1. Canadian Fisheries Daniel V. Gordon Department of Economics University of Calgary, Canada FAO Value Chain Workshop University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan December 2010

2. Introduction Review of Canadian Fisheries Canada in World fisheries Production Management International Trade Employment and Income 2

3. Canada in the World Fisheries World Rankings by Volume (000t) 200420052006% change 2005-06 1 China17,44017,52517,5720% 2 Peru9,6129,3947,021-25% 3 US4,9954,9614,866-2% 4 Indo4,6534,7044,7691% 5 Chile5,3124,7384,474-6% 6 Japan4,4284,1964,3023% 7 India3,3913,6913,8554% 8 Russia3,0003,2483,3503% 9 Thailand2,8402,8142,776-1% 10 Norway2,6732,5472,401-6% 20 Canada1,1931,1241,074-4% Source: FA0 FishStat PlusCaptureProduction. 3

4. Worldwide aquaculture production experienced significant growth of 11.5% in terms of volume from 2004 to 2006. Canadian aquaculture production increased by 18% between 2004 and 2006. 4

5. Rank Country Aquaculture Production, (,000 t) 200420052006 % change 2005- 06 1 China41,33443,27545,3015% 2 India2,7992,9673,1285% 3 Indonesia1,4692,1242,2205% 4 Philippine1,7171,8962,09210% 5 Viet Nam1,2291,4671,68815% 6 Thailand1,2601,3041,3866% 7 South Kore9531,0581,27921% 8 Japan1,2611,2541,224-2% 9 Bangladesh9158828921% 10 Chile68571483617% … 23 Canada14515517111% Soursce: FAO FishStat Plus Aquaclture Production dataset. 5

6. Value of the commercial fisheries, aquaculture and processing in Canada, 2004-2006 Industry Production value ($m) 2004 2005 2006 % change 2005-06 Marine fisheries 2,316 2,120 1,922 -9% Freshwater fish 64 66 68 3% Aquaculture 541 715 913 28% Processing 4,560 4,300 4,197 -2% 6

7. Production 7

8. The most significant crustaceans harvested in Canada are shrimp, snow crab and lobster. Together, these species represented about 64% of the total landed value for marine species in Canada between 2004 and 2006. 8

9. Volume of Landings (000t) and Value ($ million) 20042006 Volume Value Salmon26 5324 60 Ground Fish295 206258 329 Pelagic319 147296 132 Crustaceans360 1,511338 1,165 DFO 9

10. Management A number of management techniques are used in Canadian Fisheries; TAC limits set for each fishery Competitive, Trap Limits, and IQ And Enterprise allocations 10

11. Management IQ fisheries accounted for over 50% of total landed values About 21 out of 27 key commercial fisheries in the four Atlantic DFO regions are managed at least partially under IQ or ITQ The important exception is the inshore lobster fishery. 11

12. International Trade The US is Canada’s main trading partner in fish products In 2009 almost 63% of fish exports worth about 2 billion dollars went to the US Japan and China are second and third with 7.9 and 6.8% of total fish exports 12

13. Employment by industry, Canada, 2004-2006 Industry Employment estimates (number of persons) 2004 2005 2006 % change 2005-06 Fisheries 53,783 52,822 51,462 -3% Aqua 3,985 3,920 3,970 1% Process 32,204 29,342 28,587 -3% Total 89,972 86,084 84,019 -2% 13

14. Income Fishing Income for small vessel owners has fallen in Canada 2007 $20,790 2008 17,940 Or a fall of about -13.7% Aquaculture is a bright spot with average income at about $34,800 14