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Section 2 - Canada's position among the world's fisheries

2.1.1 Landed volume of world marine and freshwater fisheries by top 30 countries1, 2006-2008
  2006 (tonnes) 2007 (tonnes) 2008 (tonnes) % of total 2008 % change 2006-2008
Peru 7,020,925 7,221,330 7,376,686 8.1 5.1
United States of America 4,858,804 4,770,169 4,357,014 4.8 -10.3
India 3,844,838 3,859,294 4,104,877 4.5 6.8
Russian Federation 3,295,920 3,462,560 3,393,966 3.7 3.0
Myanmar 2,006,790 2,235,580 2,493,750 2.7 24.3
Norway 2,401,841 2,513,512 2,430,842 2.7 1.2
Korea, Republic of 1,771,262 1,888,029 1,957,736 2.2 10.5
Bangladesh 1,436,496 1,494,199 1,557,754 1.7 8.4
Iceland 1,348,061 1,421,034 1,306,593 1.4 -3.1
Morocco 891,685 891,650 1,004,814 1.1 12.7
Canada 1,080,290 1,025,340 949,984 1.0 -12.1
Brazil 779,113 783,177 775,000 0.9 -0.5
South Africa 628,392 691,229 655,453 0.7 4.3
Nigeria 552,323 530,420 541,368 0.6 -2.0
Faroe Islands 623,122 582,134 495,348 0.5 -20.5
Other 14,602,296 14,374,302 14,012,092 15.4 -4.0
China2 39,363,299 41,177,465 42,674,498 62.4 8.4
India 3,180,865 3,112,242 3,478,692 5.1 9.4
Philippines 2,092,274 2,214,785 2,407,698 3.5 15.1
Thailand 1,407,001 1,351,075 1,374,024 2.0 -2.3
Bangladesh 892,049 945,812 1,005,542 1.5 12.7
Norway 712,373 841,560 843,730 1.2 18.4
Myanmar 574,990 604,660 674,812 1.0 17.4
508,000 508,000 508,000 0.7 0.0
Malaysia 228,317 258,239 354,379 0.5 55.2
Brazil 271,696 289,050 290,186 0.4 6.8
France 238,151 237,653 237,868 0.3 -0.1
United Kingdom 171,848 174,203 179,187 0.3 4.3
Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 129,708 158,789 154,979 0.2 19.5
Mexico 154,451 128,376 151,065 0.2 -2.2
Nigeria 84,578 85,087 143,207 0.2 69.3
Russian Federation 106,343 105,803 115,680 0.2 8.8
Other 1,276,767 1,359,460 1,390,804 2.0 8.9
2007 ($'000) 2008 ($'000) % of total 2008 % change
2006-2008
Norway 6,287,080 6,760,416 7,455,685 6.8 18.6
Denmark 4,535,406 4,454,514 4,924,481 4.5 8.6
United States of America 4,751,976 4,835,565 4,832,713 4.4 1.7
Canada 4,176,681 4,011,522 3,976,056 3.6 -4.8
Netherlands 3,206,283 3,546,871 3,639,774 3.3 13.5
Indonesia 2,290,646 2,333,217 2,772,669 2.5 21.0
Peru 2,010,973 2,113,964 2,599,253 2.4 29.3
Iceland 2,067,080 2,187,032 2,241,413 2.0 8.4
Sweden 1,819,257 1,851,199 2,092,910 1.9 15.0
Japan 1,651,925 1,831,746 1,860,191 1.7 12.6
India 2,005,908 1,804,387 1,740,070 1.6 -13.3
Korea, Republic of 1,191,772 1,274,515 1,490,803 1.4 25.1
Belgium 1,313,441 1,304,347 1,369,492 1.2 4.3
Australia 1,065,933 1,018,737 1,019,286 0.9 -4.4
Mexico 835,158 898,699 888,562 0.8 6.4
Other 14,989,814 15,604,182 16,879,055 15.3 12.6
2007 ($'000) 2008 ($'000) % of total 2008 % change
2006-2008
United States of America 15,196,524 14,784,181 15,218,200 13.1 0.1
Spain 7,233,037 7,528,991 7,596,603 6.6 5.0
Italy 5,381,963 5,560,529 5,845,215 5.0 8.6
United Kingdom 4,255,028 4,496,839 4,538,210 3.9 6.7
Korea, Republic of 3,165,375 3,358,614 3,159,875 2.7 -0.2
Sweden 2,301,835 2,723,572 2,952,113 2.6 28.3
Russian Federation 1,641,225 2,177,493 2,597,682 2.2 58.3
Canada 2,089,135 2,175,928 2,220,749 1.9 6.3
Poland 988,388 1,084,871 1,347,857 1.2 36.4
Australia 1,058,475 1,191,705 1,214,058 1.0 14.7
Greece 678,059 822,130 848,800 0.7 25.2
Ukraine 519,410 587,502 795,811 0.7 53.2
Nigeria 908,300 1,031,239 709,364 0.6 -21.9
Mexico 507,296 590,569 638,282 0.6 25.8
Austria 370,384 470,465 497,291 0.4 34.3
Other 7,945,172 9,036,349 11,154,414 9.6 40.4
2007 ($'000) 2008 ($'000)
Freshwater fishes
  Carps, barbels and other cyprinids
    Canada 17 0 0
    European Union 26,632 33,028 34,540
    China (and SARs) 7,835 7,867 6,506
    Other Countries 4,348 2,764 2,250
    Japan 2,693 4,076 1,999
    Other European Union 4,797 3,899 1,945
    United States 540 470 200
    Central and South America 0 3 109
    Total 46,863 52,108 47,550
  Miscellaneous freshwater fishes
    Canada 88,883 91,642 77,513
    Other Countries 1,226,303 1,533,383 2,115,800
    European Union 811,206 873,827 955,704
    Russian Federation 77,374 76,725 45,049
    China (and SARs) 7,856 6,728 5,957
    United States 3,475 5,090 3,522
    Central and South America 2,813 2,632 2,565
    Other European Union 1,796 1,710 1,311
    Japan 108 117 114
    Norway 113 0 0
    Total 2,219,927 2,591,855 3,207,535
  Tilapias and other cichlids
    Canada 0 0 0
    China (and SARs) 418,076 528,472 782,157
    Other Countries 109,990 91,421 134,159
    Central and South America 54,987 65,333 114,726
