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Seafisheries landed quantity by province, 2018

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2018 Atlantic & Pacific coasts commercial landings by province
(metric tonnes, live weight)
Species Nova Scotia New Brunswick P.E.I. Quebec N.L. Atlantic Total British Columbia Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod 1,253 7 6 694 16,287 18,247 280 18,527
Haddock 17,093 1 0 1 239 17,333 0 17,333
Redfish spp. 6,321 x 0 x 5,985 12,422 15,817 28,239
Halibut 3,638 125 64 969 820 5,616 3,330 8,946
Flatfishes 767 x x 347 8,607 9,725 12,508 22,233
Greenland turbot 31 0 0 1,080 10,457 11,568 0 11,568
Pollock 3,361 x x x 353 3,717 3,357 7,074
Hake 6,375 2 0 11 366 6,755 102,241 108,996
Cusk 135 x 0 0 x 135 0 135
Catfish 0 0 x 0 0 x 0 x
Skate 47 0 0 3 920 970 298 1,268
Dogfish 45 0 0 0 x x 207 x
Other 808 11 0 15 27 861 3,449 4,310
Total groundfish 39,873 151 70 3,239 44,063 87,396 141,487 228,883
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring 43,797 35,490 2,170 4,554 14,167 100,179 19,315 119,494
Mackeral 1,647 288 2,074 1,426 5,625 11,061 0 11,061
Swordfish x 0 0 0 x 782 0 782
Tuna 564 x 167 30 x 786 2,716 3,502
Alewife 847 1,212 54 0 0 2,113 0 2,113
Eel 19 67 x x 53 267 0 267
Salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 18,008 18,008
Smelt x 76 11 x 0 87 0 87
Silversides 0 0 199 0 0 199 0 199
Shark 50 0 0 1 0 51 0 51
Capelin 0 0 0 428 27,978 28,406 0 28,406
Other 18 x x x 26 106 0 106
Total pelagics 47,723 37,146 4,766 6,529 47,873 144,037 40,040 184,077
Shellfish
Clams / quahaug 21,700 467 x 1,065 x 39,938 1,753 41,692
Oystertable note 1 28 65 2,053 0 0 2,146 0 2,146
Scallop table note 2 50,160 3,341 343 735 661 55,240 x x
Squid 69 x 0 x 1,205 1,275 0 1,275
Musseltable note 3 0 0 0 x 0 x 0 x
Lobster 48,381 22,298 17,072 8,462 3,340 99,553 0 99,553
Shrimp 21,401 3,281 0 8,209 50,177 83,068 2,083 85,152
Crab, Queen 13,269 8,173 2,739 15,156 28,079 67,416 0 67,416
Crab, Other 1,097 1,138 1,252 1,040 505 5,032 4,794 9,826
Whelks x 0 0 1,131 x 2,484 0 2,484
Cockles x 0 0 0 x x 0 x
Sea cucumbers x x 0 1,252 5,550 9,948 1,689 11,637
Sea urchin 98 589 0 525 375 1,586 2,909 4,495
Other 0 0 x 0 0 x x 87
Total shellfish 159,641 40,103 24,294 37,579 108,898 370,516 13,314 383,830
Subtotal 247,237 77,400 29,130 47,348 200,834 601,949 194,841 796,790
Other
Marine plants x x 0 0 0 x 0 x
Lumpfish roe x x 0 0 21 x 0 x
Miscellaneous x x 0 3 2,730 2,732 0 2,732
Total 158 11,332 0 3 2,751 14,244 0 14,244
Grand Total table note 4 247,395 88,732 29,130 47,350 203,586 616,193 194,841 811,034

Table Notes

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Table note 1

Oyster: Atlantic includes wild and farmed data.

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Table note 2

Scallop includes meat with roe.

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Table note 3

PEI mussels are now classified under "aquaculture" because they are a farmed product.

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Table note 4

Totals may not add up due to rounding.

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Source: Department of Fisheries and Oceans (2022). Zonal Interchange File [database]. Ottawa

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