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1987 VALUE OF ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COASTS COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, BY PROVINCE (thousand dollars)
	NS	NB	PE	QC	NL	Total Atlantic	BC	Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod	120,746	7,858	2,632	23,457	169,762	324,455	8,577	333,032
Haddock	32,212	215	0	32	1,378	33,837	0	33,837
Redfish spp.	11,286	1,367	1,024	3,931	7,560	25,168	18,110	43,278
Halibut	9,581	94	23	445	1,117	11,260	28,326	39,586
Flatfishes	16,270	2,132	1,754	4,955	21,300	46,411	2,502	48,913
Greenland turbot	45	175	0	13,854	12,925	26,998	347	27,345
Pollock	23,535	1,711	30	13	1,059	26,347	251	26,598
Hake	11,389	280	1,340	331	242	13,582	11,333	24,915
Cusk	3,519	2	0	1	0	3,521	0	3,521
Catfish	586	4	0	27	397	1,014	0	1,014
Skate	17	0	0	0	75	91	124	215
Dogfish	62	11	0	3	0	75	1,539	1,614
Other	2,880	38	7	23	40	2,989	17,954	20,943
Total	232,127	13,887	6,810	47,071	215,854	515,749	89,063	604,812
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	18,869	17,107	2,341	1,499	4,713	44,529	96,908	141,437
Mackerel	1,822	919	1,132	733	2,272	6,878	0	6,878
Swordfish	6,685	0	0	0	24	6,709	0	6,709
Tuna	763	1	201	1	336	1,303	300	1,603
Alewife	899	846	104	0	0	1,849	0	1,849
Eel	91	652	467	1,799	105	3,115	0	3,115
Salmon	0	0	14	767	5,611	6,393	212,060	218,453
Smelt	50	1,326	115	51	32	1,574	5	1,579
Capelin	0	0	0	52	7,014	7,066	0	7,066
Other	160	175	52	103	188	677	167	844
Total	29,338	21,025	4,426	5,007	20,296	80,093	309,440	389,533
Shellfish
Clams/quahaug	2,870	4,921	1,402	624	5	9,822	13,270	23,092
Oyster ⁽¹⁾	156	2,054	2,217	0	0	4,426	0	4,426
Scallop ⁽²⁾	83,492	4,843	1,336	3,079	2,081	94,831	244	95,075
Squid	10	0	0	0	55	64	0	64
Mussel ⁽³⁾	40	411	1,872	24	36	2,383	0	2,383
Lobster	160,357	42,249	46,931	18,348	15,244	283,130	0	283,130
Shrimp	7,328	5,197	0	18,420	13,229	44,174	8,935	53,109
Crab, Queen	7,251	23,372	1,625	32,646	12,618	77,511	0	77,511
Crab, Other	158	226	233	8	0	625	6,452	7,077
Sea urchin	0	17	0	0	0	17	1,276	1,293
Other	18	191	0	527	5	741	2,578	3,319
Total	261,678	83,481	55,616	73,676	43,273	517,724	32,755	550,479
Seafish/Shellfish	523,144	118,393	66,853	125,753	279,424	1,113,566	431,258	1,544,824
Marine plants	1,021	172	0	0	0	1,193	0	1,193
Lumpfish roe	0	0	0	443	11,618	12,061	0	12,061
Miscellaneous ⁽⁴⁾	3	7	0	1	818	828	10,452	11,280
Total	1,024	179	0	444	12,436	14,082	10,452	24,534
GRAND TOTAL ⁽⁵⁾	524,167	118,572	66,853	126,197	291,859	1,127,648	441,710	1,569,358

⁽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⁾ Miscellaneous value includes seal value.
⁽⁵⁾ Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: Statistics, DFO-Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6

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