Commercial Fisheries

Landings

Seafisheries

PRELIMINARY

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2011 ATLANTIC COAST COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, BY REGION
(metric tonnes, live weight)

Species	Nova Scotia			New Brunswick			PEI Total	Quebec Total	NFL Total	Atlantic Total
	Maritimes	Gulf	Total	Maritimes	Gulf	Total
Groundfish
Atlantic Cod	2,529	31	2,561	16	8	24	22	663	9,744	13,014
Haddock	15,069	0	15,069	0	0	0	0	0	132	15,201
Redfish spp.	10,205	152	10,358	0	11	11	0	362	3,069	13,800
Halibut (Atlantic)	1,550	32	1,583	11	49	60	33	398	456	2,531
Flatfishes	1,783	117	1,901	6	1	7	79	731	5,601	8,318
Greenland turbot	44	14	57	0	4	4	1	2,835	11,049	13,946
Pollock	5,304	0	5,304	42	0	42	0	0	190	5,536
Hake	10,739	12	10,752	17	1	18	0	10	272	11,052
Cusk	463	0	463	4	0	4	0	0	2	469
Catfish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Skate	119	0	119	0	0	0	0	3	594	716
Dogfish	125	0	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	125
Other	3,259	16	3,275	0	17	17	2	13	599	3,907
Total	51,190	376	51,566	97	90	187	137	5,017	31,710	88,616
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	49,798	8,310	58,108	17,519	17,071	34,590	10,561	6,179	24,863	134,301
Mackerel	408	7	416	0	903	903	1,507	1,233	7,337	11,396
Swordfish	1,536	0	1,536	0	0	0	0	0	17	1,554
Tuna	461	30	491	0	4	4	160	8	26	689
Alewife	707	85	792	13	1,277	1,291	131	0	0	2,213
Eel	12	9	21	0	109	109	100	0	52	281
Salmon (Atlantic)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smelt	1	2	3	0	337	337	50	0	0	390
Silversides	0	86	86	0	0	0	240	0	0	325
Shark	70	0	70	0	0	0	0	1	2	74
Capelin	0	0	0	0	1,449	1,449	0	833	30,166	32,448
Other	25	0	25	2	1	4	3	0	82	114
Total	53,019	8,529	61,548	17,534	21,152	38,686	12,752	8,255	62,545	183,785
Shellfish
Clams / quahaug	1,431	18	1,449	212	357	569	816	1,128	22,760	26,723
Oyster (1)	0	33	33	0	259	259	1,586	0	0	1,877
Scallop (2)	54,950	121	55,071	1,851	405	2,256	483	638	1,420	59,868
Squid	39	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	90	129
Mussel (3)	0	0	0	0	26	26	0	0	0	26
Lobster	36,348	2,902	39,250	5,396	6,921	12,318	9,277	3,721	1,934	66,500
Shrimp	25,019	0	25,019	21	6,420	6,442	0	20,318	98,997	150,776
Crab, Queen	13,042	2,756	15,798	0	4,493	4,493	993	9,904	52,951	84,139
Crab, Other	499	734	1,233	167	1,752	1,918	2,143	1,758	77	7,130
Whelks	61	0	61	0	1	1	4	1,368	6,067	7,500
Cockles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	998	998
Sea cucumber	2,627	0	2,627	995	0	995	0	1,073	960	5,655
Sea urchin	370	0	370	945	0	945	0	663	284	2,262
Other	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	6
Total	134,386	6,564	140,950	9,594	20,635	30,228	15,302	40,571	186,538	413,590
Subtotal	238,595	15,469	254,064	27,225	41,876	69,101	28,191	53,843	280,792	685,990
Others
Marine plants	560	0	560	12,538	0	12,538	1,783	0	0	14,881
Lumpfish roe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	85	86
Miscellaneous	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,948	2,949
Total	560	0	560	12,538	0	12,538	1,783	1	3,033	17,915
GRAND TOTAL (4)	239,156	15,469	254,624	39,763	41,876	81,639	29,973	53,843	283,826	703,905

(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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