    United States 11,734 7,778 8,757
    Total 594,787 693,004 1,039,799
Diadromous fishes
  Sturgeons, paddlefishes
    Canada 0 259 140
    European Union 59,888 50,765 58,803
    Other Countries 14,537 19,856 8,866
    Other European Union 0 981 816
    Russian Federation 460 0 91
    Norway 497 103 0
    Total 75,382 71,964 68,715
  River eels
    Canada 7,036 7,418 5,221
    China (and SARs) 841,969 727,209 591,720
    Other Countries 190,883 213,102 203,968
    European Union 171,639 188,776 177,653
    United States 7,276 11,412 9,522
    Japan 14,445 9,700 5,404
    Norway 2,571 1,852 1,858
    Other European Union 221 489 796
    Central and South America 70 136 172
    Iceland 0 0 3
    Russian Federation 67 0 2
    Total 1,236,178 1,160,094 996,319
  Salmons, trouts, smelts
    Canada 751,215 661,983 680,702
    European Union 3,869,121 4,057,504 4,614,192
    Norway 3,274,644 3,412,014 3,788,329
    Central and South America 2,524,980 2,424,739 2,577,285
    United States 717,052 861,250 903,279
    Other Countries 242,436 296,823 345,369
    Other European Union 98,905 127,630 221,217
    Russian Federation 178,839 149,707 146,224
    Japan 173,638 125,065 110,421
    China (and SARs) 24,800 38,555 68,560
    Iceland 32,065 19,515 22,754
    Total 11,887,696 12,174,784 13,478,332
  Shads
    Canada 2,771 2,940 3,082
    Other Countries 179 34 2,380
    Central and South America 1,365 97 236
    Total 4,315 3,071 5,698
  Miscellaneous diadromous fishes
    Canada 0 0 0
    Other Countries 35,836 26,331 21,677
    Central and South America 11,776 11,911 14,229
    Total 47,613 38,242 35,907
Marine fishes
  Cods, hakes, haddocks
    Canada 230,974 206,648 217,689
    European Union 3,378,400 3,673,484 3,728,389
    Norway 1,536,902 1,732,043 1,695,228
    Russian Federation 951,415 1,140,270 1,272,610
    United States 1,427,137 1,319,651 1,104,298
    Iceland 1,049,172 1,172,521 1,039,390
    Central and South America 677,705 670,699 665,331
    Other Countries 519,653 631,453 610,462
    Other European Union 271,324 355,621 378,478
    Japan 126,375 140,336 96,440
    China (and SARs) 86,435 69,285 67,218
    Total 10,255,492 11,112,012 10,875,532
  Flounders, halibuts, soles
    Canada 158,765 142,907 142,767
    European Union 1,131,880 1,157,310 1,128,417
    United States 218,775 251,295 258,488
    Other Countries 165,070 199,009 230,350
    Iceland 103,654 91,242 102,626
    Other European Union 116,121 80,548 93,739
    Russian Federation 103,463 82,679 89,021
    Norway 88,433 74,809 80,722
    China (and SARs) 44,283 44,456 41,367
    Central and South America 15,375 17,546 19,051
    Japan 3,541 4,200 5,519
    Total 2,149,359 2,146,002 2,192,065
  Miscellaneous coastal fishes
    Canada 19,307 13,694 11,302
    European Union 485,435 631,173 681,441
    Other Countries 216,477 253,797 282,452
    Central and South America 157,912 175,767 201,464
    China (and SARs) 208,716 185,867 172,837
    United States 68,114 43,571 17,150
    Other European Union 8,700 9,927 8,637
    Japan 321 447 821
    Norway 407 389 43
    Iceland 0 4 2
    Russian Federation 12 1 0
    Total 1,165,401 1,314,636 1,376,149
  Miscellaneous demersal fishes
    Canada 28,972 20,045 21,141
    European Union 499,879 455,744 466,419
    Other Countries 360,916 291,888 269,470
    Iceland 216,420 195,050 208,752
    United States 184,641 165,811 134,332
    Central and South America 87,908 106,665 114,565
    Norway 67,575 60,283 55,199
    China (and SARs) 62,188 56,321 45,222
    Other European Union 4,283 2,058 31,494
    Russian Federation 46,290 24,897 18,315
    Japan 0 3,996 3,731
    Total 1,559,072 1,382,758 1,368,641
  Herrings, sardines, anchovies
    Canada 150,104 138,564 180,830
    European Union 1,607,333 1,588,628 1,696,035
    Other Countries 746,484 769,742 996,213
    Norway 556,941 657,637 838,289
    Iceland 159,281 156,194 241,530
    United States 138,008 173,264 195,748
    Other European Union 135,351 149,689 177,651
    Central and South America 119,577 111,295 147,240
    Russian Federation 80,276 94,152 97,736
    China (and SARs) 38,205 42,757 37,823
    Japan 12,040 12,513 8,391
    Total 3,743,599 3,894,434 4,617,487
  Tunas, bonitos, billfishes
    Canada 46,741 40,582 43,022
    Other Countries 4,911,593 5,352,431 6,211,005
    European Union 1,898,596 2,091,522 2,573,816
    Central and South America 782,903 900,457 1,141,999
    Japan 153,999 218,448 219,409
