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Table 3.23Landed catch and value

Landed catch and value
	Groundfish ¹		Pelagic fish ²		Shellfish ³		Total ⁴
	Catch	Value	Catch	Value	Catch	Value	Catch	Value
	tonne (live weight)	thousands of dollars	tonne (live weight)	thousands of dollars	tonne (live weight)	thousands of dollars	tonne (live weight)	thousands of dollars
1990	791,246	475,491	560,238	425,690	246,796	518,244	1,624,792	1,432,044
1991	792,383	500,184	431,514	293,514	247,199	580,985	1,506,966	1,392,490
1992	630,574	415,422	389,644	315,887	265,243	647,967	1,317,602	1,397,032
1993	431,407	297,814	418,817	364,067	284,396	730,487	1,154,408	1,419,576
1994	332,896	252,858	351,139	402,321	313,434	1,013,681	1,031,024	1,699,994
1995	220,710	232,210	302,013	242,458	305,165	1,270,278	858,039	1,781,263
1996	274,086	231,609	310,941	269,575	299,562	1,037,063	918,663	1,579,576
1997	276,317	255,308	323,497	222,455	337,297	1,081,094	977,940	1,599,953
1998	287,498	288,029	319,085	166,369	355,523	1,134,154	994,575	1,611,592
1999	298,264	324,995	286,236	124,061	382,486	1,435,695	1,003,063	1,910,165
2000	229,637	309,511	305,813	186,734	429,937	1,617,924	1,003,500	2,137,792
2001 ^p	274,925	302,344	307,672	171,916	433,100	1,618,301	1,053,338	2,118,552
2002 ^p	255,994	284,244	315,275	186,949	458,996	1,688,199	1,073,988	2,198,050
2003 ^p	255,614	302,496	348,728	185,743	466,742	1,753,631	1,120,060	2,278,953
2004 ^p	306,693	290,826	331,687	173,995	491,880	1,769,258	1,176,229	2,275,860
2005 ^p	304,286	313,854	324,465	184,387	443,537	1,550,581	1,096,645	2,076,771
2006 ^p	262,209	321,253	314,847	191,134	457,019	1,303,426	1,048,942	1,854,268

Species that are usually caught near the ocean bottom, including cod, haddock, pollock, redfish, halibut, flounder, and many others.

The pelagic species live in midwater or close to the surface. They include herring, capelin, swordfish, tuna, and many others.

Aquatic shelled molluscs (oysters, etc.) and crustaceans (crabs, shrimp, etc.).

Data do not add up because total also includes marine plants, lumpfish roe and miscellaneous other marine products.

Source(s):

Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Statistical Services, 2006, http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/communic/statistics/commercial/landings/seafisheries/index_e.htm (accessed November 5, 2007).