Seafisheries landed value by province, 2023

2023 Value of Atlantic & Pacific coast commercial landings, by province
(thousand dollars)
Species	NS	NB	PE	QC	NL	Atlantic Total	BC	Total Canada
Groundfish
Cod	3,134	x	x	496	24,273	27,908	915	28,823
Haddock	18,217	-	-	0	121	18,338	-	18,338
Redfish spp.	10,286	x	-	x	5,538	16,286	24,904	41,189
Halibut	72,035	1,970	1,428	12,003	10,310	97,746	53,647	151,393
Flatfishes	1,419	x	-	33	x	7,117	4,287	11,404
Greenland turbot	56	x	-	x	41,480	42,313	-	42,313
Pollock	5,314	-	-	0	33	5,347	2,596	7,943
Hake	6,543	-	x	6	x	6,681	24,724	31,405
Skate	163	-	-	x	x	170	355	525
Other groundfish^{Footnote 1}	2,528	10	-	10	54	2,602	36,091	38,693
Total groundfish	119,694	2,017	1,431	13,764	87,601	224,508	147,519	372,026
Pelagic & other finfish
Herring	10,243	4,391	1,755	763	8,576	25,727	5,130	30,858
Mackerel	122	x	x	1	-	125	61	186
Swordfish	11,064	-	-	-	6,425	17,489	-	17,489
Tuna	12,460	88	3,268	419	894	17,130	5,546	22,675
Alewife	2,888	2,984	118	-	-	5,990	-	5,990
Eel	x	612	711	x	333	2,434	-	2,434
Elvers ^{Footnote 2}	x	x	-	-	-	20,241	-	20,241
Salmon	-	-	-	-	-	-	23,386	23,386
Smelt	x	80	96	x	-	178	-	178
Silversides	-	-	300	-	-	300	-	300
Shark	x	-	-	x	0	1	-	1
Capelin	-	-	-	28	4,829	4,858	-	4,858
Other pelagic/finfish	40	41	x	x	84	377	123	500
Total pelagics	56,963	8,311	6,250	2,186	21,142	94,852	34,246	129,098
Shellfish
Clams / quahaug	26,435	x	808	1,447	x	86,088	66,524	152,612
Oyster ^{Footnote 3}	179	197	960	-	-	1,336	208	1,544
Scallop ^{Footnote 4}	173,394	14,872	38	3,453	3,183	194,940	70	195,010
Squid	6	-	-	-	193	199	-	199
Lobster	821,262	289,999	289,818	242,135	120,857	1,764,071	-	1,764,071
Shrimp	68,611	2,561	-	14,862	152,931	238,965	73,310	312,275
Crab, Queen	77,335	68,314	23,933	77,845	253,048	500,474	-	500,474
Crab, Other	1,179	1,070	1,595	1,913	0	5,757	113,539	119,296
Sea cucumber	x	x	-	x	9,729	14,267	8,522	22,789
Sea urchin	-	1,147	-	4,660	684	6,490	7,956	14,446
Other shellfish ^{Footnote 5}	x	-	-	x	9,952	12,976	611	13,586
Total shellfish	1,171,793	379,995	317,152	350,049	606,575	2,825,563	270,739	3,096,302
Subtotal	1,348,450	390,323	324,833	365,999	715,318	3,144,922	452,504	3,597,426
Others
Marine plants	x	x	-	x	x	693	-	693
Lumpfish roe	-	-	-	5	195	200	-	200
Miscellaneous ^{Footnote 6}	x	x	-	x	x	9,322	-	9,322
Total other	6	686	0	7	9,515	10,215	0	10,215
Grand total ^{Footnote 7}	1,348,456	391,009	324,833	366,006	724,833	3,155,137	452,504	3,607,641

Footnotes

Footnote x

Suppressed to meet confidentiality requirements

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Footnote "-"

Indicates no reported data at the provincial level.

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Footnote 1

Cusk, Catfish, and Dogfish have been added to the "Other groundfish" category starting in 2023.

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Footnote 2

Elvers were included in the "Other pelagic/finfish" category prior to 2023.

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Footnote 3

Oyster: Atlantic includes wild and farmed data.

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Footnote 4

Scallop includes meat with roe.

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Footnote 5

Mussels, Whelks, and Cockles have been added to the "Other shellfish" category starting in 2023. PEI mussels are classified under "aquaculture" because they are a farmed product.

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