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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)	203	404	437	140	2,316	125	1	0	0	1
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	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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