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Landings

Seafisheries

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PRELIMINARY

2005 VOLUME OF ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COASTS COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, BY PROVINCE
(metric tonnes, live weight)
Species	Nova Scotia	New Brunswick	PEI	Quebec	NFL	Atlantic Total	British Columbia	Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod	7,062	398	277	2,162	16,257	26,156	1,537	27,693
Haddock	20,161	3	0	0	267	20,432	0	20,432
Redfish spp.	7,976	5	0	220	7,807	16,008	18,265	34,273
Halibut	1,082	69	15	155	427	1,749	6,692	8,441
Flatfishes	2,271	25	237	734	17,070	20,337	22,397	42,733
Greenland turbot	722	104	0	3,072	11,721	15,619	0	15,619
Pollock	7,495	78	0	0	508	8,081	1,878	9,959
Hake	13,863	20	1	8	2,122	16,015	104,189	120,204
Cusk	901	0	0	0	4	905	0	905
Catfish	111	0	0	1	0	112	0	112
Skate	257	0	0	22	1,510	1,789	1,801	3,591
Dogfish	2,202	66	0	0	1	2,270	5,433	7,702
Other	2,941	7	10	8	1,756	4,720	7,901	12,621
Total	67,043	775	541	6,383	59,451	134,193	170,093	304,286
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	54,730	62,671	15,089	5,267	25,506	163,263	28,778	192,041
Mackerel	4,939	1,504	4,948	1,198	42,693	55,282	1	55,283
Swordfish	1,552	0	0	0	32	1,584	0	1,584
Tuna	884	0	176	0	33	1,093	3,677	4,770
Alewife	93	2,821	135	0	0	3,048	0	3,048
Eel	7	102	57	0	60	226	0	226
Salmon	0	0	0	0	0	0	27,190	27,190
Smelt	4	621	135	0	1	761	0	761
Capelin	0	0	0	339	36,365	36,704	0	36,704
Other	354	22	270	2	30	678	2,181	2,859
Total	62,562	67,741	20,809	6,806	104,721	262,639	61,827	324,465
Shellfish
Clams/quahaugs	8,211	989	1,519	1,849	13,647	26,216	2,282	28,497
Oyster ⁽¹⁾	168	337	2,740	0	0	3,245	0	3,245
Scallop ⁽²⁾	47,578	2,810	354	1,229	5,180	57,151	25	57,176
Squid	18	0	0	0	536	554	0	554
Mussel ⁽³⁾	0	104	0	7	0	111	0	111
Lobster	29,127	7,278	8,307	3,393	2,616	50,721	0	50,721
Shrimp	28,556	6,557	0	17,422	114,852	167,386	2,883	170,269
Crab, Queen	15,608	16,136	3,428	16,219	43,957	95,347	0	95,347
Crab, Other	1,802	2,373	2,999	2,212	1,039	10,426	5,403	15,829
Sea urchin	360	1,236	0	100	495	2,191	4,135	6,326
Other	2,477	1,769	35	1,624	7,763	13,668	1,794	15,462
Total	133,904	39,589	19,383	44,054	190,086	427,016	16,521	443,537
Seafish/Shellfish	263,509	108,105	40,733	57,243	354,258	823,848	248,440	1,072,288
Others
Marine plants	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
Lumpfish roe	0	0	0	63	1,271	1,334	0	1,334
Miscellaneous	4,702	11,154	5,141	0	1,944	22,941	80	23,020
Total	4,702	11,156	5,141	63	3,215	24,277	80	24,357
GRAND TOTAL ⁽⁴⁾	268,211	119,261	45,873	57,306	357,472	848,124	248,520	1,096,645

(1) Oyster: BC data now reported under Aquaculture. Atlantic includes wild and farmed data.
(2) Scallop includes meat with roe.
(3) PEI mussels are now classified under "aquaculture" because they are a farmed product
(4) Totals may not add up due to rounding.
(5) Includes 2,634.6 tonnes of tuna caught in international waters by Canadian fishermen and landed in Canada.
Includes sales of 15,695 tonnes of hake to foreign vesels under joint venture arrangement.
Source: DFO, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6

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