Table 3.6
Landed weight and value of commercial sea fisheries, 2006 to 2011

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Landed weight and value of commercial sea fisheries, 2006 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays landed weight and values of commercial sea fisheries from 2006 to 2011. The row headers provide information on the total, the category (groundfish, pelagic and other finfish, shellfish and others), and the variety (e.g., cod, haddock, pollock, shrimp, and marine plants) of the sea fishery. The column headers provide information on the landed weight, in tonnes (live weight) and value, in thousands of dollars, for 2006 to 2011.
  2006 2007 2008  2009 2010 2011
  tonnes (live weight) thousands of dollars tonnes (live weight) thousands of dollars tonnes (live weight) thousands of dollars tonnes (live weight) thousands of dollars tonnes (live weight) thousands of dollars tonnes (live weight) thousands of dollars
Total 1,090,407 1,921,127 1,012,153 1,976,017 937,112 1,905,391 960,231 1,702,397 951,529 1,825,589 850,533 2,107,402
Groundfish 258,637 314,743 231,890 293,150 226,060 272,371 203,865 263,401 191,162 266,984 178,591 269,571
Cod 28,371 38,446 27,263 43,646 27,199 45,537 20,912 26,138 19,276 21,807 14,909 19,070
Haddock 16,960 26,848 19,238 27,656 20,539 26,561 23,395 36,921 22,401 30,017 15,201 26,079
Redfish spp. 32,642 34,857 27,931 28,322 25,537 24,436 30,215 26,931 31,213 27,723 31,839 29,323
Halibut 9,109 71,182 7,992 69,464 6,849 55,247 6,458 53,487 6,629 60,051 6,667 65,408
Flatfishes 16,737 13,971 18,080 13,832 23,160 16,826 16,619 12,734 18,342 14,322 18,344 12,985
Greenland turbot 14,623 36,422 13,698 32,182 12,171 24,434 13,709 41,721 14,714 57,596 13,946 59,966
Pollock 8,010 4,951 10,126 6,183 7,112 5,183 8,880 5,664 9,036 6,341 9,575 6,383
Hake 112,612 38,821 88,810 33,615 89,408 37,611 68,830 24,357 58,655 19,997 56,739 20,359
Cusk 883 787 1,046 982 613 592 578 560 474 416 469 463
Catfish 69 29 73 37 4 3 0 s 0 s 8 5 0 s 0 s
Skate 2,703 757 2,735 1,775 1,996 1,094 2,045 906 1,495 1,064 2,075 1,529
Dogfish 4,857 4,631 6,478 3,665 3,728 1,914 4,455 2,816 1,847 1,045 1,086 568
Other 11,060 43,043 8,421 31,790 7,745 32,933 7,768 31,166 7,072 26,599 7,740 27,438
Pelagic and other finfish 318,611 194,768 304,998 160,446 243,440 139,543 286,213 142,558 274,527 190,427 230,170 164,349
Herring 183,471 53,548 179,775 56,902 151,766 47,333 167,504 60,693 159,411 50,515 142,052 40,801
Mackerel 53,959 20,473 53,394 17,738 29,672 11,885 42,231 15,671 38,738 18,458 11,397 10,817
Swordfish 1,405 11,897 1,348 11,378 1,383 8,803 1,299 7,710 1,346 10,457 1,554 10,613
Tuna 6,002 28,371 6,111 24,134 4,536 25,861 5,070 21,689 5,737 26,720 5,224 34,834
Alewife 4,398 2,016 3,453 2,078 3,682 2,062 3,243 1,854 2,765 1,355 2,213 1,513
Eel 417 2,837 383 4,339 253 8,962 251 1,038 280 1,243 281 1,717
Salmon 24,287 61,532 20,234 31,670 5,390 21,773 18,507 23,724 23,568 70,652 20,670 47,939
Smelt 927 741 822 664 797 552 954 1,041 620 468 390 436
Silversides 551 615 495 427 444 407 488 479 689 805 325 312
Shark 273 247 177 180 179 170 122 207 135 229 74 127
Capelin 42,194 11,695 37,599 10,067 39,175 10,075 35,359 5,390 26,527 3,199 32,448 5,703
Other 727 796 1,209 868 6,163 1,661 11,185 3,063 14,712 6,324 13,542 9,536
Shellfish 466,104 1,368,848 452,828 1,501,503 447,297 1,476,015 423,955 1,283,364 439,670 1,352,174 423,846 1,659,837
Clams or quahaugs 28,985 71,306 24,692 64,873 24,956 60,072 31,647 84,989 28,641 75,467 28,598 77,985
Oyster 1 2,405 7,163 2,355 6,791 1,684 4,161 2,168 5,436 1,934 4,867 1,877 4,943
Scallop 2 63,407 87,922 65,351 89,608 67,634 92,902 62,932 88,087 60,316 82,810 59,876 94,009
Squid 6,923 2,915 244 108 527 230 687 275 117 57 129 102
Mussel 3 151 225 318 407 127 192 54 81 50 93 26 28
Lobster 55,008 653,085 48,870 629,055 58,984 619,451 58,342 507,292 67,277 575,992 66,500 619,739
Shrimp 179,149 236,759 188,216 260,079 167,072 259,665 138,549 192,229 164,784 255,497 151,262 313,623
Crab, Queen 89,646 215,480 90,672 367,551 93,868 357,087 97,308 313,132 84,642 281,426 84,139 459,147
Crab, Other 13,022 28,590 15,523 41,684 14,583 43,192 12,749 39,231 11,990 38,054 10,073 33,400
Whelks 5,792 5,723 5,290 5,154 7,219 7,894 6,501 5,988 7,060 6,566 7,500 9,421
Cockles 10,362 11,209 1,144 1,237 125 143 1,123 1,523 894 1,065 998 1,262
Sea cucumber 3,459 2,741 3,152 2,670 4,516 4,044 5,141 3,979 5,681 5,718 6,756 5,978
Sea urchin 5,382 8,247 4,435 6,859 4,157 7,286 3,876 7,615 4,357 6,219 3,732 7,309
Other 2,413 37,482 2,566 25,426 1,847 19,696 2,878 33,507 1,925 18,343 2,379 32,890
Others 47,055 42,768 22,437 20,918 20,314 17,462 46,199 13,075 46,170 16,004 17,927 13,645
Marine plants 43,191 4,911 19,382 2,448 17,715 2,482 43,300 1,408 43,431 3,814 14,881 1,536
Lumpfish roe 1,135 2,252 454 1,948 294 2,363 80 701 149 1,381 86 709
Miscellaneous 2,729 35,605 2,602 16,522 2,305 12,617 2,819 10,966 2,589 10,810 2,961 11,400
1.
Data for British Columbia are reported under aquaculture and are not included in this table. Atlantic data include wild and farmed oysters.
2.
Includes meat with roe.
3.
PEI mussels are classified under aquaculture and are not included in this table.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source(s):
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2012, Seafisheries, Landings, Commercial Fisheries,http://dfo-mpo.gc.ca/stats/commercial/sea-maritimes-eng.htm (accessed February 5, 2013).
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