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1991 ATLANTIC COAST COMMERCIAL LANDINGS,
BY REGION (metric tonnes, live weight)

	NS			NB			PE	QC	NL			Atlantic
	S-F	Gulf	Total	S-F	Gulf	Total	Total	Total	Region	Gulf	Total	Total
Groundfish
Cod	92,737	8,682	101,419	1,174	5,573	6,747	3,093	19,094	154,259	25,310	179,570	309,923
Haddock	20,837	17	20,854	9	1	9	0	2	1,046	47	1,093	21,958
Redfish spp.	31,165	334	31,500	0	3,751	3,751	12,467	16,166	19,748	9,056	28,803	92,687
Halibut	1,420	4	1,425	6	23	29	1	205	228	147	376	2,036
Flatfishes	12,407	2,503	14,910	128	1,634	1,762	2,106	2,880	40,476	2,166	42,642	64,300
Greenland turbot	4,585	0	4,585	-	142	142	-	1,586	12,958	628	13,587	19,900
Pollock	37,519	57	37,575	1,285	0	1,285	1	4	1,880	26	1,906	40,771
Hake	58,094	2,237	60,331	155	476	631	1,541	425	1,392	37	1,429	64,358
Cusk	4,419	-	4,419	0	-	0	-	-	0	-	0	4,420
Catfish	587	5	592	1	1	2	0	53	584	155	739	1,387
Skate	1,109	3	1,112	-	-	-	-	1	19	2	22	1,135
Dogfish	162	0	163	0	-	0	1	141	0	2	2	307
Other	2,514	1	2,515	10	33	43	12	19	672	28	700	3,288
Total	267,557	13,844	281,401	2,768	11,633	14,401	19,221	40,578	233,263	37,605	270,868	626,469
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	89,272	2,047	91,319	32,858	35,086	67,943	7,542	3,940	19,366	26,635	46,001	216,744
Mackerel	7,227	892	8,119	136	2,089	2,225	3,922	3,256	831	7,546	8,377	25,899
Swordfish	1,028	-	1,028	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	0	1,029
Tuna	382	45	427	-	-	-	8	-	114	-	114	549
Alewife	1,080	1,071	2,151	1,738	3,585	5,324	87	-	-	-	-	7,562
Eel	39	35	74	87	130	218	127	425	57	77	134	978
Salmon	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	38	374	77	452	490
Smelt	0	56	56	1	812	813	158	171	35	9	43	1,242
Capelin	-	-	-	-	64	64	-	241	42,705	7,166	49,872	50,177
Other	639	73	711	68	3	71	160	160	132	5	137	1,240
Total	99,667	4,219	103,886	34,888	41,770	76,658	12,005	8,232	63,613	41,516	105,130	305,910
Shellfish
Clams/quahaug	4,784	148	4,931	383	1,036	1,419	1,280	580	4,522	0	4,522	12,733
Oyster (1)	1	32	33	-	685	685	1,184	-	-	-	-	1,902
Scallop (2)	69,479	451	69,929	4,208	708	4,916	823	2,525	942	461	1,403	79,597
Squid	893	0	893	-	-	-	0	-	1,723	5	1,729	2,622
Mussel (3)	-	2	2	-	46	46	3,489	60	56	-	56	3,654
Lobster	19,554	4,015	23,569	830	7,209	8,039	10,275	3,493	1,606	1,469	3,075	48,450
Shrimp	5,899	-	5,899	-	3,355	3,355	-	9,514	18,174	3,684	21,858	40,626
Crab, Queen	1,533	2,266	3,798	-	6,194	6,194	1,056	7,982	16,113	163	16,276	35,306
Crab, Other	16	22	38	-	468	468	591	3	-	-	-	1,100
Sea urchin	16	-	16	278	-	278	-	7	-	-	-	301
Other	29	-	29	93	0	93	-	871	2	28	29	1,022
Total	102,203	6,935	109,138	5,791	19,702	25,493	18,698	25,035	43,138	5,809	48,948	227,312
Seafish/Shellfish	469,427	24,998	494,425	43,447	73,105	116,552	49,924	73,845	340,015	84,931	424,945	1,159,691
Marine plants	22,889	-	22,889	89	230	319	9,742	1	-	-	-	32,952
Lumpfish roe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2,089	-	2,089	2,090
Miscellaneous	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	30	99	-	99	129
Total	22,890	-	22,890	89	230	319	9,742	32	2,187	-	2,187	35,171
GRAND TOTAL (4)	492,317	24,998	517,315	43,536	73,335	116,872	59,666	73,877	342,202	84,931	427,133	1,194,862

(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) Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: Statistics, DFO- Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6

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