Canadian Aquaculture Industry Export and Production Figures

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Fish and seafood, wild and farmed, is the largest single food commodity exported by Canada.

National production figures

• In 2005, wild harvest and aquaculture production totalled over C$2.9 billion.
• Farmed fish and seafood production was valued at C$715 million in 2005, comprising approximately 25 percent of all Canadian fisheries and aquaculture.
• Salmon is the predominant farmed species in Canada, producing 98,441 tonnes in 2005 and generating over C$543 million.
• 95 percent of Canada's farmed fish and seafood is exported to the United States.

Provincial breakdown of commercial aquaculture production:

• British Columbia 48%
• New Brunswick 24%
• Prince Edward Island 12%
• Nova Scotia 6%
• Newfoundland and Labrador 5%
• Ontario 3%
• Quebec 1%
• Prairie Provinces 1%

Aquaculture production and value in 2005 (in Canadian dollars)

Quantity: 154,993 tonnes, Value: $715,107,000

Total finfish: Quantity-115,800 tonnes, value-$639,641,000

Total shellfish: Quantity: 38,283 tonnes, value: $66,940,000

Top five farmed species by production and value in 2005