    China (and SARs) 59,746 99,180 146,128
    United States 44,815 72,902 76,167
    Other European Union 103,664 72,253 63,757
    Russian Federation 679 507 1,149
    Norway 794 96 9
    Iceland 18 25 0
    Total 8,003,548 8,848,403 10,476,461
  Miscellaneous pelagic fishes
    Canada 105,727 95,697 99,008
    European Union 874,658 968,780 1,116,348
    Other Countries 515,997 527,142 650,629
    Norway 329,180 366,712 500,576
    Japan 146,131 163,165 212,621
    Central and South America 236,063 239,066 209,425
    Iceland 102,862 166,076 156,140
    China (and SARs) 103,341 96,039 100,843
    Russian Federation 57,877 28,511 74,997
    Other European Union 16,624 25,770 42,624
    United States 65,983 36,651 35,664
    Total 2,554,443 2,713,609 3,198,874
  Sharks, rays, chimaeras
    Canada 13,315 10,798 6,376
    Other Countries 168,354 220,544 208,511
    China (and SARs) 132,084 118,717 117,107
    European Union 113,996 119,882 115,673
    Central and South America 52,546 65,309 79,033
    United States 12,962 16,081 20,649
    Japan 18,923 17,693 18,685
    Norway 2,958 2,811 2,628
    Other European Union 888 517 701
    Iceland 576 493 442
    Russian Federation 54 254 198
    Total 516,657 573,099 570,004
  Marine fishes not identified
    Canada 227,090 207,483 207,417
    Other Countries 4,595,533 4,646,257 5,298,802
    China (and SARs) 4,568,382 4,705,522 5,136,537
    European Union 3,800,831 4,007,392 4,436,645
    Central and South America 3,574,454 3,621,121 4,234,257
    United States 738,043 717,586 854,812
    Russian Federation 628,350 571,288 697,209
    Japan 386,984 412,758 421,504
    Other European Union 430,932 475,695 326,305
    Iceland 255,364 248,394 317,383
    Norway 244,901 293,731 273,817
    Total 19,450,864 19,907,228 22,204,687
Crustaceans
  Crabs, sea-spiders
    Canada 531,575 656,278 655,842
    Other Countries 625,285 633,587 726,502
    China (and SARs) 441,170 416,696 518,881
    European Union 227,728 273,891 252,094
    Russian Federation 194,778 289,660 244,937
    United States 91,189 80,272 114,457
    Norway 28,298 33,750 67,611
    Central and South America 48,158 49,521 53,729
    Japan 35,979 39,480 22,504
    Other European Union 12,705 9,236 8,979
    Iceland 0 0 5
    Total 2,236,866 2,482,370 2,665,541
  King crabs, squat-lobsters
    Canada 0 0 0
    United States 66,930 66,649 90,301
    Central and South America 33,503 28,171 32,164
    European Union 15,824 26,511 31,614
    Other Countries 2,904 2,016 3,370
    Other European Union 0 0 12
    Total 119,161 123,347 157,460
  Lobsters, spiny-rock lobsters
    Canada 1,004,720 913,560 929,822
    Other Countries 737,469 717,808 745,651
    European Union 692,547 776,063 706,609
    Central and South America 404,064 397,256 403,530
    United States 424,094 429,835 397,063
    China (and SARs) 18,326 27,088 32,365
    Iceland 20,323 22,567 25,814
    Other European Union 2,806 3,353 2,218
    Japan 1,663 1,903 1,081
    Norway 841 739 630
    Total 3,306,852 3,290,173 3,244,783
  Shrimps, prawns
    Canada 466,455 464,318 371,390
    Other Countries 8,490,566 8,235,290 8,486,155
    European Union 2,647,269 2,778,206 2,826,594
    Central and South America 2,314,372 2,022,805 2,126,982
    China (and SARs) 1,551,910 1,404,645 1,509,663
    Other European Union 251,212 177,026 233,732
    Norway 130,335 100,183 126,017
    United States 86,327 128,863 125,463
    Iceland 120,448 107,439 117,358
    Russian Federation 48,558 52,493 62,087
    Japan 8,543 9,623 9,529
    Total 16,115,995 15,480,891 15,994,970
  Freshwater crustaceans
    Canada 0 0 0
    China (and SARs) 198,621 161,892 157,637
    Other Countries 10,108 81,940 76,030
    European Union 56,929 61,006 56,251
    Other European Union 4,369 4,462 4,512
    United States 134 276 145
    Russian Federation 11 23 11
    Total 270,172 309,599 294,587
  Miscellaneous marine crustaceans
    Canada 200 2,003 612
    Other Countries 314,734 241,063 230,740
    European Union 112,475 118,075 117,311
    Central and South America 24,008 22,758 25,405
    China (and SARs) 75,040 48,278 24,431
    Norway 8,917 10,382 11,207
    United States 8,388 7,471 8,496
    Japan 11,243 11,927 7,944
    Other European Union 3,840 4,461 6,348
    Russian Federation 455 694 854
    Iceland 68 23 81
    Total 559,367 467,136 433,429
Molluscs
  Oysters
    Canada 17,897 16,036 13,046
    European Union 74,696 101,032 94,245
    Other Countries 92,595 83,693 87,831
