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FAO Capture Production of Crassostrea gigas (t)     n = 13
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Crassostrea gigas
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crassostrea gigas
Ecuador
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 15 17 16 16 15 11 3 6 9
Crassostrea gigas
France
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
Crassostrea gigas
France
37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea (t) 218 205 240 178 31 1,273 4,400 2,439 1,120 171
Crassostrea gigas
Korea, Republic of
61 - Pacific, Northwest (t) 13,981 7,128 7,855 14,518 8,574 11,668 13,769 15,145 12,859 13,154
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
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 38 0 0
Crassostrea gigas
Taiwan Province of China
61 - Pacific, Northwest (t) 26 30 27 28 30 17 29 27 20 27
Crassostrea gigas
United Kingdom
27 - Atlantic, Northeast (t) 14 16 19 21 20 30 79 56 12 9
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) 3,803 42 0 1,439 933 1,565 0 1,521 1,755 1,887
Total: 18,042 7,436 8,158 16,200 9,604 14,568 18,288 19,230 15,773 15,284

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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