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1989 VALUE OF ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COASTS COMMERCIAL LANDINGS,
BY PROVINCE (thousand dollars)
	NS	NB	PE	QC	NL	Total Atlantic	BC	Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod	77,958	5,348	2,057	14,424	120,023	219,811	4,519	224,330
Haddock	23,972	12	9	5	1,380	25,378	0	25,378
Redfish spp.	9,464	1,129	2,226	4,443	4,733	21,995	14,993	36,988
Halibut	8,736	155	8	502	746	10,147	6,196	16,343
Flatfishes	14,083	1,697	1,130	2,522	19,631	39,063	4,871	43,934
Greenland turbot	68	78	0	4,521	7,613	12,281	609	12,890
Pollock	18,206	525	13	1	1,069	19,814	63	19,877
Hake	5,333	354	622	114	89	6,512	11,333	17,845
Cusk	1,836	1	0	0	0	1,837	0	1,837
Catfish	266	1	0	13	239	519	0	519
Skate	5	0	0	0	2	7	45	52
Dogfish	38	0	0	0	0	39	2,774	2,813
Other	1,939	7	1	46	7	2,000	28,417	30,417
Total	161,905	9,307	6,066	26,592	155,534	359,402	73,820	433,222
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	12,297	14,253	553	587	3,573	31,263	67,609	98,872
Mackerel	1,682	1,289	892	643	962	5,468	0	5,468
Swordfish	7,216	0	0	0	106	7,322	0	7,322
Tuna	5,760	23	284	0	2,223	8,290	451	8,741
Alewife	2,573	1,464	43	0	0	4,080	0	4,080
Eel	94	1,053	212	1,236	308	2,904	0	2,904
Salmon	0	0	0	473	3,620	4,093	256,081	260,174
Smelt	68	794	91	186	40	1,178	1	1,179
Capelin	0	3	0	262	19,101	19,366	0	19,366
Other	206	658	11	325	205	1,405	1,621	3,026
Total	29,896	19,537	2,086	3,712	30,138	85,369	325,763	411,132
Shellfish
Clams/quahaug	7,477	2,128	1,521	667	433	12,226	19,672	31,898
Oyster ⁽¹⁾	104	1,570	4,350	0	0	6,024	0	6,024
Scallop ⁽²⁾	79,470	9,513	897	2,777	661	93,317	315	93,632
Squid	21	0	0	0	719	741	0	741
Mussel ⁽³⁾	9	163	2,946	129	38	3,284	0	3,284
Lobster	138,901	44,381	45,967	18,797	17,933	265,979	0	265,979
Shrimp	12,572	3,629	0	13,119	45,526	74,846	9,900	84,746
Crab, Queen	5,314	12,232	2,383	16,069	10,304	46,303	0	46,303
Crab, Other	34	157	330	196	0	717	6,089	6,806
Sea urchin	0	16	0	0	0	16	2,651	2,667
Other	18	129	0	75	18	239	3,592	3,831
Total	243,920	73,919	58,393	51,829	75,632	503,692	42,219	545,911
Seafish/Shellfish	435,720	102,762	66,545	82,133	261,303	948,464	441,802	1,390,266
Marine plants	2,372	357	0	0	0	2,730	0	2,730
Lumpfish roe	0	0	0	59	3,648	3,707	0	3,707
Miscellaneous ⁽⁴⁾	30	81	0	0	983	1,094	8,923	10,017
Total	2,402	438	0	59	4,631	7,530	8,923	16,453
GRAND TOTAL ⁽⁵⁾	438,122	103,201	66,545	82,192	265,934	955,994	450,725	1,406,719

⁽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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