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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Mytilus edulis Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,233	2,918
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)	90,443	86,115	69,649	66,493	81,473	84,077	87,510	85,676	72,523	75,568
Mytilus edulis France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,463
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)	10	7	3	1	3	4	0	0	0	0
Mytilus edulis Portugal	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	5	9	14	55	6	7	10	53	107	30
Mytilus edulis Spain	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,800	2,147	2,874	1,459
Mytilus edulis St. Pierre and Miquelon	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	4	4
Mytilus edulis Sweden	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	65	18	2	4	4	2
Mytilus edulis United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	9,147	2,522	4,443	5,860	3,294	4,625	4,729	3,029	4,823	9,034
Mytilus edulis United States of America	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	7,262	8,659	11,427	14,094	10,990	13,774	16,957	18,815	33,552	22,688
Total:			106,867	97,312	85,536	86,503	95,831	102,505	113,015	109,727	115,120	116,166

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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