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Commercial Fisheries

Licences

Atlantic Region

Browse this section to find statistics on commercial fishing licences issued by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in the Atlantic Provinces.  You will also find information collected through the registration of commercial fishing vessels. Data is available from 1983 to the most recent year.

Data tables present:

Licence Holders
(number of commercial fish harvesters registered)

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
2007 2008 2009 2010    


Species information
(number of commercial fishing licences issued, by species)

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
2007 2008 2009 2010    


Vessel information
(number of commercial fishing vessels registered, by size)

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
2007 2008 2009 2010