    United States 16,944 30,404 35,021
    China (and SARs) 8,667 6,200 8,395
    Central and South America 7,234 5,185 6,666
    Japan 3,205 2,058 2,770
    Norway 205 14 0
    Other European Union 0 2 0
    Russian Federation 0 2 0
    Total 221,444 244,627 247,973
  Mussels
    Canada 26,297 29,935 31,759
    European Union 464,902 465,905 421,254
    Other Countries 177,108 161,594 163,182
    Central and South America 11,035 14,841 11,521
    China (and SARs) 33,729 16,791 7,962
    United States 1,204 1,873 2,428
    Norway 2,158 1,940 1,499
    Russian Federation 474 848 757
    Japan 164 265 644
    Other European Union 46 83 117
    Iceland 0 8 5
    Total 717,119 694,083 641,129
  Scallops, pectens
    Canada 104,475 126,176 111,725
    European Union 320,072 295,816 260,012
    United States 183,182 164,436 177,213
    Japan 99,257 116,331 158,920
    Central and South America 193,556 143,519 151,203
    China (and SARs) 99,153 92,293 100,016
    Other Countries 72,281 75,453 71,013
    Norway 5,133 5,551 6,406
    Other European Union 11,657 6,788 3,391
    Russian Federation 4,591 3,505 2,929
    Iceland 0 2 0
    Total 1,093,357 1,029,870 1,042,827
  Clams, cockles, arkshells
    Canada 123,834 103,620 103,207
    Other Countries 76,988 61,922 79,580
    China (and SARs) 37,560 70,133 79,291
    European Union 44,624 48,190 57,344
    United States 44,078 44,654 57,031
    Central and South America 22,317 35,930 52,962
    Iceland 975 503 163
    Total 350,376 364,952 429,578
  Squids, cuttlefishes, octopuses
    Canada 3,594 1,816 1,857
    Other Countries 2,242,139 2,481,482 2,577,311
    European Union 742,197 824,259 863,386
    Central and South America 510,281 505,559 573,362
    China (and SARs) 430,182 376,558 416,010
    United States 95,402 89,741 93,058
    Japan 27,088 28,698 50,581
    Other European Union 3,610 5,879 9,295
    Norway 262 242 840
    Russian Federation 804 190 390
    Iceland 203 39 30
    Total 4,055,763 4,314,463 4,586,120
  Miscellaneous marine molluscs
    Canada 32,014 24,806 29,377
    China (and SARs) 1,082,547 1,058,933 1,128,207
    Other Countries 400,054 421,237 491,416
    Japan 346,794 417,195 426,674
    Central and South America 271,618 269,801 360,827
    European Union 377,843 377,306 356,285
    Russian Federation 29,363 27,578 39,166
    United States 17,527 22,726 20,302
    Other European Union 4,555 5,738 12,106
    Norway 491 462 683
    Iceland 180 524 530
    Total 2,562,986 2,626,306 2,865,573
Whales, seals and other aquatic mammals
  Miscellaneous aquatic mammals
    Canada 1,486 4,364 3,386
    European Union 1,100 969 1,651
    Norway 181 447 810
    Other Countries 191 163 413
    Central and South America 10 12 44
    Iceland 99 10 5
    China (and SARs) 68 17 0
    Japan 0 14 0
    Russian Federation 0 2 0
    Other European Union 2 1 0
    United States 17 0 0
    Total 3,154 5,999 6,309
Miscellaneous aquatic animals
  Miscellaneous aquatic invertebrates
    Canada 0 0 0
    European Union 112,096 154,579 156,506
    Other Countries 62,117 71,667 67,280
    Russian Federation 10,282 7,319 11,774
    China (and SARs) 5,017 4,388 6,398
    Iceland 341 2,390 3,544
    Other European Union 597 1,207 2,013
    Central and South America 50 39 41
    Norway 0 35 29
    Total 190,499 241,626 247,585
  Sea-urchins and other echinoderms
    Canada 20,821 16,634 14,470
    Central and South America 64,976 65,713 81,128
    Other Countries 52,840 59,220 51,065
    United States 42,762 40,988 38,798
    China (and SARs) 28,880 35,971 36,631
    Iceland 2 92 711
    Norway 388 74 50
    Total 210,668 218,693 222,853
  Corals
    Canada 568 552 614
    European Union 39,531 38,161 40,583
    Other Countries 33,072 33,378 34,383
    Japan 27,166 18,041 15,092
    United States 10,649 11,420 10,681
    China (and SARs) 5,287 5,200 3,500
    Other European Union 1,564 1,049 2,505
    Central and South America 3,114 3,046 1,940
    Norway 371 690 536
    Russian Federation 83 69 58
    Iceland 240 148 0
    Total 121,646 111,755 109,892
  Sponges
    Canada 424 164 85
    European Union 8,234 16,557 16,816
    Other Countries 1,339 3,264 3,580
    United States 1,263 1,047 3,179
    Other European Union 618 564 645
    Central and South America 2,079 1,670 564
    China (and SARs) 154 1 0
    Japan 109 0 0
    Iceland 3 0 0
    Total 14,224 23,268 24,869
Aquatic plants
  Brown seaweeds
    Canada 0 0 0
    China (and SARs) 84,713 79,724 90,508
    Other Countries 57,932 51,047 67,029
