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FAO Capture Production in Canada (t)     n = 166
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Acipenseridae
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 130 120 111 104 145 110 30 25 253 286
Acipenseridae
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 14 21 10 9 10 43 20 20 18 51
Acipenseridae
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 19 10 8 3 8 8 6 5 5 8
Alosa pseudoharengus
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 522 1,338 1,115 887 986 1,117 0 0 1,803 1,968
Alosa pseudoharengus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 9,740 5,605 4,586 3,239 3,066 8,100 5,630 8,824 10,470 11,184
Alosa sapidissima
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 17 15 7 122 16 9 0 0 13 247
Alosa sapidissima
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 187 82 146 78 40 105 78 100 120 421
Ammodytes spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anarhichas spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 4,949 5,270 5,802 6,037 3,638 3,665 3,600 2,980 2,278 520
Anguilla rostrata
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 361 344 140 202 249 275 103 120 295 379
Anguilla rostrata
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 839 887 621 527 432 782 890 796 881 883
Anoplopoma fimbria
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 2,849 3,802 3,912 4,414 3,852 4,263 4,686 4,717 5,291 5,495
Arctica islandica
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 94 47 35 7 52 665 7 10 0 0
Argentina spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ascophyllum nodosum
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 8,599 5,306 3,414 5,900 3,810 4,810 9,450 15,600 23,939 23,422
Atheresthes stomias
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 1,392 944 530 315 360 66 54 67 141 123
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 1 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) 1,019 2,357 3,574 1,796 40 302 81 116 1 279
Brachyura
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 517 237 670 216 253 408 235 110 8 9
Brosme brosme
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 4,551 5,965 6,290 4,365 3,125 2,376 2,110 3,960 2,938 3,404
Busycon spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 305 0 0 0 1 0
Cancer irroratus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 145 150 124 474 608 765 517 1,648 2,326 1,722
Cancer magister
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 1,701 1,317 895 960 1,155 1,165 1,321 1,631 1,532 1,522
Chionoecetes opilio
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 28,724 37,854 48,258 41,514 42,711 43,247 42,815 27,040 29,558 22,363
Chlamys islandica
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 176,915 161,441 147,251 142,454 132,592 193,400 186,730 248,744 278,896 229,239
Clupea pallasii
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 25,155 37,960 28,598 39,820 33,703 25,955 16,491 37,809 31,601 41,008
Coregonus artedi
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 2,325 2,248 1,686 1,327 1,803 1,079 828 1,000 1,514 1,118
Coregonus clupeaformis
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 10,263 8,275 7,849 8,273 8,357 9,279 8,847 8,500 9,669 9,385
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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 21
Crassostrea gigas
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crassostrea virginica
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,513 1,403 1,321 1,487 2,242 2,069 2,375 2,427 2,285 2,737
Cyclopterus lumpus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 71 193 23 0 0 2 4 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) 1,522 1,284 703 643 741 436 440 600 526 339
Cystophora cristata
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 7,409 8,309 5,831 128 444 784 33 1,828 908 367
Delphinapterus leucas
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 774 692 475 484 663 845 700 861 736 1,043
Elasmobranchii
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1 1 3 21 50 53 20 23 101 93
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) 4,301 3,742 4,666 3,352 3,233 3,429 3,353 3,720 3,695 3,853
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 30 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Euthynnus lineatus
Canada
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 30 30 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gadus macrocephalus
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 7,817 6,450 4,689 4,623 3,459 2,345 3,668 13,691 11,024 9,143
Gadus morhua
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 418,005 432,551 510,725 509,052 475,942 480,471 474,720 458,050 468,126 426,090
Gadus ogac
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 3 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
Globicephala melas
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 8,732 7,159 6,181 6,137 6,986 8,687 9,726 10,902 11,217 10,844
Haliotis spp
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 97 85 54 56 58 42 52 49 49 48
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 74,691 75,230 67,146 53,350 58,275 60,521 54,093 54,808 44,090 46,695
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,145 1,923 2,543 2,499 3,142 3,936 3,700 2,417 2,574 2,366
