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Seafisheries landed value by province, 2021

Preliminary

2021 Value of Atlantic & Pacific coast commercial landings, by province
(thousand dollars)
Species Nova Scotia New Brunswick P.E.I. Quebec N.L. Atlantic Total British Columbia Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod 2,135 5 5 810 17,423 20,378 1,148 21,526
Haddock 19,066 x 0 x 98 19,165 0 19,165
Redfish spp. 11,505 x 0 x 7,041 18,785 14,802 33,587
Halibut 60,888 1,853 1,139 9,278 8,522 81,680 43,535 125,215
Flatfishes 1,180 8 0 2,117 26,945 30,250 6,417 36,667
Greenland turbot x x 0 4,403 46,027 50,464 0 50,464
Pollock 3,304 x 0 x 57 3,361 3,970 7,331
Hake 4,794 x 0 x 204 5,011 14,898 19,908
Cusk x x 0 0 x 108 0 108
Catfish 0 0 0 x 0 x 0 x
Skate 194 0 0 x x 318 438 756
Dogfish 11 0 0 x x x 14 x
Other 2,023 1 0 23 34 2,082 30,069 32,150
Total groundfish 105,239 2,005 1,144 16,746 106,476 231,610 115,290 346,901
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring 14,513 8,812 1,536 1,271 2,610 28,743 9,670 38,412
Mackeral 3,253 632 3,241 1,068 393 8,587 31 8,618
Swordfish x 0 0 0 x 14,087 0 14,087
Tuna 7,775 x 2,146 x 348 10,952 18,312 29,264
Alewife 669 864 183 0 0 1,716 0 1,716
Eel 70 376 365 x x 1,021 0 1,021
Salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 19,906 19,906
Smelt 2 x x 0 0 75 0 75
Silversides x 0 x 0 0 460 0 460
Shark 0 x 0 2 x 3 0 3
Capelin 0 0 0 1,073 17,084 18,158 0 18,158
Other 21,451 x 0 x 53 24,085 65 24,150
Total pelagics 59,071 13,329 7,918 4,050 23,517 107,885 47,983 155,868
Shellfish
Clams / quahaug 38,800 x 1,608 1,643 x 90,075 44,534 134,609
Oystertable note 1 92 350 1,340 0 0 1,782 122 1,904
Scallop table note 2 144,842 8,781 949 1,924 3,099 159,596 x x
Squid 35 0 0 0 16,384 16,419 0 16,419
Musseltable note 3 0 0 0 x 0 x 0 x
Lobster 1,008,789 420,116 319,327 213,712 84,548 2,046,492 0 2,046,492
Shrimp 59,291 6,732 0 25,271 139,456 230,749 31,780 262,529
Crab, Queen 263,180 176,558 45,156 188,546 623,679 1,297,119 0 1,297,119
Crab, Other 2,575 1,671 3,938 x x 10,253 150,454 160,707
Whelks x 0 0 2,027 x 3,714 0 3,714
Cockles x 0 0 0 x x 0 x
Sea cucumbers x x 0 1,341 8,898 12,594 9,459 22,054
Sea urchin x 2,137 0 x 672 6,463 9,668 16,131
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 x x
Total shellfish 1,520,918 617,959 372,318 440,157 929,683 3,881,034 247,037 4,128,071
Subtotal 1,685,228 633,292 381,381 460,954 1,059,676 4,220,530 410,310 4,630,840
Others
Marine plants x x 0 x 0 x 0 x
Lumpfish roe x x 0 x 182 x 0 x
Miscellaneoustable note 4 x x 0 1 8,368 8,369 0 8,369
Total others 7 684 0 19 8,550 9,261 0 9,261
Grand total table note 5 1,685,235 633,977 381,381 460,973 1,068,226 4,229,791 410,310 4,640,102

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 (2022). Zonal Interchange File [database]. Ottawa

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