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1990 VALUE OF ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COASTS COMMERCIAL LANDINGS,
BY PROVINCE (thousand dollars)
	NS	NB	PE	QC	NL	Total Atlantic	BC	Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod	87,127	6,597	2,283	13,215	134,600	243,822	3,375	247,197
Haddock	23,319	20	1	1	875	24,215	0	24,215
Redfish spp.	8,073	615	3,707	2,960	7,340	22,695	18,443	41,138
Halibut	8,874	183	6	928	830	10,822	21,065	31,887
Flatfishes	15,159	1,754	830	1,797	16,742	36,281	5,551	41,832
Greenland turbot	428	42	0	2,545	13,853	16,868	601	17,469
Pollock	19,004	605	2	0	607	20,218	185	20,403
Hake	6,333	344	670	106	155	7,607	12,833	20,440
Cusk	2,217	2	0	0	0	2,219	0	2,219
Catfish	240	2	0	16	143	401	0	401
Skate	7	0	0	0	1	8	37	45
Dogfish	173	6	55	19	0	252	2,045	2,297
Other	2,363	6	0	27	115	2,512	23,437	25,949
Total	173,316	10,175	7,553	21,615	175,260	387,919	87,572	475,491
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	16,026	14,733	1,948	1,415	3,493	37,615	73,170	110,785
Mackerel	2,934	1,116	702	602	856	6,209	0	6,209
Swordfish	5,253	0	0	0	16	5,269	0	5,269
Tuna	5,047	0	98	0	2,004	7,149	830	7,979
Alewife	1,141	924	27	0	0	2,092	0	2,092
Eel	85	791	390	2,051	560	3,878	0	3,878
Salmon	0	0	0	463	2,714	3,177	263,400	266,577
Smelt	53	655	77	27	32	843	1	844
Capelin	0	0	0	214	20,059	20,273	0	20,273
Other	491	174	42	294	203	1,205	579	1,784
Total	31,030	18,393	3,285	5,066	29,937	87,710	337,980	425,690
Shellfish
Clams/quahaug	9,925	2,638	1,708	880	3,345	18,496	15,999	34,495
Oyster (1)	114	1,382	3,489	0	2	4,987	0	4,987
Scallop (2)	72,035	9,615	926	3,836	624	87,035	317	87,352
Squid	1,683	0	0	0	1,086	2,770	81	2,851
Mussel (3)	0	91	4,090	153	42	4,375	0	4,375
Lobster	134,711	35,217	36,230	13,346	12,700	232,204	0	232,204
Shrimp	12,503	4,274	0	11,649	47,292	75,718	9,643	85,361
Crab, Queen	7,619	10,539	1,018	17,243	13,159	49,577	0	49,577
Crab, Other	8	101	147	65	0	322	9,311	9,633
Sea urchin	14	86	0	0	0	100	2,901	3,001
Other	9	119	0	279	1	408	4,000	4,408
Total	238,621	64,062	47,606	47,450	78,252	475,992	42,252	518,244
Seafish/Shellfish	442,967	92,630	58,444	74,131	283,449	951,620	467,804	1,419,424
Marine plants	1,835	203	0	0	0	2,039	0	2,039
Lumpfish roe	0	0	0	6	1,303	1,309	0	1,309
Miscellaneous (4)	82	58	0	1	754	896	8,376	9,272
Total	1,918	262	0	7	2,057	4,244	8,376	12,620
GRAND TOTAL (5)	444,885	92,892	58,444	74,137	285,506	955,864	476,180	1,432,044

(1) Oyster: BC data now reported under Aquaculture. Atlantic includes wild and farmed data.
(2) Scallop includes meat with roe.
(3) Mussel includes wild & farmed.
(4) Miscellaneous value includes seal value.
(5) Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: Statistics, DFO-Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6

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