    Total 142,645 130,771 157,537
  Red seaweeds
    Canada 0 0 0
    Other Countries 38,813 25,327 31,533
    China (and SARs) 22,225 30,941 25,087
    Total 61,038 56,268 56,619
  Green seaweeds
    Canada 0 0 0
    Other Countries 1,683 1,342 1,146
    Total 1,683 1,342 1,146
Miscellaneous aquatic plants
  Miscellaneous aquatic plants
    Canada 11,406 10,599 12,655
    Other Countries 203,964 186,363 241,766
    Central and South America 97,372 101,495 118,449
    European Union 97,361 106,742 115,892
    China (and SARs) 81,907 67,159 57,522
    Japan 23,056 23,594 30,241
    United States 11,704 21,481 27,198
    Iceland 4,776 3,750 4,143
    Norway 3,584 3,425 2,669
    Other European Union 270 343 552
    Russian Federation 214 638 295
    Total 535,613 525,588 611,382
Other 389,313 363,959 299,102
Total 98,791,137 101,784,390 110,101,020
Notes:

1. Includes re-exports. As source data is in thousands of US dollars, to convert to Canadian dollars the $CAN/$US exchange rates used were: 1.1340936 for 2006, 1.07478127 for 2007 and 1.06601429 for 2008. Source: Bank of Canada.
Source: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Information and Statistics Service. 2010. Fisheries commodities production and trade 1976-2008. FISHSTAT Plus, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/software/fishstat/en.

2.3.4 Value of world seafood imports by ISSCAAP groups and major country groups, 2006-20081
  2006 ($'000) 2007 ($'000) 2008 ($'000)
Freshwater fishes
  Carps, barbels and other cyprinids
    Canada 545 465 241
    China (and SARs) 20,544 27,873 33,745
    European Union 18,697 19,102 18,515
    Other Countries 9,405 9,414 8,517
    Other European Union 4,938 4,644 2,462
    Japan 1,528 1,146 683
    United States 174 152 235
    Russian Federation 61 56 129
    Norway 14 13 55
    Central and South America 2 2 5
    Total 55,907 62,867 64,588
  Miscellaneous freshwater fishes
    Canada 20,031 31,548 30,902
    European Union 1,601,520 1,790,351 1,999,153
    United States 294,184 299,844 304,230
    Russian Federation 66,583 103,796 248,629
    Central and South America 119,996 120,575 138,414
    Other European Union 97,306 107,049 131,161
    Other Countries 97,977 91,590 108,268
    China (and SARs) 9,751 9,377 9,577
    Japan 1,356 1,425 1,485
    Total 2,308,705 2,555,556 2,971,819
  Tilapias and other cichlids
    Canada 5,886 6,697 8,087
    United States 549,660 610,112 789,340
    Other Countries 20,485 35,588 39,317
    Central and South America 3,011 3,919 6,268
    China (and SARs) 154 792 168
    Total 579,196 657,108 843,180
Diadromous fishes
  Sturgeons, paddlefishes
    Canada 0 0 0
    European Union 48,840 56,768 53,334
    United States 9,791 5,053 8,911
    Other Countries 5,785 1,765 1,016
    Other European Union 139 111 263
    Central and South America 228 200 115
    Norway 124 80 107
    Russian Federation 0 0 53
    Total 64,906 63,975 63,799
  River eels
    Canada 2,172 1,734 2,399
    Japan 824,787 697,845 550,902
    European Union 151,120 194,353 171,205
    China (and SARs) 17,694 29,216 37,244
    Other Countries 27,661 13,895 33,578
    United States 17,295 9,023 15,903
    Other European Union 735 1,039 1,520
    Russian Federation 550 1,060 1,066
    Central and South America 416 631 492
    Norway 27 101 119
    Iceland 33 43 17
    Total 1,042,489 948,938 814,447
  Salmons, trouts, smelts
    Canada 242,955 303,687 341,727
    European Union 6,405,166 6,551,856 7,207,271
    United States 1,812,375 1,845,521 1,805,971
    Japan 1,118,496 1,027,402 1,129,213
    Other Countries 519,841 601,712 640,531
    Russian Federation 352,332 521,514 636,563
    China (and SARs) 548,705 475,997 518,806
    Other European Union 152,654 194,737 259,257
    Central and South America 144,861 167,101 242,016
    Norway 20,731 26,367 29,658
    Iceland 1,396 3,272 3,994
    Total 11,319,512 11,719,165 12,815,007
  Shads
    Canada 0 0 0
    Other Countries 13,609 7,778 26,371
    Central and South America 3,476 3,486 3,871
    United States 3 305 133
    Total 17,089 11,569 30,375
  Miscellaneous diadromous fishes
    Canada 0 0 0
    Other Countries 5,111 2,972 807
    United States 29 142 14
    Central and South America 222 0 0
    Total 5,363 3,114 821
Marine fishes
  Cods, hakes, haddocks
    Canada 137,136 134,009 129,349
    European Union 8,111,998 8,900,104 8,926,961
    Japan 1,044,757 822,875 1,113,640
    China (and SARs) 1,156,332 1,142,643 946,086
