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Seafisheries landed quantity by province, 2022

Preliminary

2022 Atlantic & Pacific coasts commercial landings by province
(metric tonnes, live weight)
Species NS NB PE QC NL Atlantic Total BC Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod 1,091 0 5 203 13,430 14,729 837 15,567
Haddock 9,278 x 0 x 43 9,322 0 9,322
Redfish spp. 8,689 164 0 315 4,105 13,273 18,422 31,695
Halibut 4,479 145 87 790 993 6,494 3,440 9,935
Flatfishes 676 x 0 x 11,593 12,697 7,662 20,358
Greenland turbot x x 0 923 9,955 10,899 0 10,899
Pollock 2,927 0 0 x x 2,972 8,959 11,931
Hake 3,630 x 0 x 145 3,789 38,406 42,195
Cusk x 0 0 0 x 141 0 141
Catfish 0 x 0 x 0 1 0 1
Skate x 0 0 x 220 366 349 714
Dogfish x 0 0 x 0 1 105 106
Other 1,096 x 0 x 36 1,154 4,658 5,812
Total groundfish 32,170 318 92 2,693 40,564 75,838 82,839 158,676
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring 33,986 16,222 1,861 4,126 21,344 77,539 4,722 82,260
Mackerel 55 x 0 86 x 141 2 144
Swordfish x 0 0 0 x 1,342 0 1,342
Tuna 878 6 204 32 47 1,166 3,639 4,806
Alewife 1,259 2,059 50 0 0 3,368 0 3,368
Eel 14 113 80 0 42 248 0 248
Salmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,177 7,177
Smelt x 67 21 0 x 88 0 88
Silversides x x 132 0 0 146 0 146
Shark x 0 0 x 0 3 0 3
Capelin 0 0 0 183 4,935 5,118 0 5,118
Other 31 x 0 x 30 71 57 128
Total pelagic and other 37,122 18,480 2,347 4,429 26,852 89,230 15,598 104,827
Shellfish
Clams/quahaug 16,623 x 368 1,072 x 53,963 1,536 55,499
Oystertable note 1 19 29 452 0 0 500 44 544
Scallop table note 2 52,153 3,891 294 653 1,095 58,086 12 58,098
Squid x 0 0 0 x x 0 x
Musseltable note 3 0 0 0 x 0 x 0 x
Lobster 43,073 17,180 19,185 12,445 6,177 98,060 0 98,060
Shrimp 19,397 2,001 0 7,848 36,655 65,901 1,750 67,651
Crab, Queen 15,878 11,718 3,558 13,398 49,974 94,525 0 94,525
Crab, Other 1,082 1,061 884 769 18 3,814 8,660 12,474
Whelks x 0 0 x 586 1,847 0 1,847
Cockles x 0 0 0 x 3,792 0 3,792
Sea cucumber x x 0 806 6,084 8,928 1,651 10,579
Sea urchin 0 355 0 601 333 1,289 2,330 3,620
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 91
Total shellfish 150,877 36,766 24,741 38,195 140,168 390,748 16,075 406,823
Subtotal 220,169 55,564 27,181 45,318 207,584 555,815 114,511 670,327
Others
Marine plants x x 0 x 0 12,105 0 12,105
Lumpfish roe x x 0 6 69 74 0 74
Miscellaneous x x 0 x 4,222 4,224 0 4,224
Total others 70 12,035 0 7 4,291 16,403 0 16,403
Grand total table note 4 220,239 67,599 27,181 45,325 211,875 572,218 114,511 686,730

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 (2023). Zonal Interchange File [database]. Ottawa

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