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FAO Capture Production in Canada (t) n = 166
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Scientific name	Fishing Area	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Acipenseridae Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	100	0	100	100	70	78	77	89	90	94
Acipenseridae Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	7	14	11
Acipenseridae Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	17	21	22	33	29	23
Alosa pseudoharengus Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	3,300	6,300	4,000	2,500	3,727	1,880	2,088	2,421	2,221	1,671
Alosa pseudoharengus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	3,300	10,900	7,800	8,400	8,810	4,526	5,486	7,698	7,632	8,974
Alosa sapidissima Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	0	0	0	0	776	34	43	24	11	16
Alosa sapidissima Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	100	100	100	100	148	80	88	120	90	64
Ammodytes spp Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Anarhichas spp Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	3,700	5,200	3,700	3,600	3,690	2,750	4,036	3,930	3,300	3,973
Anguilla rostrata Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	200	100	300	100	272	384	386	438	432	468
Anguilla rostrata Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	900	1,100	900	700	575	641	521	658	654	661
Anoplopoma fimbria Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	300	300	900	800	407	755	643	856	667	1,681
Arctica islandica Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	108	172	38
Argentina spp Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
Ascophyllum nodosum Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	6,300	4,700	8,300	5,700	7,594	3,953	6,398	12,449	9,834	8,694
Atheresthes stomias Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,317	1,582	2,300	1,806
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)	86	73	97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera borealis Canada	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	94	235	183	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Balaenoptera physalus Canada	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	576	418	360	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bivalvia Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	400	700	600	1,000	284	149	206	435	623	406
Brachyura Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	100	0	0	0	0	417	18	200	187	114
Brosme brosme Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	4,000	5,700	6,000	6,200	5,683	5,526	3,189	3,364	5,307	4,908
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	0	0	0	26	84	141	251	13
Cancer magister Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	1,100	900	900	1,100	1,135	1,140	995	1,030	1,176	1,179
Chionoecetes opilio Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	6,500	6,900	7,000	10,300	10,759	6,696	9,953	14,219	21,022	30,855
Chlamys islandica Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clupea harengus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	477,500	425,700	296,700	225,200	225,408	245,295	225,659	228,873	246,134	187,910
Clupea pallasii Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	3,900	10,000	39,000	55,600	44,670	59,639	81,105	97,172	81,400	43,465
Coregonus artedi Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,400	1,400	1,300	1,100	476	1,637	1,388	1,923	1,972	1,931
Coregonus clupeaformis Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	8,700	8,000	8,300	7,600	6,769	7,660	7,852	9,214	8,550	9,479
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	16	15	9	5
Crassostrea gigas Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Crassostrea virginica Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	1,200	1,200	900	1,000	1,246	1,630	1,112	993	1,484	1,484
Cyclopterus lumpus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	3	2	19	27	241	209
Cyprinidae Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprinus carpio Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	300	400	400	300	286	329	293	911	711	798
Cystophora cristata Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	2,869	432	422	312	203	5,385	3,867	6,044	4,189	6,819
Delphinapterus leucas Canada	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	411	13	181	538	1,177	792	1,075	1,302	703	449
Elasmobranchii Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
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)	3,200	3,000	3,400	3,300	3,336	3,365	3,383	3,888	3,920	4,162
Euthynnus alletteratus Canada	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0
Euthynnus lineatus Canada	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	0	0	0	60	10	10	0	50	60
Euthynnus lineatus Canada	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	60	0	0	0	50	0
Gadus macrocephalus Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	2,800	4,800	8,200	7,200	8,486	9,970	9,663	7,352	6,475	9,122
Gadus morhua Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	262,900	244,600	218,800	177,300	157,138	153,746	192,717	235,444	296,449	370,245
Gadus ogac Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	331
Globicephala melas Canada	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	17,200	21,100	19,400	20,000	15,663	10,020	16,145	17,376	11,046	10,624
Haliotis spp Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	100	100	26	57	273	428	433	186
Hippoglossoides platessoides Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	89,900	77,200	65,700	66,200	60,515	55,478	77,534	76,685	74,689	73,086
