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FAO Capture Production in Canada (t)     n = 166
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Acipenseridae
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 253 233 252 267 281 286 212 330 349 282
Acipenseridae
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3 18 14 181 100 157 86 91 69 9
Acipenseridae
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 9 3 5 3 2 4 1 0 0 0
Alosa pseudoharengus
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 907 1,355 1,089 1,200 1,272 811 990 1,327 1,527 1,527
Alosa pseudoharengus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 7,922 7,562 6,801 6,775 5,825 6,212 5,299 5,664 6,941 6,146
Alosa sapidissima
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 340 29 21 20 22 23 22 22 23 23
Alosa sapidissima
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 98 100 80 112 80 120 116 118 41 41
Ammodytes spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0
Anarhichas spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 401 1,390 1,289 1,073 485 303 422 856 526 694
Anguilla rostrata
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 339 337 314 278 272 319 289 311 278 278
Anguilla rostrata
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 953 980 753 848 752 631 551 455 496 353
Anoplopoma fimbria
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 5,125 5,546 5,372 5,310 5,201 4,542 3,069 4,000 4,500 4,583
Arctica islandica
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 124 114 0 0 66
Argentina spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 428 0 229 259 591 51 12
Ascophyllum nodosum
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 21,385 21,303 26,972 14,110 18,713 15,438 18,958 25,203 21,133 24,157
Atheresthes stomias
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 143 146 144 108 129 75 24 0 33 44
Balaena mysticetus
Canada
61 - Pacific, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bivalvia
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 6 2 20 642 0 263 773 259 49 791
Brachyura
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2 0 0 34 806 2,489 1,588 1,948 2,267 1,835
Brosme brosme
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3,543 4,419 5,077 2,957 1,692 2,010 1,405 1,801 1,641 1,065
Busycon spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 4 27 33 742 570 935 1,291 1,275 1,062 1,557
Cancer irroratus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 861 1,101 969 2,134 3,743 5,415 4,286 6,410 6,338 5,732
Cancer magister
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 2,168 1,887 3,334 6,225 5,995 4,586 5,025 3,923 2,968 2,944
Chionoecetes opilio
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 26,126 35,161 37,079 48,099 60,400 65,372 65,825 71,416 75,216 95,148
Chlamys islandica
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 6,912 3,746 6,793 9,900 12,180 12,145 6,632 3,160
Clupea harengus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 260,449 216,743 215,750 197,597 206,777 193,690 188,843 186,550 190,861 202,046
Clupea pallasii
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 41,280 40,030 34,867 41,321 40,909 26,780 22,221 31,500 33,500 28,847
Coregonus artedi
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 977 318 699 608 1,301 1,101 919 1,008 764 565
Coregonus clupeaformis
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 8,577 9,023 9,038 7,730 9,480 9,196 9,121 8,376 8,599 8,330
Coregonus spp
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 36 376 568 1,298 543 695 236 75 2 0
Crassostrea gigas
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crassostrea virginica
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,644 1,900 1,739 1,590 2,636 2,312 2,132 1,726 3,124 3,225
Cyclopterus lumpus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 18 0 25 18 175 8 1
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) 753 801 494 222 649 619 687 543 354 741
Cystophora cristata
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 636 6,321 119 19 149 857 25,754 7,058 10,020 49
Delphinapterus leucas
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 284 618 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elasmobranchii
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 102 531 1,004 1,122 1,000 293 27 48 25 12
Erignathus barbatus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 59 50
Esox lucius
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 2,633 3,172 3,266 3,424 1,787 2,496 2,406 2,334 2,568 2,615
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) 6,233 11,910 10,125 8,123 3,550 2,172 700 1,537 1,400 836
Gadus morhua
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 395,266 309,031 187,526 76,556 22,719 12,438 15,541 29,899 37,741 55,410
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 14 3 9 6 15 0 0
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 10,148 9,531 10,037 7,510 1,610 1,244 1,600 1,675 2,094 1,806
Haliotis spp
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 50 40 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 37,223 34,919 19,481 10,900 3,093 3,095 2,525 3,583 3,546 4,359
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,415 2,036 1,581 1,444 1,264 895 1,097 1,362 1,300 1,188
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 5,031 4,311 4,577 6,379 5,862 5,745 5,430 7,448 7,714 7,103
