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