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1981 ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COASTS COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, BY PROVINCE - (metric tonnes, live weight)
	NS	NB	PE	QC	NL	Total Atlantic	BC	Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod ⁽¹⁾	128,259	13,852	6,925	45,235	245,378	439,649	12,689	452,338
Haddock	50,569	188	173	2	6,092	57,024	0	57,024
Redfish	20,528	2,640	5,598	10,676	32,624	72,066	9,460	81,526
Halibut	1,546	19	1	71	296	1,933	3,266	5,199
Flatfishes	18,572	2,611	3,067	2,448	78,690	105,388	4,555	109,943
Greenland turbot	615	82	6	2,574	24,586	27,863	944	28,807
Pollock	38,304	1,118	155	Ø	1,041	40,618	1,130	41,748
Hake ⁽²⁾	8,897	1,781	7,195	548	1,133	19,554	22,183	41,737
Cusk	5,960	1	3	0	1	5,965	0	5,965
Catfish	2,439	10	1	130	2,815	5,395	0	5,395
Other	2,270	278	185	1,188	190	4,111	0	4,111
Total	277,959	22,580	23,309	62,872	392,846	779,566	54,227	833,793
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	84,242	43,180	2,805	6,461	24,754	161,442	37,960	199,402
Mackerel	6,616	1,928	2,371	1,450	6,931	19,296	0	19,296
Swordfish	577	0	0	0	0	577	0	577
Tuna	83	295	219	18	0	615	103	718
Alewife	2,530	2,812	259	0	0	5,601	0	5,601
Eel	27	196	221	401	41	886	0	886
Salmon	43	103	1	97	1,910	2,154	78,921	81,075
Skate	93	15	0	4	1,135	1,247	960	2,207
Smelt	81	1,475	323	260	3	2,142	1	2,143
Capelin	0	0	0	238	28,558	28,796	0	28,796
Other	227	91	34	22	882	1,256	1,988	3,244
Total	94,519	50,095	6,233	8,951	64,214	224,012	119,933	343,945
Shellfish
Clams/quahaug	2,152	1,607	808	155	0	4,722	3,568	8,290
Oyster	103	252	1,048	0	0	1,403	2,409	3,812
Scallop	79,965	5,785	1,427	930	1,789	89,896	0	89,896
Squid	669	166	1	18	17,464	18,318	0	18,318
Lobster	7,897	4,309	5,355	1,760	2,376	21,697	0	21,697
Shrimp	2,482	3,100	0	4,853	5,823	16,258	939	17,197
Crab, Queen	1,534	14,084	245	7,787	14,204	37,854	0	37,854
Crab, Other	155	185	44	0	0	384	1,317	1,701
Other	38	94	45	265	5	447	114	561
Total	94,995	29,582	8,973	15,768	41,661	190,979	8,347	199,326
Sub-total	467,473	102,257	38,515	87,591	498,721	1,194,557	182,507	1,377,064
Marine plants	11,965	780	17,003	0	0	29,748	0	29,748
Miscellaneous	Ø	Ø	0	Ø	Ø	0	282	282
Total	11,965	780	17,003	Ø	Ø	29,748	282	30,030
GRAND TOTAL	479,438	103,037	55,518	87,591	498,721	1,224,305	182,789	1,407,094

⁽¹⁾includes Pacific cod, ling cod and sablefish in British Columbia
⁽²⁾ includes cooperative sales of hake to foreign vessels in B.C.: 17,255 tonnes

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