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FAO Capture Production in Canada (t)     n = 166
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Acipenseridae
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 200
Acipenseridae
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Acipenseridae
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alosa pseudoharengus
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,400 1,500
Alosa pseudoharengus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 18,100 12,500 17,300 11,800 9,600 8,200 7,400 5,200 4,300 5,300
Alosa sapidissima
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100
Alosa sapidissima
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,300 1,000 1,000 1,000 700 1,000 800 600 400 400
Ammodytes spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anarhichas spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 900 1,600 2,300 2,300 2,200 2,100 2,200 2,500 2,200 1,900
Anguilla rostrata
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 500 400 300
Anguilla rostrata
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 200 400 300
Anoplopoma fimbria
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 400 900 600 600 500 600 200 700 300 300
Arctica islandica
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 400 300 500 400 400
Argentina spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ascophyllum nodosum
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 40 200 200 420 0 200 130 600 400 1,300
Atheresthes stomias
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 300 200 200 100 100 100 100 100 0 0
Balaena mysticetus
Canada 		61 - Pacific, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 13 57 37 42 18
Balaenoptera borealis
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balaenoptera physalus
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 485 587 19 22 0 15 22 677 66 20
Bivalvia
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachyura
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brosme brosme
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 700 700 800 700 800 800 1,100 900 1,200 1,800
Busycon spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cancer irroratus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cancer magister
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 800 800 900 1,400 1,900 2,100 1,700 1,400 1,900 2,000
Chionoecetes opilio
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chlamys islandica
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 130,500 121,600 132,800 102,000 98,800 91,200 89,000 98,900 105,700 108,400
Clupea pallasii
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 180,300 165,700 86,000 135,300 163,700 138,700 222,900 134,000 183,800 201,400
Coregonus artedi
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coregonus clupeaformis
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 1,100 11,900 12,700 11,600 11,200 10,000 10,400 11,100 10,900 11,300
Coregonus spp
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 3,600 4,300 4,000 4,000 3,700 4,200 3,900 3,600 4,800 4,500
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crassostrea gigas
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 300 100 1,000 300 900 900 900 200 400 900
Crassostrea virginica
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 4,300 2,590 2,890 3,180 1,770 2,260 1,260 1,150 740 1,230
Cyclopterus lumpus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyprinidae
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cyprinus carpio
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 500 500 600 800 800 800 1,100 800 800 900
Cystophora cristata
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,663 5,182 919 2,135 1,243 2,388 1,759 73 801 1,397
Delphinapterus leucas
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 484 434 518 710 268
Elasmobranchii
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erignathus barbatus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Esox lucius
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 2,800 3,300 3,000 2,400 2,700 3,200 3,200 3,400 3,300 3,500
Euthynnus alletteratus
Canada 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euthynnus lineatus
Canada 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euthynnus lineatus
Canada 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus macrocephalus
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 2,600 2,400 2,000 1,500 2,300 1,600 1,800 3,000 3,500 3,200
Gadus morhua
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 305,800 295,000 288,100 242,200 354,800 315,700 353,300 352,300 287,900 356,000
Gadus ogac
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Globicephala melas
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 6,612 9,799 7,797 789 1,725
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,400 1,700 2,000 3,500 2,200 4,200 4,900 0 0 0
Haliotis spp
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 11,700 20,900 24,900 26,700 20,200 23,500 27,200 39,200 39,700 42,600
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 5,200 3,500 1,800 1,900 3,000 2,600 3,400 4,500 3,900 3,800
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 8,600 9,200 10,700 11,300 11,400 10,000 11,500 11,400 13,100 14,000
Holothuroidea
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holothuroidea
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Homarus americanus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 22,600 22,700 21,700 21,000 21,200 22,000 23,500 20,200 19,500 20,700
Hypomesus olidus
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 500 500 500 600 700 1,100 1,900 2,100 2,300 3,200
Hypomesus pretiosus
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100
Ictalurus spp
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Illex illecebrosus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,600 3,200 4,400 7,600 8,600 7,100 8,300 2,900 800 3,100
Isurus oxyrinchus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Canada 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Canada 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Canada 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lamna nasus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Limanda ferruginea
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Littorina spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 100 100 100
Loligo pealeii
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lophius americanus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallotus villosus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 24,500 19,900 15,800 15,200 14,800 14,100 14,100 12,300 10,600 6,600
Megaptera novaeangliae
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 29,400 27,800 29,300 33,100 63,400 71,300 84,100 72,400 56,900 61,500
Menidia menidia
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mercenaria mercenaria
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius bilinearis
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius productus
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Microgadus tomcod
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200
Microgadus tomcod
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 400 400 500 600 400 600 700 400 400 600
Mollusca
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monodon monoceros
