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Aquaculture

Production Quantities and Values

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1992 Canadian Aquaculture Production Statistics (tonnes) (1)
  NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC CANADA
Finfish
Salmon (3) 75 x 416 10,000 x 20 0 0 0 19,814 30,325
Trout (3) 3 x 0 375 x 2,800 x 160 96 77 3,511
Steelhead (3) 88 0 328 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 416
Other (4)                     89
Total Finfish (2) 166 42 744 10,375 1,425 2,820 x 160 96 19,891 35,808
Shellfish
Clams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 308 308
Oysters 0 1,178 67 114 0 0 0 0 0 4,484 5,843
Mussels (3) 160 4,186 406 125 x 0 0 0 0 0 4,877
Scallops (3) 2 0 0 0 x 0 0 0 0 6 8
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Shellfish 162 5,364 473 239 87 0 0 0 0 4,798 11,123
Total (2) 328 5,406 1,217 10,614 1,512 2,820 x 160 96 24,689 46,931

1992 Canadian Aquaculture Production Statistics (' $000) (1)
  NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC CANADA
Finfish
Salmon (3) 630 x 3,987 82,500 x 100 0 0 0 115,518 202,735
Trout (3) 20 x 0 2,300 x 14,000 x 540 420 324 17,604
Steelhead (3) 569 0 2,061 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,630
Other (4)                     631
Total Finfish (2) 1,219 244 6,048 84,800 7,224 14,100 x 540 420 115,842 231,068
Shellfish
Clams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,003 1,003
Oysters 0 2,062 115 300 0 0 0 0 0 3,572 6,049
Mussels (3) 137 4,959 470 130 x 0 0 0 0 0 5,696
Scallops (3) 10 0 0 0 x 0 0 0 0 24 34
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Shellfish 147 7,021 585 430 164 0 0 0 0 4,599 12,946
Total (2) 1,366 7,265 6,633 85,230 7,388 14,100 x 540 420 120,441 244,014

(1) The production and value of Aquaculture includes the amount and value produced on sites and excludes hatcheries or processing. Shellfish also includes some wild production. The data, collected from each of the provincial departments responsible for aquaculture, are considered accurate and reliable. The data will continue to be collected and released in the year following the reference year.
(2) Excludes other finfish for all provinces.
(3) Excludes confidential data at Canada level.
(4) Other finfish data is only available at the Canada level and includes confidential data from the provinces.

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