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2003 ATLANTIC COAST COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, BY REGION
(metric tonnes, live weight)
	Nova Scotia			New Brunswick			PEI	Quebec	Nfld	Atlantic Total
	S-F	Gulf	Total	S-F	Gulf	Total	Total	Total	Region	Atlantic Total
Groundfish
Cod	7,824	97	7,920	237	51	288	66	204	14,290	22,768
Haddock	15,595	1	15,596	27	0	27	0	0	207	15,829
Redfish spp.	7,534	0	7,535	0	1	1	0	321	7,385	15,242
Halibut	1,120	15	1,135	10	27	37	4	115	542	1,832
Flatfishes	4,794	453	5,247	11	20	31	447	571	16,710	23,007
Greenland turbot	703	11	714	0	31	31	0	2,684	11,867	15,296
Pollock	8,131	0	8,131	105	0	105	0	2	398	8,636
Hake	13,550	26	13,575	53	0	53	2	18	1,483	15,132
Cusk	1,145	0	1,145	0	0	0	0	0	3	1,148
Catfish	160	0	161	0	0	0	0	1	94	256
Skate	380	0	380	0	0	0	0	11	2,210	2,601
Dogfish	1,303	0	1,303	0	0	0	0	21	0	1,324
Other	2,936	1	2,937	0	36	37	4	5	2,808	5,791
Total	65,176	603	65,778	443	167	610	524	3,952	57,998	128,862
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	79,224	9,737	88,961	33,495	34,756	68,251	16,103	6,651	20,368	200,334
Mackerel	3,825	3,481	7,306	0	1,733	1,733	4,583	4,597	26,675	44,894
Swordfish	1,224	0	1,224	0	0	0	0	0	61	1,285
Tuna	557	66	623	0	0	0	126	0	117	867
Alewife	1,822	1	1,823	83	3,247	3,331	83	0	0	5,237
Eel	37	9	46	29	140	168	71	13	65	363
Salmon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smelt	9	8	17	0	863	863	226	6	5	1,117
Capelin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	22,342	22,392
Other	290	3	292	7	13	20	473	2	30	817
Total	86,988	13,305	100,293	33,614	40,752	74,366	21,664	11,319	69,664	277,305
Shellfish
Clams/quahaug	10,756	113	10,869	491	592	1,083	1,839	2,442	23,050	39,284
Oyster 1/	0	61	61	0	253	253	2,959	0	0	3,273
Scallop 2/	87,820	98	87,918	2,144	468	2,612	338	1,457	1,538	93,864
Squid	45	4	49	0	0	0	0	0	1,085	1,134
Mussel 3/	0	46	46	0	156	156	0	49	0	250
Lobster	24,536	2,971	27,506	2,485	4,894	7,379	9,158	3,538	2,256	49,837
Shrimp	31,327	56	31,383	0	5,359	5,359	0	17,285	88,508	142,535
Crab, Queen	10,779	6,164	16,943	0	7,428	7,428	1,566	12,605	58,356	96,898
Crab, Other	1,431	776	2,207	493	2,016	2,509	2,579	1,863	1,399	10,557
Sea urchin	308	0	308	1,231	6	1,237	0	146	893	2,583
Other	2,458	0	2,458	898	0	898	7	2,061	988	6,412
Total	169,460	10,287	179,747	7,741	21,172	28,913	18,446	41,448	178,073	446,627
Seafish/Shellfish	321,624	24,195	345,819	41,798	62,091	103,888	40,633	56,718	305,735	852,794
Marine plants	24,391	0	24,391	11,384	28	11,412	9,993	0	0	45,797
Lumpfish roe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	562	591
Miscellaneous	295	0	295	0	0	0	0	0	1,812	2,107
Total	24,686	0	24,686	11,384	28	11,412	9,993	30	2,374	48,495
GRAND TOTAL 4/	346,310	24,195	370,505	53,182	62,119	115,301	50,627	56,748	308,109	901,289

(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: 2006-10-11	Important Notice