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FAO Capture Production of Crassostrea virginica (t)     n = 4
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Country Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Crassostrea virginica
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,200 1,200 900 1,000 1,246 1,630 1,112 993 1,484 1,484
Crassostrea virginica
Mexico 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 37,000 32,200 30,700 30,100 32,671 31,174 28,018 25,087 33,591 36,059
Crassostrea virginica
United States of America 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 162,500 182,500 170,000 173,800 172,374 158,206 153,414 119,578 147,491 145,156
Crassostrea virginica
United States of America 		31 - Atlantic, Western Central (t) 33,600 42,300 22,700 13,600 17,378 6,597 62,737 50,289 62,833 53,651
Total: 234,300 258,200 224,300 218,500 223,669 197,607 245,281 195,947 245,399 236,350

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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