Newfoundland and Labrador
Fishing and Aquaculture Industry Highlights
2000 (Preliminary) |
|
Landed
Value (Millions $)
|
Active
Processing Licences
(By Type)
|
Groundfish
Pelagics
Shellfish
Sea Mammals
Total |
86
10.6
472
2.1
$570.7 |
|
Core
Non-Core
Secondary
Aquaculture
Total |
65
61
9
5
140 |
|
| Landed
Volume (tonnes) - Revised |
Primary
Markets (% of Total)
January to December, 2000 |
Groundfish
Pelagics
Shellfish
Total
|
70,000
41,642
155,742
267,384 |
Seals
86,000 |
United States
Japan
China
Denmark
Other Countries |
58%
7%
10%
6%
19% |
Total Production
Value $1 billion
|
|
Annual Employment (person years) |
Aquaculture
Production (tonnes) (2000)
|
Harvesting
Processing |
8,800
6,400 |
|
Shellfish
Finfish |
2,150
2,912 |
Aquaculture Export Value
$13.7
million
|
| GDP
Indicators (%) (1999)
|
Fishery as a percentage of the
GDP
(Goods Producing
Sector)
Fish Processing as a percentage of the GDP
(Manufacturing
Sector) |
11.7%
24.4% |
|
Fact Sheet - 2003