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1977 ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COASTS COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, BY PROVINCE - (metric tonnes, live weight)
	NS	NB	PE	QC	NL	Total Atlantic	BC	Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod ⁽¹⁾	61,426	6,862	3,476	23,857	142,001	237,622	10,082	247,704
Haddock	26,046	89	25	1	671	26,832	0	26,832
Redfish	18,255	4,853	3,298	9,111	31,077	66,594	7,920	74,514
Halibut	965	14	4	40	475	1,498	5,334	6,832
Flatfishes	17,912	5,299	1,816	4,686	81,368	111,081	3,871	114,952
Greenland turbot	459	442	2	2,983	19,022	22,908	1,582	24,490
Pollock	25,482	180	15	Ø	271	25,948	910	26,858
Hake	7,412	526	2,182	353	1,162	11,635	0	11,635
Cusk	3,360	Ø	4	0	Ø	3,364	0	3,364
Catfish	1,715	12	3	13	2,187	3,930	0	3,930
Other	2,790	610	489	25	29	3,943	0	3,943
Total	165,822	18,887	11,314	41,069	278,263	515,355	29,699	545,054
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	89,986	84,365	326	3,961	50,355	228,993	97,172	326,165
Mackerel	11,939	809	1,230	607	7,926	22,511	0	22,511
Tuna	365	5,739	185	38	0	6,327	53	6,380
Alewife	4,206	3,395	97	0	0	7,698	0	7,698
Eel	15	165	99	363	16	658	0	658
Salmon	63	31	2	99	1,939	2,134	65,582	67,716
Skate	870	Ø	4	0	1,128	2,002	949	2,951
Smelt	92	1,178	458	191	22	1,941	7	1,948
Capelin	0	214	0	173	13,473	13,860	0	13,860
Other	356	102	153	25	268	904	2,166	3,070
Total	107,892	95,998	2,554	5,457	75,127	287,028	165,929	452,957
Shellfish
Clams/quahaug	1,509	1,104	421	338	Ø	3,372	1,634	5,006
Oyster	37	229	727	0	0	993	2,805	3,798
Scallop	114,783	873	635	452	106	116,849	0	116,849
Squid	8,790	21	Ø	0	29,733	38,544	0	38,544
Lobster	6,759	3,340	4,118	1,435	2,181	17,833	0	17,833
Shrimp	407	1,115	0	3,131	3,439	8,092	2,801	10,893
Crab, Queen	869	7,331	0	2,082	3,937	14,219	0	14,219
Crab, Other	174	135	32	0	0	341	1,030	1,371
Other	32	84	0	332	0	448	452	900
Total	133,360	14,232	5,933	7,770	39,396	200,691	8,722	209,413
Sub-total	407,074	129,117	19,801	54,296	392,786	1,003,074	204,350	1,207,424
Marine plants	19,905	1,086	13,660	0	0	34,651	0	34,651
Miscellaneous	Ø	Ø	0	0	476	476	0	476
Total	19,905	1,086	13,660	0	448	35,099	0	35,099
GRAND TOTAL	426,979	130,203	33,461	54,296	393,234	1,038,173	204,350	1,242,523

⁽¹⁾includes Pacific cod, ling cod and sablefish in British Columbia

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