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ABOUT...
ACROSS CANADA
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RESOURCES
FACT SHEET - CANADIAN AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY – EXPORT AND PRODUCTION FIGURES
Fish and seafood, wild and farmed, is the largest single food commodity exported by Canada. Canada is the fifth largest seafood exporter in the world.
National Production Figures
- In 2003, wild harvest and aquaculture production totaled over $2.9 billion.
- Farmed fish and seafood production was valued at $586 million in 2003, comprising approximately one fifth of all Canadian fisheries and aquaculture.
- Salmon is the predominant farmed species in Canada, producing 105,000 tonnes in 2003, and generating $400 million.
- 95 percent of Canada’s farmed fish and seafood is exported to the United States.
- Provincial breakdown of commercial aquaculture production:
British Columbia 51%
New Brunswick 24%
Prince Edward Island 13%
Nova Scotia 5%
Ontario 3%
Newfoundland and Labrador 3%
Quebec 1%
Aquaculture Production and Value in Canada ($CAN thousand) 2003
Total Fish (salt and freshwater):
Quantity: 119,000 tonnes Value: $512,000
Total Shellfish:
Quantity: 36,000 tonnes Value: $64,000
Top Five Farmed Species by Production and Value ($CAN thousand) 2003
Atlantic Salmon
Quantity: 90,150 tonnes Value: $398,570
Blue Mussels
Quantity: 20,510 tonnes Value: $30,681
Chinook Salmon
Quantity: 15,719 tonnes Value: $36,830
Pacific Oysters
Quantity: 7, 669 tonnes Value: $8, 246
American Oysters
Quantity: 7, 669 tonnes Value: $10, 770
