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Seafisheries

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1987 ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COASTS COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, BY PROVINCE
(metric tonnes, live weight)
  NS NB PE QC NL Total Atlantic BC Total Canada
Groundfish  
Cod 132,492 10,046 3,995 31,190 280,484 458,206 13,691 471,897
Haddock 23,802 134 1 31 3,543 27,510 0 27,510
Redfish spp. 34,220 3,946 4,587 14,848 23,042 80,642 24,132 104,774
Halibut 1,776 26 10 156 514 2,481 7,241 9,722
Flatfishes 16,796 2,989 2,125 5,994 62,389 90,294 3,089 93,383
Greenland turbot 132 187 0 10,673 17,386 28,378 1,111 29,489
Pollock 42,261 2,382 131 37 4,737 49,547 861 50,408
Hake 15,250 555 2,391 723 911 19,831 74,706 94,537
Cusk 3,949 4 0 1 0 3,955 0 3,955
Catfish 1,356 10 1 75 1,546 2,988 0 2,988
Skate 169 0 0 0 452 621 751 1,372
Dogfish 234 36 0 11 0 281 3,767 4,048
Other 3,016 142 23 28 92 3,302 8,328 11,630
Total 275,453 20,457 13,263 63,768 395,096 768,037 137,677 905,714
Pelagic & other finfish  
Herring 98,397 94,548 10,891 5,640 37,536 247,011 37,615 284,626
Mackerel 5,243 2,806 3,566 2,753 13,124 27,491 0 27,491
Swordfish 948 0 0 0 6 955 0 955
Tuna 201 0 21 0 99 322 92 414
Alewife 2,733 5,741 364 0 0 8,838 0 8,838
Eel 28 220 150 396 31 824 0 824
Salmon 0 0 2 110 1,472 1,584 66,695 68,279
Smelt 27 1,527 150 24 47 1,776 2 1,777
Capelin 0 0 0 67 29,605 29,672 0 29,672
Other 150 107 141 39 151 588 108 695
Total 107,728 104,948 15,284 9,029 82,072 319,061 104,511 423,571
Shellfish  
Clams/quahaug 2,641 3,851 1,074 505 8 8,079 10,370 18,449
Oyster (1) 107 945 1,374 0 0 2,425 0 2,425
Scallop (2) 66,304 2,970 935 2,031 1,665 73,905 66 73,972
Squid 17 0 0 0 0 17 86 103
Mussel (3) 124 298 892 22 41 1,376 0 1,376
Lobster 18,425 7,456 8,755 2,659 2,221 39,516 0 39,516
Shrimp 2,578 2,377 0 7,714 11,067 23,736 3,264 26,999
Crab, Queen 2,287 7,229 615 10,192 6,697 27,020 0 27,020
Crab, Other 296 708 621 15 0 1,641 1,631 3,272
Sea urchin 0 47 0 0 0 47 2,223 2,271
Other 25 190 0 1,300 205 1,720 2,063 3,784
Total 92,805 26,071 14,266 24,437 21,904 179,483 19,704 199,186
Seafish/Shellfish 475,985 151,476 42,813 97,235 499,072 1,266,580 261,891 1,528,471
Marine plants 17,374 118 0 0 0 17,492 0 17,492
Lumpfish roe 0 0 0 114 3,006 3,121 0 3,121
Miscellaneous 1 1 0 1 282 284 541 825
Total 17,375 119 0 115 3,288 20,897 541 21,438
GRAND TOTAL (4) 493,360 151,595 42,813 97,350 502,360 1,287,477 262,432 1,549,909

(1) Oyster: BC data now reported under Aquaculture. Atlantic includes wild and farmed data.
(2) Scallop includes meat with roe.
(3) Mussel includes wild & farmed.
(4) Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: Statistics, DFO-Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6

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