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	2,100	2,000	1,700	1,700	1,473	1,328	1,284	1,498	1,654	1,908
Hippoglossus stenolepis Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	18,100	15,500	13,500	8,900	4,568	6,947	7,349	5,334	5,139	3,904
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)	17,600	17,300	15,100	16,100	14,257	17,487	16,028	17,833	19,177	21,579
Hypomesus olidus Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	4,300	6,100	5,000	7,800	7,667	7,862	8,276	10,680	12,399	10,979
Hypomesus pretiosus Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	1	27	10	7	2	1
Ictalurus spp Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	300	200	400	400	639	565	598	723	660	649
Illex illecebrosus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	100	1,600	0	600	82	3,293	10,926	30,510	35,960	89,589
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	181	0	86	0
Katsuwonus pelamis Canada	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	585	1,230	7	1,189	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuwonus pelamis Canada	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	0	2,040	70	850	1,180	1,000	2,440	950	2,010	1,140
Katsuwonus pelamis Canada	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	1,530	3,220	860	2,090	2,550	3,470	1,440	810	2,290	200
Lamna nasus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Limanda ferruginea Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	24,200	25,600	28,200	29,700	18,144	19,883	10,844	13,157	17,797	20,937
Littorina spp Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	200	200	300	200	333	291	563	363	370	341
Loligo pealeii Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0
Lophius americanus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	100	16	22	31	92	143	156
Mallotus villosus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	3,400	2,600	4,500	6,500	15,626	4,790	9,996	10,466	18,556	22,093
Megaptera novaeangliae Canada	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	15	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Melanogrammus aeglefinus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	27,000	29,400	17,100	18,400	14,798	19,413	19,533	26,824	43,000	34,600
Menidia menidia Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	69	99	153	209	319
Mercenaria mercenaria Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	500	1,000	100	0	176	189	47	40	54	62
Merluccius bilinearis Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	12	103	29	10	32	16
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	8	38	46	93	62	41
Microgadus tomcod Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	400	200	300	400	270	204	283	339	304	346
Mollusca Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	10	5	0
Mollusca Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	317
Monodon monoceros Canada	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	88	30	0	341	291	251	300	263	279	319
Morone saxatilis Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	10	8	9	8	9	9
Mya arenaria Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	3,200	3,900	2,900	2,800	1,947	1,992	1,968	2,494	2,792	2,847
Mysticeti Canada	99 - All areas (World total)	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mytilus edulis Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natantia Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	700	300	400	800	1,202	784	3,503	2,801	1,569	716
Octopodidae Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	34	27	21	24	22	35
Odontoceti Canada	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	24,000	17,600	18,100	13,300	11,207	10,239	17,056	24,723	15,331	24,696
Oncorhynchus keta Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	16,800	5,400	30,200	32,700	12,479	5,389	10,922	6,032	15,855	4,751
Oncorhynchus kisutch Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	13,600	14,100	10,500	11,200	10,378	7,737	9,322	9,857	9,152	10,342
Oncorhynchus mykiss Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oncorhynchus nerka Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	11,400	17,400	9,500	21,500	21,694	5,681	12,339	17,388	22,321	14,532
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	6,600	8,700	8,400	7,600	7,637	7,289	7,776	7,522	7,887	6,845
Ophiodon elongatus Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	2,500	2,300	1,900	1,800	2,114	2,336	1,897	1,874	1,742	2,024
Orcinus orca Canada	99 - All areas (World total)	(n)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0
Osmerus mordax Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	1,800	1,400	1,200	1,500	1,886	1,847	2,109	1,941	2,229	2,544
Osteichthyes Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	9,500	10,700	11,000	10,300	9,196	7,395	4,465	11,320	11,141	11,677
Osteichthyes Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	100	26	28	17	12	16	8
Osteichthyes Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	2,500	3,800	2,400	2,100	2,838	2,392	2,653	3,466	5,106	4,099
Osteichthyes Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	100	0	100	374	69	37	145	152	10
Osteichthyes Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	1,000	1,500	2,200	2,200	1,230	1,407	547	284	4,152	5,372
Otariidae, Phocidae Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	3,332	3,761	2,491	2,879	3,362
Pandalus borealis Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,098
