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Seafisheries landed value by province, 2017

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2017 Value of Atlantic & Pacific Coast Commerical Landings, by Province
(thousand dollars)
Species Nova Scotia New Brunswick P.E.I. Quebec N.L. Atlantic Total British Columbia Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod 3,021 13 12 831 30,731 34,609 980 35,589
Haddock 25,652 x 0 x 1,184 26,838 0 26,838
Redfish spp. 6,539 0 0 44 9,619 16,201 24,091 40,292
Halibut 41,530 1,640 670 7,497 8,486 59,822 61,748 121,570
Flatfishes 1,851 x x 1,814 11,523 15,204 14,398 29,602
Greenland turbot 62 0 0 5,723 55,471 61,256 0 61,256
Pollock 3,118 x x x 446 3,566 1,489 5,055
Hake 7,479 0 x x 291 7,774 33,483 41,256
Cusk x x 0 0 0 126 0 126
Catfish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skate x 0 0 x 100 104 570 673
Dogfish 41 0 0 0 0 41 11 52
Other 1,667 0 0 9 54 1,730 38,499 40,229
Total groundfish 91,089 1,660 695 15,921 117,905 227,270 175,269 402,539
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring 22,328 15,453 1,984 2,187 7,609 49,562 17,286 66,848
Mackeral 3,112 436 4,242 1,281 1,749 10,820 0 10,820
Swordfish 12,846 0 0 0 157 13,003 0 13,003
Tuna 8,306 x 2,080 x 245 10,842 16,275 27,117
Alewife 935 581 126 0 0 1,642 0 1,642
Eel 109 469 516 0 261 1,355 0 1,355
Salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 46,255 46,255
Smelt x x 5 0 0 78 0 78
Silversides 0 0 382 0 0 382 0 382
Shark 330 x 0 x 9 339 0 339
Capelin x 0 0 x 6,939 6,959 0 6,959
Other 14,763 601 0 2 41 15,408 0 15,408
Total pelagics 62,744 17,626 9,336 3,676 17,010 110,392 79,817 190,208
Shellfish
Clams / quahaug 48,570 x 1,484 1,047 x 86,786 52,171 138,957
Oystertable note 1 215 342 4,402 0 0 4,959 0 4,959
Scallop table note 2 157,676 12,143 0 2,467 3,447 175,733 0 175,733
Squid 2 0 0 0 517 519 0 519
Musseltable note 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lobster 802,026 286,826 211,141 117,069 44,599 1,461,661 0 1,461,661
Shrimp 64,142 9,735 0 27,595 214,206 315,679 23,866 339,544
Crab, Queen 177,508 209,561 45,663 209,960 325,261 967,953 0 967,953
Crab, Other 2,182 2,384 1,858 1,305 458 8,187 51,059 59,246
Whelks x 0 0 x 1,896 x 0 x
Cockles x 0 0 0 x x 0 x
Sea cucumbers 2,001 x 0 x 4,069 9,663 8,609 18,272
Sea urchin 591 2,588 0 3,760 1,079 8,019 7,398 15,417
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 162
Total shellfish 1,255,514 526,302 264,548 368,353 631,077 3,045,794 143,265 3,189,059
Subtotal 1,409,347 545,588 274,578 387,950 765,992 3,383,456 398,351 3,781,806
Other
Marine plants x 637 0 0 0 x 0 x
Lumpfish roe 0 0 0 0 x x 0 x
Miscellaneoustable note 4 x 0 0 1 x 14,990 0 14,990
Total 7 637 0 1 15,006 15,651 0 15,651
Grand Total table note 5 1,409,354 546,225 274,578 387,951 780,998 3,399,107 398,351 3,797,458

Table Notes

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Table note 1

Oyster: Atlantic includes wild and farmed data.

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Table note 2

Scallop includes meat with roe.

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Table note 3

PEI mussels are now classified under "aquaculture" because they are a farmed product.

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Table note 4

Miscellaneous includes seal value.

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Table note 5

Totals may not add up due to rounding.

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Source: Department of Fisheries and Oceans (2018). Zonal Interchange File [database]. Ottawa

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