2018 Value of Provincial Landings

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
Oyster^{table 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
Mussel^{table 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
Miscellaneous^{table 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

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

891

23,218

26,854

490

27,344

Haddock

18,063

463

18,527

Redfish spp.

6,217

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

1,073

12,325

14,677

19,063

33,740

Greenland turbot

136

4,034

55,641

59,812

Pollock

2,918

227

3,148

1,544

4,692

Hake

5,329

308

5,649

63,389

69,038

Cusk

179

180

Catfish

Skate

220

250

360

610

Dogfish

Other

1,699

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

Swordfish

10,169

Tuna

7,229

2,670

10,468

14,558

25,026

Alewife

950

1,273

106

2,329

Eel

117

432

543

1,412

Salmon

91,095

Smelt

Silversides

441

Shark

182

183

Capelin

105

10,475

10,580

Other

29,651

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

Oyster^{table note 1}

5,365

5,836

Scallop ^{table note 2}

153,696

10,516

1,358

2,199

1,499

169,269

Squid

2,348

2,350

Mussel^{table note 3}

Lobster

771,107

290,653

194,407

116,616

46,869

1,419,651

Shrimp

85,154

9,774

27,782

242,090

364,799

44,035

408,835

Crab, Queen

149,872

97,924

33,222

168,818

298,347

748,183

Crab, Other

2,349

1,700

1,494

1,562

562

7,667

63,798

71,465

Whelks

2,100

9,388

Cockles

5,988

Sea cucumbers

1,720

540

2,697

7,430

12,388

8,918

21,306

Sea urchin

2,256

723

6,190

7,379

13,569

Other

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

583

Lumpfish roe

Miscellaneous^{table note 4}

10,651

10,652

Total

10,708

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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