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Seafisheries landed quantity by province, 2023

2023 Atlantic & Pacific coasts commercial landings by province
(metric tonnes, live weight)
Species NS NB PE QC NL Atlantic Total BC Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod 1,108 x x 245 13,784 15,141 593 15,733
Haddock 8,508 - - 0 61 8,569 - 8,569
Redfish spp. 8,264 x - x 4,519 13,282 19,309 32,591
Halibut 4,619 177 97 965 998 6,856 3,164 10,020
Flatfishes 982 x - 31 x 4,320 5,877 10,197
Greenland turbot 16 x - x 7,608 7,804 - 7,804
Pollock 3,852 - - 1 53 3,906 5,887 9,793
Hake 4,492 - x 6 x 4,650 30,310 34,960
Skate 157 - - x x 174 293 467
Other groundfish Footnote 1 1,167 5 - 8 30 1,209 5,581 6,791
Total groundfish 33,165 211 100 1,914 30,519 65,909 71,015 136,924
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring 29,583 10,269 1,681 1,660 21,410 64,603 6,190 70,793
Mackerel 40 x x 53 - 95 34 129
Swordfish 1,359 - - - 563 1,922 - 1,922
Tuna 894 6 196 25 73 1,194 1,143 2,338
Alewife 1,649 2,102 39 - - 3,790 - 3,790
Eel x 82 89 x 52 274 - 274
Elvers Footnote 2 x x - - - 5 - 5
Salmon - - - - - - 7,267 7,267
Smelt x 29 30 x - 59 - 59
Silversides - - 74 - - 74 - 74
Shark x - - x 0 1 - 1
Capelin - - - 50 12,517 12,567 - 12,567
Other pelagic/finfish 14 24 x x 33 109 38 147
Total pelagics 33,547 12,512 2,111 1,874 34,649 84,692 14,673 99,365
Shellfish
Clams / quahaug 23,429 x 211 1,019 x 50,236 1,714 51,951
Oyster Footnote 3 46 26 338 - - 410 54 464
Scallop Footnote 4 59,159 5,293 315 735 1,147 66,650 6 66,657
Squid 4 - - - 117 121 - 121
Lobster 39,817 16,966 18,941 14,466 7,274 97,465 - 97,465
Shrimp 15,294 878 - 4,506 31,313 51,991 1,677 53,668
Crab, Queen 15,357 13,702 4,825 15,446 51,633 100,964 - 100,964
Crab, Other 619 855 707 618 0 2,799 7,182 9,981
Sea cucumber x x - x 5,964 9,494 1,652 11,146
Sea urchin - 289 - 628 296 1,213 2,279 3,492
Other shellfish Footnote 5 x - - x 4,444 5,826 134 5,961
Total shellfish 156,553 38,762 25,337 39,068 127,449 387,169 14,699 401,868
Subtotal 223,265 51,486 27,548 42,855 192,617 537,771 100,387 638,157
Others
Marine plants x x - x x 13,859 - 13,859
Lumpfish roe - - - 1 47 48 - 48
Miscellaneous x x - x x 2,531 - 2,531
Total other 129 13,730 0 4 2,575 16,438 0 16,438
Grand total Footnote 6 223,394 65,215 27,548 42,859 195,192 554,209 100,387 654,595

Source: Department of Fisheries and Oceans (2024). Zonal Interchange File [database]. Ottawa

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