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Seafisheries

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PRELIMINARY

2005 VALUE OF ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COASTS COMMERCIAL LANDINGS,
BY PROVINCE (thousand dollars)
Species Nova Scotia New Brunswick PEI Quebec NFL Atlantic Total British Columbia Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod 13,816 556 320 2,211 17,168 34,071 2,066 36,137
Haddock 26,645 6 0 0 253 26,904 0 26,904
Redfish spp. 5,098 5 0 195 4,026 9,323 24,196 33,518
Halibut 10,337 437 102 1,006 2,764 14,646 39,659 54,305
Flatfishes 3,042 30 229 672 13,125 17,098 11,576 28,674
Greenland turbot 2,292 243 0 6,600 30,856 39,992 0 39,992
Pollock 4,253 53 0 0 254 4,560 869 5,429
Hake 9,675 17 1 4 1,354 11,051 28,380 39,432
Cusk 810 0 0 0 2 812 0 812
Catfish 52 0 0 0 0 53 0 53
Skate 118 0 0 3 363 484 579 1,063
Dogfish 967 29 0 0 1 996 1,639 2,636
Other 3,643 6 10 4 2,589 6,253 39,207 45,460
Total 80,748 1,381 662 10,695 72,756 166,242 148,172 314,414
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring 13,309 14,222 4,229 1,517 6,139 39,415 27,947 67,362
Mackerel 3,369 1,077 3,530 665 16,623 25,263 0 25,264
Swordfish 13,143 0 0 0 166 13,309 0 13,309
Tuna 9,811 0 2,467 0 275 12,554 13,223 25,777
Alewife 159 905 183 0 0 1,247 0 1,247
Eel 1,850 604 287 476 384 3,601 0 3,601
Salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 34,029 34,029
Smelt 33 505 287 108 1 934 0 934
Capelin 0 0 0 265 10,418 10,683 0 10,683
Other 425 11 293 428 31 1,188 589 1,776
Total 42,099 17,323 11,277 3,459 34,037 108,195 75,788 183,982
Shellfish
Clams/quahaug 7,815 2,101 3,624 2,980 17,808 34,327 24,742 59,070
Oyster (1) 330 924 6,434 0 0 7,689 0 7,689
Scallop (2) 67,032 4,359 854 1,937 8,073 82,254 143 82,396
Squid 22 0 0 0 345 366 0 366
Mussel (3) 0 205 0 109 0 314 0 314
Lobster 418,742 96,350 103,164 48,496 31,222 697,975 0 697,975
Shrimp 49,282 7,445 0 23,923 176,498 257,148 43,042 300,190
Crab, Queen 69,104 71,163 15,118 63,401 140,252 359,038 0 359,038
Crab, Other 1,672 1,822 1,671 1,749 980 7,894 27,991 35,885
Sea urchin 906 3,127 0 207 737 4,977 6,739 11,716
Other 1,542 586 35 1,695 8,053 11,912 3,405 15,318
Total 616,448 188,081 130,900 144,496 383,969 1,463,893 106,063 1,569,956
Seafish/Shellfish 739,295 206,785 142,839 158,650 490,762 1,738,330 330,022 2,068,353
Others
Marine plants 2,120 999 1,187 0 0 4,306 0 4,306
Lumpfish roe 0 0 0 217 3,992 4,209 0 4,209
Miscellaneous (4) 535 0 0 0 20,452 20,987 98 21,086
Total 2,655 999 1,187 217 24,444 29,502 98 29,600
GRAND TOTAL (5) 741,950 207,784 144,026 158,867 515,206 1,767,832 330,121 2,097,953

(1) Oyster: 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) Miscellaneous value includes seal value.
(5) Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: Statistics, DFO-Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6

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