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FAO Capture Production in Canada (t)     n = 166
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Acipenseridae
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 200 300 200 200 200 200 200 100 100 100
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) 2,000 1,500 1,800 900 1,000 2,600 1,700 1,600 2,100 1,900
Alosa pseudoharengus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3,500 3,500 4,800 5,100 4,800 5,500 3,700 2,900 3,200 1,700
Alosa sapidissima
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alosa sapidissima
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 400 300 200 400 300 200 100 100 100 0
Ammodytes spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anarhichas spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,600 1,700 1,500 1,300 1,700 2,400 2,500 2,500 3,800 4,200
Anguilla rostrata
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 300 300 300 400 400 400 300 300 300 300
Anguilla rostrata
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 600 800
Anoplopoma fimbria
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 500 300 300 300 400 500 800 500 500 300
Arctica islandica
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 200 100 200 200 200 200 0 0 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) 500 140 3,500 5,600 6,800 7,000 6,600 7,900 6,600 9,400
Atheresthes stomias
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 100 100 100 100 100 0 0 0 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) 11 22 60 18 54 41 28 41 0 50
Balaenoptera borealis
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 0 0 60 135 272 366 362 306
Balaenoptera physalus
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 2 1 0 1 2 9 166 443 442 389
Bivalvia
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 300
Brachyura
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brosme brosme
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 2,700 3,200 2,700 2,100 4,300 4,800 6,000 6,200 4,200 3,400
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 0 0 0 0 0
Cancer magister
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 2,300 2,100 1,200 1,500 2,000 1,600 2,000 2,400 2,000 1,700
Chionoecetes opilio
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,200 8,900
Chlamys islandica
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupea harengus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 110,400 87,700 111,800 114,000 141,800 183,900 256,200 345,200 524,000 487,100
Clupea pallasii
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 85,100 203,400 202,000 259,700 229,200 201,400 139,600 53,000 2,900 2,000
Coregonus artedi
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 800 1,200 1,100 900 700 500 900 1,300 1,100
Coregonus clupeaformis
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 12,300 12,300 12,100 11,500 10,400 11,000 9,300 8,400 8,300 9,300
Coregonus spp
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 5,700 4,700 3,800 3,700 6,300 3,900 5,000 4,100 4,500 4,200
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crassostrea gigas
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 300 600 1,100 3,300 2,700 2,600 3,200 1,900 700 1,500
Crassostrea virginica
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,030 1,220 910 1,300 1,090 990 980 670 760 660
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 0 100 0 100 100 100 100
Cyprinus carpio
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 700 700 500 800 800 900 1,200 900 900 500
Cystophora cristata
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 242 2,487 529 750 1,511 2,079 5,766 1,361 147 900
Delphinapterus leucas
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 385 93 271 349 1,313 639 482 769 582 178
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) 3,600 3,600 4,100 3,800 3,700 3,500 3,600 3,500 4,300 3,700
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) 2,400 1,500 2,000 3,100 5,400 10,500 11,300 6,100 6,200 4,100
Gadus morhua
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 336,100 286,000 320,600 334,300 315,500 313,900 308,100 283,600 323,100 294,000
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) 1,957 6,262 220 221 2,849 1,520 887 739 204 0
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 15,900 14,200 14,600 12,200 13,300 12,700 15,200 17,300 16,000 14,900
Haliotis spp
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 39,000 35,100 23,100 57,200 47,600 61,500 73,700 74,700 73,800 81,800
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 3,900 3,600 3,600 3,000 2,900 2,700 3,000 2,600 2,400 2,100
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 15,400 13,400 15,700 16,900 20,400 20,200 20,300 16,600 17,900 20,700
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) 22,700 21,600 21,100 20,100 19,000 18,400 17,000 15,900 17,000 18,200
Hypomesus olidus
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 5,300 5,900 8,800 4,900 5,900 5,400 7,300 5,800 5,700 6,900
Hypomesus pretiosus
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 100 300 300 200 100 0 0 0 0 0
Ictalurus spp
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 0 500 600 700 400 500 400 600 400 500
Illex illecebrosus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 5,100 9,000 800 2,400 10,800 7,900 5,100 7,000 0 0
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) 900 3,100 3,600 4,100 5,800 8,800 8,300 7,300 10,700 13,500
Littorina spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 100 200 100 300 500 400 500 100 300 300
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) 7,200 5,200 4,600 5,500 4,900 5,000 5,000 3,800 3,400 3,600
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) 52,200 64,700 62,700 49,100 57,400 50,400 61,500 56,000 49,600 44,300
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 0 100 100 200 100
