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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)	1	0	2	0	28	2	0	0	0	81
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	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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