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) 47,857 48,493 41,827 40,917 41,537 40,508 39,369 40,079 41,030 43,428
Hypomesus olidus
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 8,116 9,184 5,769 7,975 4,826 5,517 3,981 5,964 6,471 5,691
Hypomesus pretiosus
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 0
Ictalurus spp
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 70 54 54 39 43 37 37 29 27 35
Illex illecebrosus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 5,589 2,618 1,352 2,802 5,778 999 8,822 15,775 1,944 314
Isurus oxyrinchus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 110 69 70
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 1,388 1,029 1,343 1,006 965
Limanda ferruginea
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 8,202 9,044 8,656 8,650 2,537 1,483 1,178 1,728 5,242 8,222
Littorina spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 548 977 1,133 279 230 166 200 274 198 149
Loligo pealeii
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lophius americanus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,314 1,868 1,684 1,543 2,340 1,722 1,623 2,073 1,466 1,274
Mallotus villosus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 126,930 50,177 30,995 48,647 2,249 293 32,628 21,945 38,249 23,495
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) 22,148 21,957 21,975 12,986 6,955 7,933 10,311 9,776 11,771 10,550
Menidia menidia
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 20 30 20 83 60 223 151 238 231 558
Mercenaria mercenaria
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,057 1,139 1,555 1,127 1,170 830 1,109 1,656 1,234 2,536
Merluccius bilinearis
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 34 133 13 80 283 3,485 4,209 5,333 10,490 9,676
Merluccius productus
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 79,453 99,055 97,317 62,571 116,659 59,319 99,813 97,343 90,721 91,739
Microgadus tomcod
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 23 27 26 20 21 22 23 24 25 25
Microgadus tomcod
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 10 20 20 74 40 109 117 66 94 17
Mollusca
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 287 569 538 52 705 1,089 663 503 168 644
Mollusca
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 2,342 1,381 1,233 1,227 1,354 1,567 1,336 2,805 1,835 989
Monodon monoceros
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 325 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morone saxatilis
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 3 0 18 15 0 0 0
Mya arenaria
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3,392 2,937 3,059 2,152 3,270 3,841 1,469 2,323 2,638 2,680
Mysticeti
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Mytilus edulis
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,917 3,646 4,359 4,938 6,118 4,505 247 195 178 334
Natantia
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 2,701 4,226 3,851 4,498 4,502 8,557 9,392 5,200 5,203 4,071
Octopodidae
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 197 131 117 145 89 108 197 208 139 54
Odontoceti
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 4 2 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 26,240 35,096 14,913 16,046 3,383 19,767 8,597 12,241 3,920 9,529
Oncorhynchus keta
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 17,181 10,236 17,964 17,273 20,323 12,115 6,524 8,685 19,903 4,937
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 10,569 10,053 7,328 4,316 7,713 4,866 3,871 751 16 14
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 44 26 18 8 5 4 3 1 4 1
Oncorhynchus nerka
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 37,134 25,211 20,938 42,529 30,828 10,533 15,525 25,353 5,041 1,653
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 5,228 5,058 5,336 4,817 3,573 1,510 455 1,662 1,386 742
Ophiodon elongatus
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 5,054 5,366 4,334 5,234 4,568 3,793 2,500 1,700 1,900 2,523
Orcinus orca
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osmerus mordax
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,081 1,241 1,087 1,036 1,396 1,132 1,078 1,227 1,255 356
Osteichthyes
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 13,839 16,737 13,422 5,809 6,707 8,445 9,649 8,089 8,914 9,317
Osteichthyes
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,327 1,453 883 829 1,176 872 597 475 365 770
Osteichthyes
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 2 38 121 25 31
Osteichthyes
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 203 404 437 140 2,316 125 1 0 0 1
Osteichthyes
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 3,233 2,892 4,824 4,919 5,110 3,156 5,372 4,757 5,409 5,514
Otariidae, Phocidae
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,821 1,771 1,127 1,125 1,798 1,799 190 1,838 55 28
Pandalus borealis
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 18,007 19,051 24,189 24,968 28,985 30,213 31,340 48,310 78,867 85,331
Pandalus spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 19,272 21,439 15,075 17,973 19,676 24,369 24,976 28,601 29,042 30,603
Panopea abrupta
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 3,992 3,298 2,874 2,455 2,235 2,056 1,768 1,757 1,784 1,688
Perca flavescens
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 1,439 1,282 1,440 2,073 2,083 1,884