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) 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Microgadus tomcod
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 300 400 600 300 400 500 500 200 300 300
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) 1,200 1,500 1,400 1,000 1,200 1,500 1,900 2,000 2,100 2,900
Mysticeti
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (t) 0 0 713 578 880 865 717 495 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) 800 500 800 800 500 800 800 800 700 1,000
Octopodidae
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Odontoceti
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 41 25 14 6 2 5 0 0
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 7,700 22,500 42,300 27,100 16,500 10,400 33,300 23,400 25,200 6,300
Oncorhynchus keta
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 9,200 6,600 8,200 7,000 10,800 3,000 7,000 5,500 16,600 6,100
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 5,800 10,200 10,900 10,400 13,000 16,600 17,500 10,200 15,200 8,000
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oncorhynchus nerka
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 7,000 12,100 9,100 5,400 10,400 7,400 11,700 16,800 18,800 10,900
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 4,100 3,600 3,600 4,100 5,500 5,800 7,000 7,000 6,900 6,400
Ophiodon elongatus
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 2,100 2,100 1,900 1,500 1,700 2,400 2,700 2,700 3,400 2,700
Orcinus orca
Canada 		99 - All areas (World total) (n) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Osmerus mordax
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,500 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,900 2,000 2,000 1,700 1,700 2,000
Osteichthyes
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 11,700 9,800 11,600 10,600 9,200 11,900 9,500 7,800 9,700 9,500
Osteichthyes
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 4,900 5,900 5,600 3,800 3,400 4,200 2,900 2,400 4,300 3,700
Osteichthyes
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 2,600 2,000 2,900 1,000 2,300 3,800
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 1,200 1,000 1,100
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) 6,300 8,900 10,300 8,800 4,800 9,700 10,100 10,600 11,600 14,100
Phoca groenlandica
Canada 		18 - Arctic Ocean (t) 0 0 0 0 23,406 3,662 0 2,629 3,785 0
Phoca groenlandica
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 147,993 64,526 165,482 186,383 152,996 167,096 173,062 147,044 104,436 171,398
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) 25,000 40,700 50,500 60,700 62,700 46,800 68,700 50,000 55,100 52,000
Pleuronectiformes
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 600 3,900 2,200 3,200 2,600 3,200 5,000 5,400 5,500 4,400
Pleuronectiformes
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 3,500 2,800 2,900 2,600 2,800 3,000 4,900 4,200 4,700 4,900
Pollachius virens
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 30,200 27,100 32,800 30,100 30,800 27,600 18,600 17,900 18,200 16,100
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) 1,000 6,400 5,200 3,300 4,000 5,200 3,300 3,700 1,200 2,400
Raja spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 100 0 0 100 200 300 300 400 100
Rajiformes
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 300
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 800 600 800 2,200 9,400 15,200 17,300 15,800 14,900
Rhodophyceae
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 12,700 18,100 19,800 16,700 12,800 18,000 23,500 36,200 39,900 44,200
Salmo salar
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,600 1,600 1,700 1,800 2,100 2,200 2,400 2,800 2,100 2,000
Salmo spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 200 200 100 100 200 200 200
Salmonoidei
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 200 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salvelinus namaycush
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 1,800 1,800 1,900 1,600 1,500 1,500 1,300 1,300 1,100 1,000
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) 2,100 1,500 1,700 2,400 2,000 1,900 2,200 1,300 1,800 1,200
Sander vitreus
Canada 		2 - America, North - Inland waters (t) 6,300 6,000 6,800 7,300 5,300 4,400 5,100 3,900 3,900 3,500
Saxidomus giganteus
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 2,000 1,100 1,800 1,400 700 1,000 1,100 1,300 700 600
Scomber scombrus
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 5,900 6,400 7,300 7,800 10,800 11,300 11,700 11,200 11,100 13,300
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) 600 400 1,200 800 900 1,800 2,700 700 1,300 2,100
Sebastes alutus
Canada 		67 - Pacific, Northeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sebastes spp
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 21,100 25,500 27,700 37,400 36,900 56,700 83,100 85,900 92,500 96,700
Spisula polynyma
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 100
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) 500 700 0 0 1,000 200 200 200 300 0
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) 100 200 200 200 100 0 0 0 0 0
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) 200 0 200 0 100 200 300 600 1,500 1,800
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 45 646 680 655 936
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) 37 120 177 642 996 636 198 230 281 363
Urophycis chuss
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 400 300 400 0 0
Urophycis tenuis
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 7,600 8,800 8,600 8,300 9,700 6,900 9,200 7,700 6,300 7,100
Xiphias gladius
Canada 		21 - Atlantic, Northwest (t) 1,800 1,400 2,400 8,600 8,100 5,300 4,400 4,800 4,400 4,200
Total: 914,867 1,015,640 1,096,987 1,187,642 1,190,486 1,214,471 1,325,324 1,248,980 1,445,996 1,347,859

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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