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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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	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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