Phoca groenlandica
Canada
18 - Arctic Ocean (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phoca groenlandica
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 60,040 52,565 67,428 25,175 61,176 65,391 242,717 264,204 249,053 228,828
Phoca hispida
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 670 0 1,234 742
Phocoena phocoena
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 1 5 1 257 98 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) 83,278 79,538 85,166 87,219 84,833 58,770 47,807 53,881 56,399 54,756
Pleuronectiformes
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3,254 6,296 7,012 6,268 4,498 2,214 1,519 1,283 1,025 984
Pleuronectiformes
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 7,041 7,745 7,944 9,917 8,501 7,963 5,222 4,300 5,000 5,651
Pollachius virens
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 38,385 40,780 34,068 21,583 15,584 10,222 9,739 12,604 15,092 8,552
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 12 11 21 54
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 4,825 4,463 3,499 2,667 3,448 2,804 2,468 2,548 1,804 1,763
Raja spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 125 1,134 495 319 6,362 6,263 3,900 4,373 3,044 3,119
Rajiformes
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 183 248 264 249 570 982 1,293 1,584 900 1,406
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 19,602 20,187 22,495 16,589 11,036 8,775 14,617 16,399 12,222 12,657
Rhodophyceae
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 20,166 9,537 1,852 7,450 11,501 11,233 5,374 9,493 6,339 6,503
Salmo salar
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 688 490 283 164 136 103 82 77 7 1
Salmo spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 79 125 30 53 34 20 4 1 0 0
Salmonoidei
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 139 112 0 2 1
Salvelinus namaycush
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 620 568 481 575 690 631 689 617 554 491
Salvelinus spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 70 52 4 48 60 32 11 31 35 46
Sander canadensis
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sander vitreus
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 7,201 7,290 7,708 8,160 7,543 7,832 7,718 7,751 8,206 8,782
Saxidomus giganteus
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 2,483 1,479 1,338 1,352 1,797 1,728 1,431 1,206 1,600 945
Scomber scombrus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 21,790 25,876 25,974 26,474 20,612 18,300 21,027 21,305 19,557 16,317
Scombroidei
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 4 2 3 8 0 5 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) 22,143 19,127 21,792 20,034 18,100 16,462 16,626 14,118 15,356 18,086
Sebastes alutus
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 5,598 4,295 3,990 4,609 5,649 5,207 6,174 5,782 6,184 5,849
Sebastes spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 81,451 92,571 99,365 84,787 50,774 17,954 21,571 18,751 25,763 19,682
Spisula polynyma
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 16,875 7,907 11,833 19,930 20,735 24,008 25,597 27,322 25,976 26,699
Spisula solidissima
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,216 748 1,129 885 921 674 1,204 800 444 303
Squalus acanthias
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,316 307 868 1,271 1,690 957 431 446 1,081 2,456
Squalus acanthias
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 4,109 3,128 2,356 830 1,776 2,744 4,000 2,100 2,500 5,897
Strongylocentrotus spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 109 301 584 1,153 2,318 3,167 3,798 3,679 3,707 3,662
Strongylocentrotus spp
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 3,639 7,576 14,056 7,102 6,161 6,666 5,867 5,542 6,160 5,390
Tetrapturus albidus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 8 8 5
Thaleichthys pacificus
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 20 12 20 9 6 26 30 0 0 0
Theragra chalcogramma
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 676 2,580 3,249 8,121 4,706 3,295 2,150 1,800 800 1,233
Thunnus alalunga
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3 6 1 9 32 11 24 31 23 38
Thunnus alalunga
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 303 143 512 551 589 792 457 80 137 308
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) 235 235 235 235 235 235 136 149 167 253
Thunnus albacares
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 15 28 25 72 52 174 155 100 57 22
Thunnus albacares
Canada
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 7 29 0 71 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) 11 27 67 125 111 148 144 166 120 263
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) 438 485 443 459 392 576 597 509 611 587
Urophycis chuss
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3 434 338 173 100 135 372 248 120 156
Urophycis tenuis
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 14,644 12,124 12,975 10,209 7,348 6,492 4,827 4,309 3,102 3,318
Xiphias gladius
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 911 1,027 1,547 2,230 1,675 1,610 739 1,094 1,167 1,154
Total: 1,643,981 1,469,558 1,301,666 1,140,699 1,026,880 853,682 901,611 966,580 1,003,901 1,016,670

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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