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PRELIMINARY

1998 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	Total	Total
Groundfish
Cod	11,424	449	11,874	307	590	897	268	2,092	22,679	37,809
Haddock	11,437	0	11,438	85	0	85	0	0	250	11,774
Redfish spp.	15,187	162	15,348	0	0	1	0	180	10,228	25,757
Halibut	812	13	824	4	19	23	1	175	274	1,297
Flatfishes	4,994	1,444	6,438	14	209	223	508	557	6,004	13,730
Greenland turbot	1,242	15	1,257	0	13	13	0	3,227	7,744	12,241
Pollock	14,051	6	14,057	398	0	398	0	0	639	15,094
Hake	19,224	214	19,438	31	5	35	44	25	631	20,173
Cusk	1,640	0	1,640	0	0	0	0	0	1	1,642
Catfish	317	1	318	1	0	1	0	2	208	529
Skate	678	0	678	0	0	0	0	11	2,297	2,986
Dogfish	813	111	924	57	3	59	47	47	5	1,081
Other	1,223	1	1,224	2	70	72	21	12	561	1,891
Total	83,042	2,416	85,458	899	910	1,808	889	6,328	51,522	146,005
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	70,120	6,293	76,413	38,481	30,653	69,134	17,492	6,019	20,926	189,984
Mackerel	4,203	360	4,563	228	1,534	1,762	6,862	4,066	1,687	18,939
Swordfish	1,020	0	1,020	0	0	0	0	0	95	1,115
Tuna	653	75	728	0	0	0	41	0	38	807
Alewife	1,004	544	1,548	127	3,687	3,815	52	0	0	5,415
Eel	75	15	90	20	49	69	24	158	73	413
Salmon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
Smelt	11	17	28	0	807	807	276	140	5	1,257
Capelin	23	0	23	0	776	776	0	259	38,548	39,605
Other	1,052	2	1,054	12	1	13	255	67	179	1,568
Total	78,160	7,307	85,466	38,868	37,509	76,377	25,002	10,713	61,551	259,110
Shellfish
Clams/quahaug	9,455	116	9,571	351	1,172	1,523	1,351	1,208	16,702	30,355
Oyster (1)	0	220	220	0	506	506	2,417	0	0	3,144
Scallop (2)	48,604	191	48,795	1,557	1,630	3,186	1,436	2,714	6,963	63,095
Squid	1,120	4	1,124	0	0	0	0	0	769	1,892
Mussel (3)	0	0	0	0	106	106	0	72	0	178
Lobster	16,414	3,113	19,527	1,645	6,233	7,878	8,698	3,048	2,035	41,186
Shrimp	23,946	0	23,946	0	4,759	4,759	0	15,104	64,121	107,930
Crab, Queen	2,364	2,548	4,912	0	6,719	6,719	612	10,344	52,666	75,253
Crab, Other	1,780	783	2,563	186	1,504	1,691	2,891	1,108	356	8,608
Sea urchin	1,021	0	1,021	1,712	0	1,712	38	10	928	3,709
Other	221	0	221	130	1	131	0	845	235	1,433
Total	104,925	6,976	111,901	5,581	22,630	28,210	17,442	34,453	144,775	336,782
Seafish/Shellfish	266,127	16,698	282,825	45,347	61,048	106,395	43,333	51,494	257,848	741,896
Marine plants	14,929	94	15,023	6,711	99	6,810	5,640	0	0	27,473
Lumpfish roe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1,539	1,557
Miscellaneous	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,028	3,029
Total	14,929	94	15,023	6,711	100	6,810	5,640	19	4,567	32,060
GRAND TOTAL (4)	281,057	16,792	297,848	52,058	61,147	113,206	48,974	51,513	262,415	773,956

(1) Oyster: BC data now reported under Aquaculture. Atlantic includes wild and farmed data.
(2) Scallop includes meat with roe.
(3) PEI mussels are now classified under "aquaculture" because they are a farmed product.
(4) Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: DFO, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6

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