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
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.