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Seafisheries landed quantity by province, 2020

Preliminary

2020 Atlantic & Pacific coasts commercial landings by province
(metric tonnes, live weight)
Species Nova Scotia New Brunswick P.E.I. Quebec N.L. Atlantic Total British Columbia Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod 1,015 2 4 262 12,770 14,052 486 14,538
Haddock 16,952 x 0 x 80 17,032 0 17,032
Redfish spp. 7,678 x 0 x 4,361 12,090 14,623 26,712
Halibut 4,557 112 74 775 862 6,379 3,119 9,498
Flatfishes 736 5 0 417 14,639 15,797 5,836 21,634
Greenland turbot x x 0 1,162 9,527 10,715 0 10,715
Pollock 3,082 x 0 x 88 3,171 7,080 10,250
Hake 3,671 x 0 x 290 3,976 99,904 103,881
Cusk 146 x 0 0 x 146 0 146
Catfish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skate x 0 0 x 499 581 271 853
Dogfish 1 x 0 0 x 1 118 119
Other 665 1 0 27 34 727 3,315 4,043
Total groundfish 38,609 123 78 2,709 43,151 84,669 134,752 219,421
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring 44,484 23,574 1,878 3,161 8,449 81,546 11,339 92,885
Mackeral 1,339 346 1,471 787 4,015 7,958 9 7,967
Swordfish 1,334 0 0 0 0 1,334 0 1,334
Tuna 522 5 191 31 28 778 2,375 3,153
Alewife 789 2,320 50 0 0 3,159 0 3,159
Eel x 20 46 x 32 106 0 106
Salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,488 8,488
Smelt x x 26 0 0 59 0 59
Silversides 0 0 167 0 0 167 0 167
Shark 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2
Capelin 0 x 0 x 23,986 26,467 0 26,467
Other 17 x 0 x 18 37 80 117
Total pelagics 48,494 26,789 3,830 5,972 36,528 121,613 22,292 143,905
Shellfish
Clams / quahaug 21,331 x 538 930 x 38,769 1,396 40,164
Oystertable note 1 29 37 237 0 0 303 50 353
Scallop table note 2 57,827 3,942 270 449 975 x x 63,466
Squid x 0 0 x 3,515 3,549 0 3,549
Musseltable note 3 0 0 0 x 0 x 0 x
Lobster 42,440 21,109 16,777 10,530 4,452 95,309 0 95,309
Shrimp 19,209 3,123 0 10,863 32,913 66,108 2,697 68,805
Crab, Queen 14,290 11,621 3,199 12,668 29,372 71,150 0 71,150
Crab, Other 632 x 889 681 x 2,725 9,288 12,013
Whelks x 0 0 912 x 2,336 0 2,336
Cockles x 0 0 0 x 2,206 0 2,206
Sea cucumbers x x 0 1,032 6,712 10,434 1,582 12,016
Sea urchin x 720 0 423 x 1,489 3,902 5,390
Other 0 0 0 x 0 x x x
Total shellfish 158,997 41,879 21,909 38,492 96,566 357,843 19,179 377,022
Subtotal 246,099 68,791 25,816 47,173 176,245 564,124 176,224 740,348
Others
Marine plants x x 0 0 0 x 0 x
Lumpfish roe x x 0 x 79 x 0 x
Miscellaneous x x 0 x 2,333 2,335 0 2,335
Total others 84 9,801 0 3 2,412 12,300 0 12,300
Grand total table note 4 246,183 78,593 25,816 47,176 178,657 576,425 176,224 752,648

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

Totals may not add up due to rounding.

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Source: Department of Fisheries and Oceans (2022). Zonal Interchange File [database]. Ottawa

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