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

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Country	Fishing Area	Unit	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Crassostrea gigas Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea gigas Ecuador	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	9	220	9	1	5	5	5	5	5	5
Crassostrea gigas France	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	37	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2
Crassostrea gigas France	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	120	95	1,322	36	369	50	50	14	14	48
Crassostrea gigas Korea, Republic of	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t)	16,152	16,518	17,526	28,215	20,710	18,262	18,259	17,210	9,905	11,609
Crassostrea gigas New Zealand	81 - Pacific, Southwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	2	0	62
Crassostrea gigas Portugal	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea gigas Spain	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	0	0	7	0	0	10	0	0	0	1
Crassostrea gigas Spain	37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
Crassostrea gigas Taiwan Province of China	61 - Pacific, Northwest	(t)	14	15	14	8	2	7	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea gigas United Kingdom	27 - Atlantic, Northeast	(t)	259	262	72	99	22	82	125	98	59	6
Crassostrea gigas United States of America	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	2,950	1,107	0	0	0	0	4,989	6,187	11	0
Crassostrea gigas United States of America	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	1,946	2,221	2,057	2,443	2,583	1,709	1,717	2,176	2,107	539
Total:			21,487	20,438	21,007	30,803	23,691	20,141	25,160	25,692	12,101	12,272

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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