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Crassostrea gigas FAO Aquaculture Production of Crassostrea gigas (t)     n = 36 (See disclaimer below)

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Crassostrea gigas Algeria	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	5 40	5 40	5 46	6 56	1 5	1 4
Crassostrea gigas Argentina	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Crassostrea gigas Australia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	31 63	34 93	4 16
Crassostrea gigas Australia	57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern	(t) (US$'000)	100 0	150 0	200 0	300 0	561 790	19 47	645 865	551 1,120	1,500 4,117	1,660 6,552
Crassostrea gigas Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	1,922 0	2,409 0	1,579 0	2,453 0	2,897 1,119	3,420 1,253	2,864 1,814	3,482 1,917	3,701 2,226	3,721 2,483
Crassostrea gigas Channel Islands	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	15 30	25 50	13 26	13 26
Crassostrea gigas Chile	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	4 0	28 28	25 25	244 244	80 91	139 142	206 206
Crassostrea gigas China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	219,605 0	223,100 0	221,723 0	238,128 0	248,604 497,208	310,828 621,656	336,013 672,026	400,468 800,936	451,859 677,789	447,545 671,318
Crassostrea gigas China, Hong Kong SAR	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	107 0	171 0	352 0	480 0	576 576	512 512	1,280 1,280	1,066 1,066	853 853	730 730
Crassostrea gigas Costa Rica	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Crassostrea gigas Falkland Is.(Malvinas)	41 - Atlantic, Southwest	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Crassostrea gigas France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	101,301 0	86,551 0	91,341 0	103,423 0	106,267 97,585	135,595 121,737	138,292 240,080	127,987 277,139	127,745 262,191	119,411 238,822
Crassostrea gigas France	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t) (US$'000)	3,040 0	2,900 0	3,170 0	4,000 0	4,166 4,290	4,659 4,690	5,919 7,681	5,243 7,851	5,211 7,873	9,589 14,235
Crassostrea gigas Germany	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	10 50	24 144	52 364	85 678
Crassostrea gigas Ireland	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	60 0	58 0	49 0	35 0	110 220	101 202	113 226	104 208	160 240	380 380
Crassostrea gigas Japan	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	261,323 0	235,241 0	250,288 0	253,247 0	257,126 132,222	251,247 128,413	251,574 177,254	258,776 215,322	270,858 241,187	256,313 230,682
Crassostrea gigas Korea, Republic of	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	173,052 0	199,233 0	181,349 0	203,945 0	203,312 32,548	242,847 36,585	255,006 36,468	288,078 47,680	285,860 64,180	243,108 67,330
Crassostrea gigas Mexico	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Crassostrea gigas Mexico	31 - Atlantic, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Crassostrea gigas Morocco	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	90 0	96 0	102 0	108 0	110 251	120 358	125 41	140 503	140 512	140 490
Crassostrea gigas Namibia	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Crassostrea gigas New Caledonia	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	92 606
Crassostrea gigas New Zealand	81 - Pacific, Southwest	(t) (US$'000)	1,650 0	1,650 0	1,683 0	2,170 0	1,053 707	795 460	730 444	803 482	2,003 1,602	1,470 1,397
Crassostrea gigas Norway	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	1 9	1 8	0 0	0 0
Crassostrea gigas Peru	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Crassostrea gigas Portugal	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	100 244	100 223
Crassostrea gigas Senegal	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Crassostrea gigas Singapore	71 - Pacific, Western Central	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Crassostrea gigas South Africa	47 - Atlantic, Southeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	151 345	151 333	200 440	289 636	471 1,178
Crassostrea gigas Spain	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	18 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	870 4,350	950 4,750	920 4,600	915 4,575	950 4,750	955 3,820
Crassostrea gigas Spain	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Crassostrea gigas Taiwan Province of China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	20,943 0	20,363 0	25,175 0	25,925 0	29,012 72,131	25,465 61,415	19,174 39,280	21,198 44,368	28,431 85,007	28,466 95,472
Crassostrea gigas Taiwan Province of China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
Crassostrea gigas Tunisia	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t) (US$'000)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	4 6	12 19	20 38	25 48	73 149	70 105
Crassostrea gigas United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	30 0	45 0	39 0	49 0	124 331	123 319	216 648	215 667	257 1,002	300 974
Crassostrea gigas United States of America	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t) (US$'000)	23,760 0	23,235 0	22,143 0	19,083 0	32,241 7,415	28,645 18,906	38,474 13,081	40,449 12,944	37,451 17,228	32,971 10,221
Total:			807,001 0	795,202 0	799,193 0	853,350 0	887,066 0	1,005,519 0	1,051,791 0	1,149,867 0	1,217,680 0	1,147,801 0

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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