    United States 777,303 752,447 712,257
    Other Countries 572,215 674,547 630,125
    Central and South America 255,652 286,517 308,384
    Norway 207,180 264,447 206,777
    Other European Union 190,613 183,764 206,308
    Russian Federation 118,284 136,354 136,214
    Iceland 10,173 9,454 12,249
    Total 12,581,641 13,307,160 13,328,350
  Flounders, halibuts, soles
    Canada 131,244 145,881 124,179
    European Union 1,259,557 1,203,609 1,149,418
    China (and SARs) 275,396 281,260 292,122
    Japan 207,667 199,556 272,842
    United States 256,184 255,923 248,603
    Other Countries 127,476 115,831 121,236
    Other European Union 18,251 17,281 19,164
    Russian Federation 8,420 8,707 10,369
    Central and South America 10,193 9,390 8,612
    Norway 8,729 2,931 2,958
    Iceland 36 201 74
    Total 2,303,154 2,240,570 2,249,577
  Miscellaneous coastal fishes
    Canada 2,478 1,638 1,624
    European Union 556,977 711,448 733,225
    Other Countries 359,647 357,458 339,308
    United States 216,869 197,042 169,360
    China (and SARs) 28,926 23,723 33,440
    Japan 41,357 28,625 29,313
    Central and South America 7,076 7,509 11,633
    Russian Federation 1,403 2,716 5,443
    Other European Union 1,348 1,912 2,228
    Norway 806 1,025 698
    Iceland 3 11 9
    Total 1,216,892 1,333,107 1,326,281
  Miscellaneous demersal fishes
    Canada 6,561 4,509 6,464
    European Union 837,418 805,395 742,374
    Japan 281,559 275,270 322,022
    Other Countries 231,512 233,709 219,490
    United States 201,179 181,492 175,418
    China (and SARs) 98,942 114,556 135,633
    Russian Federation 5,236 11,022 30,225
    Central and South America 3,183 9,738 18,629
    Other European Union 6,791 6,354 7,369
    Norway 5,190 3,959 3,808
    Iceland 1,911 1,624 1,059
    Total 1,679,481 1,647,627 1,662,491
  Herrings, sardines, anchovies
    Canada 18,175 16,198 19,753
    European Union 1,638,114 1,706,488 1,929,289
    Other Countries 577,318 721,066 800,027
    Other European Union 318,673 325,298 383,201
    Russian Federation 367,403 389,605 382,800
    United States 164,010 171,863 205,780
    Central and South America 176,372 177,887 199,486
    Japan 133,072 113,493 133,123
    China (and SARs) 49,325 52,194 53,711
    Norway 20,129 21,873 26,370
    Iceland 1,196 1,124 741
    Total 3,463,790 3,697,089 4,134,282
  Tunas, bonitos, billfishes
    Canada 140,771 143,796 175,962
    European Union 3,557,857 4,100,825 4,846,315
    Other Countries 2,150,277 2,370,003 3,353,894
    Japan 2,534,740 2,281,259 2,707,474
    United States 953,124 1,071,906 1,183,729
    Central and South America 373,949 547,137 947,110
    Other European Union 81,398 117,828 133,042
    China (and SARs) 48,464 41,958 54,424
    Russian Federation 9,212 9,735 17,160
    Norway 6,825 7,832 11,216
    Iceland 1,206 2,657 2,117
    Total 9,857,823 10,694,937 13,432,442
  Miscellaneous pelagic fishes
    Canada 10,103 8,790 7,820
    Other Countries 971,978 1,126,543 1,057,056
    European Union 741,693 737,084 782,734
    Japan 317,274 307,394 379,822
    United States 119,695 138,297 178,255
    Russian Federation 109,811 161,087 165,131
    Other European Union 82,562 106,977 126,428
    China (and SARs) 138,037 101,202 114,053
    Norway 69,878 61,175 102,717
    Central and South America 35,518 38,783 57,101
    Iceland 1,574 2,056 6,018
    Total 2,598,122 2,789,390 2,977,134
  Sharks, rays, chimaeras
    Canada 7,216 6,231 7,968
    China (and SARs) 320,087 329,120 341,028
    Other Countries 148,242 159,954 165,394
    European Union 127,447 114,690 101,085
    Central and South America 41,696 50,577 71,446
    Japan 20,726 21,122 20,819
    United States 5,075 4,885 4,921
    Russian Federation 1,719 1,505 1,189
    Other European Union 666 1,015 1,085
    Norway 222 193 178
    Iceland 12 0 0
    Total 673,108 689,291 715,113
  Marine fishes not identified
    Canada 403,455 408,572 418,152
    European Union 5,547,936 5,993,676 6,283,583
    Other Countries 4,179,810 4,296,100 4,554,239
    Japan 3,373,189 3,142,465 3,707,606
    China (and SARs) 2,340,796 2,570,514 3,312,337
    United States 1,421,921 1,327,448 1,410,803
    Central and South America 842,582 958,813 1,065,064
    Other European Union 633,995 681,196 897,635
    Norway 520,669 661,018 782,591
    Russian Federation 373,946 490,153 550,756
    Iceland 27,952 34,941 49,217
    Total 19,666,250 20,564,896 23,031,983
Crustaceans
  Crabs, sea-spiders
