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Landings

Seafisheries

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PRELIMINARY

2006 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	6,924	468	213	2,744	17,063	27,412	960	28,371
Haddock	16,798	5	0	0	157	16,960	0	16,960
Redfish spp.	7,416	2	0	353	6,476	14,248	18,394	32,642
Halibut	1,201	76	14	150	393	1,832	7,277	9,109
Flatfishes	2,502	36	213	716	1,913	5,380	11,356	16,737
Greenland turbot	438	35	0	2,885	11,264	14,623	0	14,623
Pollock	3,959	92	0	1	844	4,896	3,114	8,010
Hake	14,341	23	0	4	2,046	16,414	96,198	112,612
Cusk	881	0	0	0	2	883	0	883
Catfish	69	0	0	0	0	69	0	69
Skate	106	0	0	6	1,162	1,274	1,429	2,703
Dogfish	2,439	0	0	1	0	2,440	2,417	4,857
Other	2,277	58	19	11	1,729	4,094	6,966	11,060
Total	59,351	796	459	6,872	43,049	110,526	148,111	258,637
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	59,890	57,181	13,743	4,346	24,942	160,101	23,370	183,471
Mackerel	2,592	1,513	3,541	2,031	44,283	53,959	0	53,959
Swordfish	1,405	0	0	0	0	1,405	0	1,405
Tuna	998	0	239	0	11	1,247	4,755	6,002
Alewife	1,172	2,946	279	0	0	4,398	0	4,398
Eel	77	108	87	65	80	417	0	417
Salmon	0	0	0	0	0	0	24,287	24,287
Smelt	10	789	80	49	0	927	0	927
Silversides	0	0	551	0	0	551	0	551
Shark	265	0	0	2	6	273	0	273
Capelin	0	689	0	1,519	39,985	42,194	0	42,194
Other	55	7	1	40	40	143	584	727
Total	66,464	63,233	18,521	8,052	109,346	265,615	52,996	318,611
Shellfish
Clams / quahaugs	1,885	778	1,310	1,782	20,804	26,560	2,425	28,985
Oyster ⁽¹⁾	79	264	2,062	0	0	2,405	0	2,405
Scallop ⁽²⁾	57,095	2,356	419	1,167	2,352	63,389	18	63,407
Squid	43	0	0	0	6,879	6,923	0	6,923
Mussel ⁽³⁾	0	101	0	50	0	151	0	151
Lobster	31,595	7,874	9,435	3,461	2,642	55,008	0	55,008
Shrimp	28,013	8,492	0	19,336	122,541	178,383	766	179,149
Crab, Queen	10,775	12,655	3,431	15,524	47,261	89,646	0	89,646
Crab, Other	1,308	2,134	2,914	2,088	706	9,151	3,871	13,022
Whelks	0	0	10	1,630	4,151	5,792	0	5,792
Cockles	0	0	0	0	10,362	10,362	0	10,362
Sea cucumber	788	1,122	0	0	582	2,492	967	3,459
Sea urchin	337	946	0	690	273	2,246	3,136	5,382
Other	19	98	0	1	0	118	2,296	2,413
Total	131,936	36,822	19,581	45,730	218,554	452,625	13,479	466,104
Subtotal	257,751	100,851	38,561	60,654	370,950	828,766	214,586	1,043,352
Others
Marine plants	27,000	10,948	5,244	0	0	43,191	0	43,191
Lumpfish roe	0	0	0	36	1,099	1,135	0	1,135
Miscellaneous	3	0	0	0	2,406	2,410	319	2,729
Total	27,003	10,948	5,244	36	3,506	46,736	319	47,055
GRAND TOTAL ⁽⁴⁾	284,754	111,798	43,805	60,689	374,456	875,502	214,905	1,090,407

(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.
Source: DFO, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6

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