Brittany oysters
Marennes olérons oysters
Some numbers 200 000 tons of shellfishes are produced every year in France. The production of oysters reaches 65.5 % of this tonnage.
 In 1998/1999
Surfaces of oyster-beds
(in hectares)
Productions
 Normandy - the North Sea
1 200
31 000 tons
 North Brittany
3 150
18 000 tons
 South Brittany
5 450
22 000 tons
 Ré Ouest Center
2 620
20 000 tons
 Marennes-Oléron
6 000
25 000 tons
 Arcachon-Aquitaine
950
9 000 tons
 Mediterranean
920
12 000 tons
 TOTAL
20 290
137 000 tons
environment
Know-how
Shell-fish
Oysters