Value leaders in 1999 were lobster, crab, shrimp and cod. Value leaders were herring, halibut, clams, redfish and salmon. Species landed included pickerel, yellow perch, whitefish, northern pike and lake trout. Aquaculture provides jobs for more than 7,000 Canadians, and in 1999, accounted for 10 per cent of the total Canadian production of fish and shellfish. Canada is one of the world's key suppliers of farmed salmon, produced almost exclusively in British Columbia and New Brunswick.
Atlantic salmon predominates with chinook and coho also produced.
Trout, steelhead and Arctic char are cultured in smaller numbers. Shellfish farming is an increasingly important contributor to Canada's expanding aquaculture industry. Prince Edward Island's rope-grown mussels are well known around the world as is the technology that developed them. The volume of imports decreased by more than 61,000 tonnes. Fisheries and Oceans Canada is the federal government department that regulates and manages the Canadian fishery.