilus edulis Iceland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mytilus edulis Ireland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mytilus edulis Norway	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	3
Mytilus edulis Portugal	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	6	2
Mytilus edulis Spain	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mytilus edulis St. Pierre and Miquelon	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	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
Mytilus edulis United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	5,500	4,700	4,700	4,900	6,141	6,913	7,452	11,389	7,209	5,515
Mytilus edulis United States of America	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	973	1,100	1,250	1,900	2,113	2,544	3,859	6,491	9,018	8,614
Total:			26,573	34,700	36,350	33,800	36,990	37,257	49,196	65,434	62,989	70,815

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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