Table 3
Fish caught and kept by resident anglers, 2005
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Fish caught | Fish kept | Fish kept as a share of the total catch | |||
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thousand | average per angler | thousand | average per angler | percent | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 8,251 | 63 | 5,984 | 45 | 73 |
Prince Edward Island | 621 | 90 | 367 | 53 | 59 |
Nova Scotia | 3,835 | 88 | 1,531 | 35 | 40 |
New Brunswick | 2,302 | 53 | 877 | 20 | 38 |
Quebec | 40,270 | 61 | 27,092 | 41 | 67 |
Ontario | 65,094 | 85 | 16,069 | 21 | 25 |
Manitoba | 8,705 | 71 | 2,278 | 19 | 26 |
Saskatchewan | 5,827 | 49 | 2,025 | 17 | 35 |
Alberta | 11,991 | 67 | 1,629 | 9 | 14 |
British Columbia - Freshwater | 6,809 | 32 | 1,913 | 9 | 28 |
British Columbia - Tidal waters | 2,369 | 14 | 980 | 6 | 41 |
Yukon | 104 | 21 | 32 | 6 | 31 |
Northwest Territories | 90 | 42 | 25 | 12 | 28 |
Nunavut | 14 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 46 |
Canada | 156,281 | 64 | 60,811 | 25 | 39 |
Sources: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2005 Survey of Recreational Fishing. Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division. |
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