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 4,396 3,266 3,168 3,189 5,364 6,255 5,389 7,240 7,802 6,196
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) 20,089 21,696 22,805 27,655 28,694 32,638 37,970 39,430 40,512 43,957
Hypomesus olidus
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 11,426 13,901 19,808 13,429 7,490 11,119 8,353 11,580 9,304 7,384
Hypomesus pretiosus
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 2 1 1
Ictalurus spp
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 585 689 513 530 424 56 0 70 62 71
Illex illecebrosus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 33,538 18,316 12,309 13 397 410 68 150 317 3,160
Isurus oxyrinchus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 180 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 30 0 40 200 0 0 0 0 0
Katsuwonus pelamis
Canada
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 220 160 460 560 780 0 0 0 0 0
Lamna nasus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1 0 1 9 20 26 24 0 0 0
Limanda ferruginea
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 14,979 17,102 14,245 11,665 11,567 14,713 15,466 15,096 12,014 6,954
Littorina spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 286 269 327 103 442 255 310 115 723 276
Loligo pealeii
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 0 0
Lophius americanus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 123 178 183 326 900 1,845 1,345 2,673 1,461 1,792
Mallotus villosus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 22,218 28,796 31,838 29,939 43,605 36,080 66,490 33,400 88,529 91,819
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) 54,261 57,025 46,388 39,777 32,654 37,081 44,720 28,070 31,092 26,043
Menidia menidia
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 60 33 67 107 130 32 64 54 50 40
Mercenaria mercenaria
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 68 189 533 504 534 532 610 242 820 725
Merluccius bilinearis
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 104 7 38 14 30 3 11 10 10 337
Merluccius productus
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 22,183 21,705 30,726 33,596 19,308 36,504 74,706 56,543 74,706
Microgadus tomcod
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 80 50 26 45 87 90 0 0 8 17
Microgadus tomcod
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 218 276 173 146 30 102 255 10 10 18
Mollusca
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 265
Mollusca
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 341 0 0 1,165 1,877 2,432 3,168 1,751 2,911 1,979
Monodon monoceros
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 339 406 402 344 285 314 263 181 237 342
Morone saxatilis
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 18 48 32 24 20 21 4 0 0 0
Mya arenaria
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,781 1,796 1,700 2,115 4,483 6,196 6,920 5,820 3,423 2,974
Mysticeti
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mytilus edulis
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,233 2,918
Natantia
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 656 939 689 742 914 1,192 1,318 3,264 3,281 3,119
Octopodidae
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 51 29 18 37 25 34 53 130 209 217
Odontoceti
Canada
99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 13,718 38,253 3,977 39,538 12,058 37,701 29,264 26,519 32,217 31,004
Oncorhynchus keta
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 16,809 6,157 15,091 4,899 9,003 23,646 24,922 10,182 30,297 9,322
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 9,025 7,514 9,297 10,461 10,089 8,977 11,666 8,251 8,865 8,752
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 92 32
Oncorhynchus nerka
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 7,727 21,000 30,143 14,326 12,877 31,568 29,811 14,823 11,943 34,383
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 6,540 5,916 7,092 5,378 6,254 5,469 4,411 4,994 8,653 5,235
Ophiodon elongatus
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 1,934 2,437 4,040 3,765 3,707 5,688 3,860 3,540 3,444 3,981
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) 2,291 2,144 2,433 1,063 1,012 886 2,420 1,581 1,748 1,464
Osteichthyes
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 15,009 12,004 15,165 15,446 13,804 15,115 14,470 14,135 15,995 16,481
Osteichthyes
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3,604 3,467 3,057 1,528 605 246 3,185 1,691 474 2,212
Osteichthyes
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 317 135 3 3 0 1 4 713 486 0
Osteichthyes
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1 0 2 0 28 2 0 0 0 81
Osteichthyes
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 14,392 1,496 612 508 179 1,355 526 541 751 2,041
Otariidae, Phocidae
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 9,773 8,993 5,204 6,492 1,993 1,994 2,874 3,236 1,036 2,561
Pandalus borealis
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,661 4,170 2,738 3,177 1,515 4,059 5,226 11,202 14,544 22,403
Pandalus spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 8,690 9,015 9,288 10,081 8,791 8,896 9,557 12,351 23,706 21,257
Panopea abrupta
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 2,775 2,717 3,483 5,167 5,006 5,734 4,567 3,964
Perca flavescens
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phoca groenlandica
Canada
18 - Arctic Ocean (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phoca groenlandica