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morone saxatilis
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mya arenaria
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 10,500 7,200 5,700 4,400 3,300 3,100 3,000 2,200 1,600 1,800
Mysticeti
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 314 437 465 539 630 630 375 0 774 869
Mytilus edulis
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natantia
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 200 200 400 600 400 500 600 700 900 400
Octopodidae
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Odontoceti
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 2 0
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 18,300 27,200 23,200 27,900 11,700 28,600 13,100 25,800 15,300 15,600
Oncorhynchus keta
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 36,000 28,800 14,500 24,700 33,700 8,200 12,500 12,400 17,300 10,500
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 9,900 14,600 8,900 9,600 8,600 9,800 10,500 9,400 10,100 8,100
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oncorhynchus nerka
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 13,300 13,500 14,000 16,000 21,300 7,600 9,800 7,100 33,600 8,200
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 6,000 5,200 5,700 6,200 5,400 4,900 5,400 4,800 5,600 5,300
Ophiodon elongatus
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 2,100 2,200 1,900 1,300 1,800 1,600 2,200 2,200 1,900 1,900
Orcinus orca
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Osmerus mordax
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3,200 2,900 1,800 2,900 2,100 2,800 2,300 1,300 1,900 1,600
Osteichthyes
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 10,600 9,800 12,100 15,100 18,000 18,100 16,600 14,100 10,400 10,700
Osteichthyes
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 300 300 400 1,800 2,200 3,900 5,900 4,800 4,400 4,500
Osteichthyes
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 300 300 900 100 100 100 100 0 0 0
Otariidae, Phocidae
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pandalus borealis
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pandalus spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panopea abrupta
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perca flavescens
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 1,500 2,000 1,900 2,600 4,100 3,100 5,800 5,900 7,800 9,400
Phoca groenlandica
Canada 		18 - Arctic Ocean (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phoca groenlandica
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 181,377 321,581 177,071 158,966 136,720 168,265 199,467 122,483 165,895 102,419
Phoca hispida
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phocoena phocoena
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physeter macrocephalus
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Placopecten magellanicus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 400 300 500 700 700 800 1,200 1,500 23,400 22,400
Pleuronectiformes
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 100 100 0 0 600 800 600 1,000 700
Pleuronectiformes
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 4,900 4,800 6,700 3,000 3,100 3,400 3,900 3,700 3,600 2,400
Pollachius virens
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 13,100 8,100 12,900 13,800 53,500 61,500 70,500 59,200 22,800 21,000
Polychaeta
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prionace glauca
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,400 2,000 1,800 1,500 1,500 1,300 1,600 1,400 1,300 1,000
Raja spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 100 200 100 100 400 100 0 100 100 100
Rajiformes
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 200 500 400 400 400 300 200 300 0 100
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhodophyceae
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 5,100 6,400 8,500 10,250 11,800 13,000 11,100 11,800 14,800 12,100
Salmo salar
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,700 2,300 2,300 2,100 1,800 1,200 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,800
Salmo spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salmonoidei
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 100 100 200 200 200 200 100 300 300 200
Salvelinus namaycush
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,600 2,700 2,700 2,300 2,100 2,300 2,000
Salvelinus spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sander canadensis
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 2,500 2,200 2,100 1,200 1,200 2,000 2,000 2,500 2,500 1,800
Sander vitreus
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 6,300 7,700 7,500 7,300 7,600 9,000 9,500 8,700 7,000 5,900
Saxidomus giganteus
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 1,800 2,000 3,000 2,100 1,700 2,200 1,700 1,800 1,100 1,200
Scomber scombrus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 13,600 12,800 12,300 11,000 12,600 12,800 10,200 8,900 7,300 4,300
Scombroidei
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Canada 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Canada 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scorpaenidae
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 300 400 400 200 200 200 200 300 300 700
Sebastes alutus
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 11,900 17,400 17,600 21,300 22,200 20,000 27,000 21,000 27,800 18,400
Spisula polynyma
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 400 400 1,000 700 500 600 300 300 300 400
Spisula solidissima
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squalus acanthias
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 600
Strongylocentrotus spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Strongylocentrotus spp
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus albidus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thaleichthys pacificus
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 100 200 400 200 100 300 200 0 100 100
Theragra chalcogramma
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 1,000 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Thunnus alalunga
Canada 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus alalunga
Canada 		81 - Pacific, Southwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Canada 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Canada 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Canada 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Canada 		77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Canada 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus thynnus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 432 299 368 201 175 133 40 47 38 93
Urophycis chuss
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urophycis tenuis
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 11,200 10,200 13,100 11,900 10,100 9,500 13,000 9,600 10,300 9,400
Xiphias gladius
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,500 2,000 2,100 2,100 2,300 2,400 3,000
Total: 948,932 924,489 845,558 837,881 1,037,745 963,693 1,117,600 1,003,297 989,078 1,038,023

Note: If marine mammals and crocodiles are included in this list they are not accounted for in the Totals because they are reported in numbers and not in tonnes.

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