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FAO Capture Production of Crassostrea gigas (t)     n = 13 (See disclaimer below)

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Crassostrea gigas Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	300	100	1,000	300	900	900	900	200	400	900
Crassostrea gigas Ecuador	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea gigas France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea gigas France	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea gigas Korea, Republic of	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t)	900	900	500	400	500	600	600	600	2,800	2,600
Crassostrea gigas New Zealand	81 - Pacific, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea gigas Portugal	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	100	100	300	400	600	1,200	1,300	500	900	400
Crassostrea gigas Spain	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea gigas Spain	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea gigas Taiwan Province of China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea gigas United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea gigas United States of America	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea gigas United States of America	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	155	176	181	153	287	840	2,862	5,160	4,378	6,249
Total:			1,455	1,276	1,981	1,253	2,287	3,540	5,662	6,460	8,478	10,149

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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