Pandalus spp Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	2,000	1,800	1,400	2,200	3,613	4,703	5,031	6,764	8,434	8,652
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)	10,100	7,300	8,000	9,000	6,268	4,497	2,983	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)	142,295	132,660	76,583	65,542	92,050	114,202	119,519	119,519	145,469	140,253
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)	27	37	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Placopecten magellanicus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	48,900	41,700	45,200	42,000	54,090	66,091	94,574	116,849	109,405	89,536
Pleuronectiformes Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	2,100	3,200	1,729	4,815	2,019	963	2,299	2,211
Pleuronectiformes Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	5,600	4,900	3,600	3,100	3,318	4,540	5,195	3,871	3,159	4,517
Pollachius virens Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	10,900	12,000	18,200	27,200	25,187	26,665	23,676	25,558	27,435	31,220
Polychaeta Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	15	22	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)	4,400	4,500	2,700	3,300	3,309	2,932	3,817	2,900	2,733	2,935
Raja spp Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	200	500	100	200	875	191	1,682	2,002	1,901	1,653
Rajiformes Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	300	300	300	300	283	646	738	949	564	700
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	12,000	10,400	9,800	7,800	6,964	9,499	11,493	22,895	31,719	39,829
Rhodophyceae Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	48,200	36,700	24,900	34,200	59,865	36,130	24,396	22,202	25,474	25,506
Salmo salar Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	2,300	1,900	1,500	2,200	2,252	2,190	2,209	2,134	1,321	1,079
Salmo spp Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	21	28	28	104	92	104
Salmonoidei Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	200	0	0	0	28	0	0	2	3	22
Salvelinus namaycush Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	1,000	800	700	700	680	590	840	968	693	1,075
Salvelinus spp Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	200	200	200	200	124	85	162	231	310	232
Sander canadensis Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	300	300	1,700	1,900	1,788	1,931	1,652	0	0	0
Sander vitreus Canada	2 - America, North - Inland waters	(t)	3,100	2,900	3,200	3,500	3,315	3,766	4,612	4,595	4,706	6,090
Saxidomus giganteus Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	1,100	1,100	1,600	700	1,110	1,173	1,179	1,634	2,603	4,112
Scomber scombrus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	15,700	15,000	16,300	21,600	16,701	13,544	15,746	20,057	25,429	30,244
Scombroidei Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scombroidei Canada	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	10	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scombroidei Canada	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	880	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scorpaenidae Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	3,000	2,300	4,100	2,800	2,674	3,227	3,986	7,920	10,305	8,790
Sebastes alutus Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastes spp Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	106,900	110,700	107,800	158,400	87,204	103,195	89,486	66,115	73,511	81,229
Spisula polynyma Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	100	100	200	100	161	116	168	295	245	344
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	36	1	3	1	84	1,331
Squalus acanthias Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	100	100	100	5,200	1,154	716	290	1,817	3,150	4,877
Strongylocentrotus spp Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	47	0	0	3	0	5
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	0	100	100	75	28	37	32	38	22
Theragra chalcogramma Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,299	910	2,370	3,386
Thunnus alalunga Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus alalunga Canada	67 - Pacific, Northeast	(t)	900	2,300	4,400	1,600	1,517	126	335	53	23	289
Thunnus alalunga Canada	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	50	10	0	0	0	0	10	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	161	0	318	0
Thunnus albacares Canada	34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central	(t)	191	44	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thunnus albacares Canada	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	1,240	920	1,730	4,020	5,530	1,650	1,580	2,330	1,440	280
Thunnus albacares Canada	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	3,220	2,510	4,940	2,840	2,590	2,080	2,230	2,120	1,050	10
Thunnus obesus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0
Thunnus obesus Canada	77 - Pacific, Eastern Central	(t)	250	130	0	0	0	20	0	0	60	0
Thunnus obesus Canada	87 - Pacific, Southeast	(t)	0	220	410	70	140	0	150	0	170	0
Thunnus thynnus Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	1,442	1,082	477	1,018	768	641	846	972	670	245
Urophycis chuss Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Urophycis tenuis Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	9,500	15,200	15,700	15,800	13,666	12,411	10,476	10,716	10,998	12,958
Xiphias gladius Canada	21 - Atlantic, Northwest	(t)	4,800	0	0	0	2	21	15	113	2,314	2,970
Total:			1,337,998	1,272,356	1,136,894	1,123,862	973,799	987,666	1,099,698	1,233,319	1,368,804	1,412,784

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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