    Canada 49,247 46,558 51,140
    United States 985,858 1,123,543 1,168,755
    Japan 694,375 623,500 731,866
    Other Countries 412,280 414,234 407,632
    European Union 343,143 369,529 370,076
    China (and SARs) 177,447 204,071 233,621
    Central and South America 6,478 7,663 6,978
    Other European Union 3,618 4,260 5,724
    Norway 1,989 4,196 3,147
    Russian Federation 695 446 384
    Iceland 66 139 139
    Total 2,675,196 2,798,139 2,979,462
  King crabs, squat-lobsters
    Canada 34,505 34,154 29,873
    United States 380,233 403,885 286,113
    Japan 217,376 199,097 282,674
    European Union 35,326 51,705 64,675
    Other Countries 7,872 10,906 8,028
    Central and South America 340 30 599
    Other European Union 0 0 6
    Total 675,652 699,776 671,969
  Lobsters, spiny-rock lobsters
    Canada 207,598 180,392 159,640
    European Union 1,161,836 1,250,351 1,147,646
    United States 1,227,361 1,134,488 1,126,534
    China (and SARs) 244,419 263,763 322,859
    Japan 184,422 179,827 150,884
    Other Countries 143,935 143,004 147,715
    Other European Union 11,840 17,494 14,601
    Central and South America 6,801 6,116 7,119
    Russian Federation 1,548 1,799 4,030
    Norway 3,505 5,830 3,875
    Iceland 195 81 28
    Total 3,193,460 3,183,144 3,084,931
  Shrimps, prawns
    Canada 408,964 434,528 396,120
    European Union 5,930,192 5,971,015 6,305,473
    United States 4,695,831 4,216,208 4,383,376
    Japan 2,857,906 2,453,887 2,558,708
    Other Countries 1,252,055 1,380,754 1,423,005
    China (and SARs) 343,576 326,723 297,942
    Russian Federation 136,143 208,664 249,570
    Central and South America 142,398 174,287 203,299
    Other European Union 109,230 132,387 149,077
    Norway 62,817 106,436 109,856
    Iceland 63,386 70,954 59,996
    Total 16,002,500 15,475,842 16,136,424
  Freshwater crustaceans
    Canada 0 0 0
    European Union 64,786 61,505 81,956
    United States 27,850 45,997 17,847
    China (and SARs) 10,653 6,198 5,825
    Russian Federation 1,629 2,670 4,206
    Other Countries 2 16 154
    Other European Union 1 0 20
    Central and South America 24 170 0
    Total 104,944 116,557 110,008
  Miscellaneous marine crustaceans
    Canada 10,433 11,831 6,268
    European Union 223,956 236,833 301,461
    Other Countries 46,229 39,705 50,180
    United States 39,850 51,766 47,529
    China (and SARs) 17,635 13,066 18,132
    Japan 17,101 12,782 14,216
    Central and South America 8,717 10,502 12,563
    Other European Union 8,755 10,703 9,371
    Norway 18,816 7,881 6,918
    Russian Federation 3,866 5,636 4,793
    Iceland 46 49 56
    Total 395,404 400,755 471,490
Molluscs
  Oysters
    Canada 15,267 16,533 19,365
    European Union 78,655 93,797 89,057
    United States 60,367 57,962 49,817
    China (and SARs) 36,965 30,751 34,414
    Other Countries 27,223 28,540 30,178
    Japan 30,623 17,032 21,071
    Other European Union 3,327 3,979 4,442
    Russian Federation 2,707 3,556 4,276
    Central and South America 1,319 1,467 655
    Norway 453 444 413
    Total 256,905 254,061 253,687
  Mussels
    Canada 8,238 7,185 6,973
    European Union 519,472 569,736 585,697
    United States 71,067 72,176 85,456
    Other Countries 41,439 45,420 46,285
    China (and SARs) 24,894 21,971 18,962
    Russian Federation 12,908 17,711 12,479
    Other European Union 7,567 9,871 9,818
    Central and South America 3,845 3,498 4,887
    Norway 1,004 1,129 1,146
    Japan 471 526 362
    Iceland 101 113 117
    Total 691,004 749,335 772,182
  Scallops, pectens
    Canada 62,359 64,134 57,989
    European Union 672,427 539,508 579,299
    United States 275,900 254,529 260,949
    China (and SARs) 143,013 116,046 140,985
    Other Countries 99,240 105,893 117,988
    Japan 53,274 33,770 24,300
    Other European Union 7,803 7,881 10,573
    Norway 7,475 5,222 5,926
    Russian Federation 1,698 1,629 4,394
    Central and South America 3,576 4,880 3,405
    Iceland 913 876 462
    Total 1,327,677 1,134,368 1,206,268
  Clams, cockles, arkshells
    Canada 35,257 33,871 39,962
    Japan 144,672 100,218 105,212
    European Union 100,659 91,998 92,050
    United States 66,501 55,768 55,121
    Other Countries 39,317 33,700 27,729
    China (and SARs) 12 2,189 2,030
    Central and South America 2,663 1,448 1,684
    Other European Union 0 14 12
    Russian Federation 28 0 0
    Total 389,109 319,206 323,801
  Squids, cuttlefishes, octopuses
    Canada 49,204 47,404 46,249
