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ACROSS CANADA
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CANADIAN AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY PRODUCTION AND VALUE FIGURES 2004-2005
Fish and seafood, wild and farmed, is the largest single food commodity exported by Canada.
National production figures
- In 2005, wild harvest and aquaculture production totalled over C$2.9 billion.
- Farmed fish and seafood production was valued at C$715 million in 2005, comprising approximately 25 percent of all Canadian fisheries and aquaculture.
- Salmon is the predominant farmed species in Canada, producing 98,441 tonnes in 2005 and generating over C$543 million.
- 95 percent of Canada’s farmed fish and seafood is exported to the United States.
Provincial breakdown of commercial aquaculture production:
- British Columbia 48%
- New Brunswick 24%
- Prince Edward Island 12%
- Nova Scotia 6%
- Newfoundland and Labrador 5%
- Ontario 3%
- Quebec 1%
- Prairie Provinces 1%
Aquaculture production and value in 2005 (in Canadian dollars)
Quantity: 154,993 tonnes, Value: $715,107,000
Total finfish: Quantity—115,800 tonnes, value—$639,641,000
Total shellfish: Quantity: 38,283 tonnes, value: $66,940,000
Top five farmed species by production and value in 2005
Salmon (Atlantic, Coho, and Chinook)
Quantity: 98,441 tonnes, Value: $543,634,000
Mussels
Quantity: 22,842 tonnes, Value: $33,168,000
Trout(Rainbow, Brook, and others)
Quantity: 4,723 tonnes, Value: $21,070,000
Pacific Oysters
Quantity: 12,584 tonnes, Value: $16,095,000
Clams
Quantity: 1,788 tonnes, Value: $8,378,000
Last Updated : 2007-03-30