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Seafisheries

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PRELIMINARY

2013 ATLANTIC & PACIFIC COASTS COMMERCIAL LANDINGS, BY PROVINCE
(metric tonnes, live weight)
Species Nova Scotia New Brunswick PEI Quebec NFL Atlantic Total British Columbia Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod 1,846 7 10 429 8,225 10,518 1,262 11,780
Haddock 8,204 x 0 0 x 8,286 0 8,286
Redfish spp. 6,189 x 0 x 2,993 9,409 17,253 26,662
Halibut 2,121 63 37 402 646 3,269 3,740 7,009
Flatfishes 2,475 2 46 402 9,902 12,827 12,850 25,677
Greenland turbot x x 0 1,945 10,777 12,763 0 12,763
Pollock 3,716 x 0 x 149 3,866 3,439 7,305
Hake 8,977 x 0 x 281 9,270 53,887 63,157
Cusk 391 0 0 0 x x 0 x
Catfish 0 0 0 x 0 x 0 x
Skate 146 0 0 2 153 301 930 1,231
Dogfish x 0 0 x 0 6 423 429
Other 3,984 31 0 30 162 4,207 3,537 7,744
Total 38,096 116 93 3,437 33,371 75,113 97,321 172,434
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring 46,296 33,908 7,902 8,427 29,569 126,102 14,032 140,134
Mackerel 450 766 825 1,356 5,169 8,566 8 8,574
Swordfish 1,505 0 0 0 0 1,505 0 1,505
Tuna 589 10 153 7 27 785 2,968 3,753
Alewife 487 791 40 0 0 1,317 0 1,317
Eel x 168 115 x 37 352 0 352
Salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 17,706 17,706
Smelt x 303 19 x x 350 0 350
Silversides x 0 x 0 0 458 0 458
Shark 61 0 0 0 0 61 0 61
Capelin 0 0 0 291 30,019 30,310 0 30,310
Other 48 19 x 43 x 131 60 191
Total 49,547 35,964 9,422 10,161 64,844 169,938 34,774 204,712
Shellfish
Clams / quahaugs 1,094 x 897 1,235 x 27,080 1,771 28,851
Oyster (1) 66 275 1,641 0 0 1,982 0 1,982
Scallop (2) 59,176 3,014 424 596 1,474 64,684 1 64,685
Squid 27 0 0 0 0 27 0 27
Mussel (3) 0 x 0 x 0 x 0 x
Lobster 39,721 15,521 12,957 4,287 2,200 74,686 0 74,686
Shrimp 24,745 5,676 0 20,661 97,201 148,283 533 148,816
Crab, Queen 18,467 11,113 1,960 15,891 50,634 98,065 0 98,065
Crab, Other 837 1,501 1,853 1,402 79 5,672 3,031 8,703
Whelks x 0 0 x 4,744 6,302 0 6,302
Cockles 0 0 0 0 x x 0 x
Sea cucumber 1,990 x 0 1,153 x 4,871 0 4,871
Sea urchin x 1,041 0 x 658 2,540 1,858 4,398
Other 0 7 0 0 0 7 1,112 1,119
Total 146,503 40,053 19,732 47,244 181,402 434,933 8,306 443,239
Subtotal 234,145 76,133 29,247 60,843 279,617 679,984 140,401 820,385
Others
Marine plants 332 12,232 2,278 0 0 14,842 0 14,842
Lumpfish roe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 3,240 3,240 14 3,254
Total 332 12,232 2,278 0 3,240 18,083 14 18,097
GRAND TOTAL (4) 234,477 88,365 31,525 60,843 282,857 698,067 140,415 838,482

x Suppressed to meet confidentiality requirements
(1) Oyster: Atlantic includes wild and farmed data.
(2) Scallop includes meat with roe.
(3) PEI mussels are now classified under "aquaculture" because they are a farmed product.
(4) Totals may not add up due to rounding.
Source: Economic Analysis and Statistics, DFO, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6

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