    European Union 2,322,739 2,441,570 2,597,771
    Japan 1,029,346 1,028,882 1,021,799
    Other Countries 576,342 634,541 645,691
    China (and SARs) 352,591 385,005 471,874
    United States 308,827 256,757 269,804
    Central and South America 34,712 74,822 94,224
    Other European Union 51,531 62,321 72,408
    Russian Federation 33,894 64,432 58,009
    Iceland 1,115 1,209 2,116
    Norway 601 534 565
    Total 4,760,902 4,997,477 5,280,511
  Miscellaneous marine molluscs
    Canada 25,293 26,514 28,702
    European Union 423,400 462,682 429,592
    Japan 395,898 339,693 344,784
    Other Countries 206,314 251,355 272,604
    China (and SARs) 191,111 209,679 249,330
    United States 100,338 94,389 96,559
    Other European Union 24,517 26,940 37,470
    Central and South America 32,933 34,298 37,163
    Russian Federation 19,359 19,504 31,278
    Norway 1,299 1,440 1,238
    Iceland 126 179 524
    Total 1,420,587 1,466,674 1,529,245
Whales, seals and other aquatic mammals
  Miscellaneous aquatic mammals
    Canada 149 1,031 1,164
    European Union 4,398 6,630 9,111
    Other Countries 2,953 4,252 5,035
    China (and SARs) 98 260 2,486
    Norway 1,470 213 694
    Japan 50 61 577
    Central and South America 214 124 269
    Iceland 79 116 129
    United States 321 379 96
    Other European Union 6 6 79
    Total 9,737 13,073 19,639
Miscellaneous aquatic animals
  Miscellaneous aquatic invertebrates
    Canada 35,174 38,757 81,886
    European Union 225,486 257,988 274,272
    Other Countries 101,955 103,335 124,898
    Japan 63,430 50,403 67,813
    Russian Federation 2,494 4,609 21,493
    Other European Union 1,007 2,922 3,288
    China (and SARs) 320 414 778
    Norway 76 168 392
    Central and South America 83 277 143
    Total 430,024 458,872 574,963
  Sea-urchins and other echinoderms
    Canada 327 112 159
    Japan 215,775 194,047 225,464
    China (and SARs) 190,319 258,410 221,732
    Other Countries 35,907 46,388 44,057
    United States 8,067 8,088 7,073
    Central and South America 102 47 1
    Total 450,496 507,091 498,486
  Corals
    Canada 3,510 2,945 2,367
    European Union 41,748 47,237 47,546
    Other Countries 17,322 20,959 19,927
    United States 28,246 18,076 13,047
    China (and SARs) 22,120 19,566 11,636
    Japan 6,692 6,007 7,216
    Other European Union 1,305 1,287 1,832
    Central and South America 1,550 2,347 1,583
    Norway 1,115 1,433 1,536
    Russian Federation 281 235 324
    Iceland 2 87 1
    Total 123,893 120,179 107,015
  Sponges
    Canada 394 335 1,734
    European Union 12,752 10,406 11,528
    Japan 1,580 233 2,180
    China (and SARs) 49 1,738 1,430
    United States 722 389 373
    Other Countries 854 563 220
    Central and South America 342 163 171
    Other European Union 725 43 39
    Norway 59 20 20
    Iceland 14 0 0
    Russian Federation 17 0 0
    Total 17,507 13,892 17,695
Aquatic plants
  Brown seaweeds
    Canada 0 0 0
    Japan 125,698 115,580 135,484
    Other Countries 14,778 15,757 14,168
    China (and SARs) 1,350 1,237 587
    Total 141,826 132,574 150,240
  Red seaweeds
    Canada 0 0 0
    Other Countries 36,922 34,366 36,701
    Japan 20,685 5,792 5,288
    China (and SARs) 1,766 671 511
    Total 59,372 40,829 42,500
  Green seaweeds
    Canada 0 0 0
    Other Countries 17 63 78
    Total 17 63 78
Miscellaneous aquatic plants
  Miscellaneous aquatic plants
    Canada 14,491 15,890 16,532
    European Union 156,905 167,662 177,950
    Other Countries 92,328 98,742 130,206
    United States 99,609 98,436 114,353
    Japan 118,767 91,017 95,426
    China (and SARs) 50,781 56,650 93,957
    Central and South America 19,349 19,573 25,951
    Russian Federation 8,998 9,290 16,719
    Other European Union 12,174 10,717 16,214
    Norway 4,527 5,195 11,973
    Iceland 155 396 470
    Total 578,085 573,567 699,753
Other 431,007 413,516 376,632
Total 103,568,735 106,855,348 115,768,666
Note:

1. As source data is in thousands of US dollars, to convert to Canadian dollars the $CAN/$US exchange rates used were: 1.1340936 for 2006, 1.07478127 for 2007 and 1.06601429 for 2008. Source: Bank of Canada.
Source: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Information and Statistics Service. 2010. Fisheries commodities production and trade 1976-2008. FISHSTAT Plus, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, http://www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/software/fishstat/en.

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