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Seafood Processing
Location Map of Fish Processing
Plants in B.C. (jpg)
2003 Quick Facts ( 2003
2002
2001
2000 )
- 202 companies
- 223 facilities
- 5,700 direct jobs
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Seafood processing occurs at 223
facilities located throughout the province.
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The wholesale value of B.C.'s seafood
products was worth more than $1.1 billion in 2003.
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Seafood is B.C.’s number one food export
as almost 71 per cent of our fish and seafood products are shipped
out of the country.
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B.C. seafood processors exported 171,744
tonnes of fish and seafood products to 56 countries with a total
export value of $997 million.
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More than 80 per cent of all exports are destined for the US
and Japan.
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Seafood products derived from species
other than salmon and herring are becoming increasingly important.
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In addition to the fish obtained from B.C.
commercial fisheries and aquaculture operations, fish processors
source sockeye and pink salmon, Atlantic salmon, halibut, herring and
trout from outside of the province and Canada for value-added
processing.
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Canned salmon production in B.C. topped
552,707 cases in 2003 worth $60 million wholesale.
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New fisheries such as squid, sardines and
tanner crab, along with added-value processing in existing fisheries
such as spiny dogfish, arrowtooth flounder, sea cucumbers, red sea
urchins, and pink and chum salmon have presented valuable
opportunities.
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Updated: October 28, 2004 |
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