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With an extensive
coastline and a lake-and-river system containing more than half the
world's fresh water, Canada ranked twentieth among the world's major
fish producers in 1999 and was the world's third-leading exporter of
fresh, chilled, and frozen fish by value (after the United States
and Norway). Two of the world's great fishing grounds are located
off Canada. One lies along the Atlantic coast of the Maritime
provinces.
More than 1 billion
pounds of cod, haddock, halibut, pollock, and other fish are caught
every year along the Atlantic in deep-sea and shore operations. Most
of the cod and about a Articlethird of the total catch is dried and
salted for export to Mediterranean and Latin American countries;
another third is sold fresh; the rest is canned. vast numbers of
lobsters and herring are caught in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and
the Bay of Fundy.
The other great fishing region includes the bays, inlets, river
mouths, and fjords of British Columbia. Salmon, the specialty of the
Pacific fisheries, is canned for export and constitutes the most
valuable item of Canadian fish production. Also exported are fresh
halibut and canned and processed herring. Other important export
items are whitefish, lake trout, pickerel, and other freshwater fish
caught in the Great Lakes and some of the larger inland lakes. Feed
and fertilizer are important by-products.
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In 2000, Canada's total fish and seafood landings were estimated at
933,605 tons. The United States imports about 60% of Canada's fish
product exports by volume and 50% by value. Japan is the second most
important market for fish exports.
Canadian aqua cultural production in 2000 consisted of 91,195 tons
of finfish (86% salmon) and 32,729 tons of shellfish (66% mussels).
The government protects and develops the resources of both ocean and
inland waters and helps expand the domestic market for fish.
Canadian- US action has helped restore Pacific salmon runs and
halibut stocks and the Great Lakes fisheries, but pollution
represents a threat to freshwater sport fishing, especially in Lake
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