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 149,313 175,450 142,501 57,889 30,900 19,030 25,934 44,035 94,046 65,072
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 0 317 1 0 0 0 0 2 91
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) 70,473 89,892 65,101 51,289 36,479 47,208 56,900 73,813 77,537 92,188
Pleuronectiformes
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3,097 2,148 2,356 2,977 2,185 2,544 3,566 4,746 2,503 1,125
Pleuronectiformes
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 4,787 4,555 3,083 2,797 3,394 2,848 2,800 2,930 5,139 6,352
Pollachius virens
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 36,745 40,616 38,575 33,843 35,216 44,847 49,680 50,223 44,346 44,255
Polychaeta
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 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) 3,366 3,626 3,617 2,834 1,103 2,862 6,449 6,253 4,189 4,658
Raja spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,586 1,215 196 58 110 45 170 190 236 78
Rajiformes
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 1,016 960 520 346 390 370 517 751 589 352
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 39,546 27,782 21,744 20,210 23,097 17,710 18,070 25,526 16,188 17,183
Rhodophyceae
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 19,318 24,440 21,580 18,430 20,387 22,610 17,240 29,550 18,171 19,672
Salmo salar
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,362 2,079 1,396 1,308 858 957 1,320 1,541 1,064 942
Salmo spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 83 84 106 79 100 53 34 40 28 35
Salmonoidei
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 16 44 31 72 3 19 0 10 0 0
Salvelinus namaycush
Canada
2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 1,214 860 700 599 679 866 880 920 923 1,093
Salvelinus spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 219 289 251 198 200 158 0 120 80 111
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) 6,526 5,042 5,223 3,787 5,413 5,026 5,870 5,600 8,155 8,491
Saxidomus giganteus
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 4,568 3,568 1,840 1,702 2,622 2,933 2,947 4,634 4,516 3,566
Scomber scombrus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 22,136 19,294 16,380 19,792 17,032 29,862 28,460 26,670 24,052 20,799
Scombroidei
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Scombroidei
Canada
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
Scombroidei
Canada
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 20 40 20 30 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scorpaenidae
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 9,669 9,460 10,366 12,126 14,695 17,895 24,828 24,132 20,016 18,388
Sebastes alutus
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,789 6,068
Sebastes spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 48,940 71,711 65,743 58,253 67,302 71,388 79,670 79,020 78,072 76,152
Spisula polynyma
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 293 337 391 517 1,830 1 532 1,890 2,929 10,065
Spisula solidissima
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 436 516
Squalus acanthias
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 660 564 389 0 1 13 10 15 1 167
Squalus acanthias
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 4,545 1,091 2,037 3,071 2,441 2,679 2,983 3,767 5,314 2,774
Strongylocentrotus spp
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 63 29
Strongylocentrotus spp
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,559 3,269
Tetrapturus albidus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Thaleichthys pacificus
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 24 21 14 11 12 29 50 20 40 19
Theragra chalcogramma
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 2,179 1,130 911 1,092 596 1,700 598 861 460 434
Thunnus alalunga
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 36 54
Thunnus alalunga
Canada
67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 212 103 92 242 47 25 1 21 165 180
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 0 140 162
Thunnus albacares
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40 28 11
Thunnus albacares
Canada
34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 7
Thunnus albacares
Canada
77 - Pacific, Eastern Central (t) 0 30 0 50 150 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Canada
87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 120 180 240 630 590 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus obesus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 144 89 57
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) 90 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus thynnus
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 324 425 291 433 264 142 73 83 393 633
Urophycis chuss
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0
Urophycis tenuis
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 18,157 19,544 16,843 13,118 13,709 15,423 16,900 19,790 12,779 13,958
Xiphias gladius
Canada
21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,885 561 554 1,088 499 585 1,059 954 985 1,254
Total: 1,345,442 1,414,581 1,402,027 1,346,700 1,280,332 1,446,570 1,505,023 1,569,933 1,662,300 1,606,851

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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