FAO Capture Production of Pecten maximus (t)     n = 11 (See disclaimer below)

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Pecten maximus Belgium	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	100	100	100	262	409	762	427	504	429
Pecten maximus Channel Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	200	200	200	300	400	70	60	77	150	54
Pecten maximus France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	12,000	17,000	17,600	25,300	20,623	20,833	21,090	18,154	16,840	15,947
Pecten maximus France	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pecten maximus Ireland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	700	500	100	206	365	367	382	752	328
Pecten maximus Isle of Man	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	600	800	500	900	871	1,382	1,635	1,421	1,686	1,562
Pecten maximus Netherlands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pecten maximus Norway	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pecten maximus Portugal	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pecten maximus Spain	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	100	228	456	211	140	83	95
Pecten maximus United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	4,400	8,500	8,900	16,500	6,855	4,912	9,829	5,435	6,651	7,276
Total:			17,400	27,300	27,800	43,300	29,445	28,427	33,954	26,036	26,666	25,691

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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