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1999 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	9,357	902	10,259	165	1,049	1,214	1,250	4,079	38,676	55,478
Haddock	10,381	0	10,382	20	0	20	0	0	149	10,551
Redfish spp.	11,692	118	11,810	0	15	15	0	368	7,505	19,698
Halibut	741	11	752	4	23	26	3	181	244	1,206
Flatfishes	5,684	1,305	6,989	24	153	178	657	1,026	8,296	17,145
Greenland turbot	944	26	970	0	38	38	0	2,885	8,785	12,678
Pollock	7,648	1	7,648	162	1	163	0	1	741	8,553
Hake	16,001	175	16,176	12	19	31	218	20	602	17,048
Cusk	1,063	0	1,063	0	0	0	0	0	2	1,065
Catfish	304	1	305	0	0	0	0	5	385	695
Skate	765	0	765	0	0	0	4	8	2,325	3,101
Dogfish	1,874	243	2,117	16	0	17	144	191	0	2,468
Other	1,646	1	1,646	2	23	25	16	18	364	2,069
Total	68,099	2,784	70,883	406	1,320	1,726	2,292	8,782	68,073	151,756
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	76,674	9,953	86,628	39,455	38,045	77,500	17,784	5,829	15,159	202,900
Mackerel	4,535	262	4,798	15	2,255	2,270	3,845	5,407	1,375	17,694
Swordfish	865	0	865	0	0	0	0	0	253	1,119
Tuna	631	88	719	0	0	0	76	0	105	900
Alewife	908	452	1,360	67	3,502	3,569	93	1	0	5,023
Eel	76	9	85	45	47	93	35	123	55	390
Salmon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
Smelt	12	9	21	0	735	736	238	300	2	1,296
Capelin	0	0	0	0	166	166	0	86	23,228	23,480
Other	1,134	10	1,144	15	5	20	565	76	65	1,869
Total	84,835	10,785	95,619	39,599	44,755	84,354	22,636	11,827	40,241	254,677
Shellfish
Clams/quahaug	8,893	170	9,062	261	807	1,068	1,368	1,941	20,267	33,706
Oyster (1)	0	335	335	0	315	315	3,353	0	0	4,003
Scallop (2)	48,920	256	49,175	1,463	930	2,393	760	2,789	3,187	58,305
Squid	293	3	296	0	0	0	0	0	18	314
Mussel (3)	0	58	58	0	214	214	0	62	0	334
Lobster	20,390	2,998	23,389	1,931	6,027	7,958	8,403	3,214	1,813	44,777
Shrimp	29,594	0	29,594	0	4,762	4,762	0	14,917	66,601	115,875
Crab, Queen	3,673	2,684	6,357	0	7,550	7,550	859	11,339	69,131	95,236
Crab, Other	1,540	673	2,214	248	1,356	1,604	2,504	1,226	191	7,738
Sea urchin	1,062	0	1,062	1,713	0	1,713	19	22	844	3,660
Other	50	0	50	103	1	104	0	1,557	121	1,832
Total	114,417	7,176	121,593	5,720	21,961	27,681	17,266	37,066	162,173	365,778
Seafish/Shellfish	267,350	20,745	288,095	45,724	68,037	113,761	42,194	57,674	270,486	772,211
Marine plants	17,358	0	17,358	6,881	60	6,941	6,392	0	0	30,691
Lumpfish roe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59	2,813	2,872
Miscellaneous	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,103	2,103
Total	17,358	0	17,358	6,881	60	6,941	6,392	59	4,916	35,666
GRAND TOTAL (4)	284,709	20,745	305,454	52,605	68,096	120,702	48,586	57,733	275,402	807,877

(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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Last Updated: 2005-12-09	Important Notice