Seafisheries landed value by province, 2024

2024 Value of Atlantic & Pacific coast commercial landings, by province
(thousand dollars)
Species	NS	NB	PE	QC	NL	Atlantic Total	BC	Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod	2,001	x	x	678	30,496	33,180	818	33,999
Haddock	17,860	x	-	x	209	18,069	-	18,069
Redfish spp.	8,048	x	-	x	3,385	12,134	16,354	28,488
Halibut	79,321	2,399	1,141	11,505	10,396	104,762	45,780	150,542
Flatfishes	2,976	x	-	x	5,435	8,443	3,884	12,327
Greenland turbot	x	x	-	584	57,358	57,972	-	57,972
Pollock	3,650	-	-	x	x	3,773	2,003	5,776
Hake	5,476	x	x	3	2,211	7,691	4,592	12,283
Skate	x	-	-	x	336	435	313	748
Other groundfish^{Footnote 1}	1,471	x	-	3	x	5,337	26,861	32,198
Total groundfish	120,933	2,467	1,146	13,439	113,811	251,796	100,605	352,401
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	18,164	8,986	1,490	1,320	10,038	39,999	7,662	47,661
Mackerel	289	6	1	x	x	475	22	497
Swordfish	15,027	-	-	-	2,039	17,067	-	17,067
Tuna	8,809	x	4,299	x	530	14,410	17,487	31,897
Alewife	1,551	3,949	201	-	-	5,700	-	5,700
Eel	14	134	358	-	109	615	-	615
Elvers ^{Footnote 2}	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Salmon	-	-	-	-	-	-	31,556	31,556
Smelt	x	42	x	-	-	73	-	73
Silversides	x	-	x	-	-	1,112	-	1,112
Shark	x	x	-	x	x	0	-	0
Capelin	-	-	-	187	8,077	8,264	-	8,264
Other pelagic/finfish	73	20	-	x	x	196	8	204
Total pelagics	44,465	13,230	6,955	2,364	20,898	87,912	56,735	144,647
Shellfish
Clams / quahaug	31,710	x	404	1,652	x	94,879	49,021	143,900
Scallop	147,873	23,026	501	3,342	4,349	179,092	105	179,198
Lobster	961,891	322,575	317,567	232,090	137,466	1,971,589	-	1,971,589
Shrimp	58,141	x	-	x	169,058	230,912	70,459	301,371
Crab, Queen	114,414	85,064	26,811	98,683	436,314	761,286	-	761,286
Crab, Other	886	1,883	2,264	x	x	6,504	84,576	91,081
Sea cucumber	4,747	x	-	x	9,104	16,750	13,217	29,968
Sea urchin	-	896	-	3,921	595	5,411	9,962	15,373
Other shellfish ^{Footnote 3}	1,653	156	1,047	1,215	12,199	16,270	548	16,818
Total shellfish	1,321,315	435,696	348,594	348,193	828,894	3,282,693	227,889	3,510,582
Subtotal	1,486,713	451,393	356,695	363,996	963,603	3,622,401	385,230	4,007,631
Others
Marine plants	x	x	-	x	-	635	-	635
Miscellaneous ^{Footnote 4}	x	x	-	x	884	884	-	884
Total other	4	631	-	0	884	1,519	-	1,519
Grand total ^{Footnote 5}	1,486,717	452,024	356,695	363,996	964,487	3,623,920	385,230	4,009,150

Footnotes

Footnote x

Suppressed to meet confidentiality requirements

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Footnote "-"

Indicates no reported data at the provincial level.

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Footnote 1

Cusk, Catfish, and Dogfish have been added to the "Other groundfish" category starting in 2023.

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Footnote 2

Elvers were included in the "Other pelagic/finfish" category prior to 2023. The fishery did not open in 2024.

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Footnote 3

Mussels, Whelks, and Cockles have been added to the "Other shellfish" category starting in 2023 and Oysters starting in 2024. PE mussels are classified under "aquaculture" because they are a farmed product.

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