Seafisheries landed value by province, 2018

Preliminary

2018 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 2,719 15 11 891 23,218 26,854 490 27,344
Haddock 18,063 1 0 0 463 18,527 0 18,527
Redfish spp. 6,217 x 0 x 11,773 18,075 22,133 40,208
Halibut 40,152 1,402 636 6,609 7,820 56,618 55,375 111,993
Flatfishes 1,273 x x 1,073 12,325 14,677 19,063 33,740
Greenland turbot 136 0 0 4,034 55,641 59,812 0 59,812
Pollock 2,918 x x x 227 3,148 1,544 4,692
Hake 5,329 3 0 8 308 5,649 63,389 69,038
Cusk 179 x 0 0 x 180 0 180
Catfish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skate 30 0 0 0 220 250 360 610
Dogfish 35 0 0 0 0 35 23 57
Other 1,699 15 0 x x 1,757 42,386 44,142
Total groundfish 78,751 1,443 646 12,710 112,030 205,581 204,763 410,344
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring 23,717 19,776 1,358 2,232 4,788 51,871 12,936 64,807
Mackeral 1,770 488 3,587 1,191 3,672 10,708 0 10,708
Swordfish 10,169 0 0 0 0 10,169 0 10,169
Tuna 7,229 x 2,670 x x 10,468 14,558 25,026
Alewife 950 1,273 106 0 0 2,329 0 2,329
Eel 117 432 543 x x 1,412 0 1,412
Salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 91,095 91,095
Smelt 0 x x 0 0 79 0 79
Silversides 0 0 441 0 0 441 0 441
Shark 182 0 0 1 0 183 0 183
Capelin 0 0 0 105 10,475 10,580 0 10,580
Other 29,651 x x 2 65 31,953 0 31,953
Total pelagics 73,785 24,287 8,725 3,873 19,522 130,192 118,589 248,781
Shellfish
Clams / quahaug 29,348 1,303 1,463 1,100 38,201 71,415 51,464 122,880
Oystertable note 1 x x 5,365 0 0 5,836 0 5,836
Scallop table note 2 153,696 10,516 1,358 2,199 1,499 169,269 0 169,269
Squid 1 x 0 x 2,348 2,350 0 2,350
Musseltable note 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lobster 771,107 290,653 194,407 116,616 46,869 1,419,651 0 1,419,651
Shrimp 85,154 9,774 0 27,782 242,090 364,799 44,035 408,835
Crab, Queen 149,872 97,924 33,222 168,818 298,347 748,183 0 748,183
Crab, Other 2,349 1,700 1,494 1,562 562 7,667 63,798 71,465
Whelks x 0 0 2,100 x 9,388 0 9,388
Cockles x 0 0 0 x 5,988 0 5,988
Sea cucumbers 1,720 540 0 2,697 7,430 12,388 8,918 21,306
Sea urchin x 2,256 0 x 723 6,190 7,379 13,569
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 210 210
Total shellfish 1,199,987 415,023 237,310 325,705 645,098 2,823,124 175,804 2,998,928
Subtotal 1,352,524 440,754 246,682 342,288 776,650 3,158,897 499,155 3,658,053
Other
Marine plants x x 0 0 0 583 0 583
Lumpfish roe 0 0 0 0 57 57 0 57
Miscellaneoustable note 4 x 0 0 x 10,651 10,652 0 10,652
Total 16 x 0 x 10,708 11,293 0 11,293
Grand Total table note 5 1,352,540 441,321 246,682 342,289 787,358 3,170,190 499,155 3,669,345

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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