Status of Major Fish Stocks Data

• Status of major fish stocks, Canada, 2011
• Status of major fish stocks, by stock group, Canada, 2011

The table shows the number and percentage of major fish stocks in each stock status zone: 46% are classified as "healthy zone," 20% as "cautious zone," 11% as "critical zone," and 23% as "status unknown."

Status of major fish stocks, Canada, 2011

Classification	Number of stocks	Percentage of stocks
Critical Zone	17	11
Cautious Zone	31	20
Healthy Zone	72	46
Status Unknown	35	23

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The table shows, by stock group (Marine mammals, Groundfish, Small Pelagics, Large Pelagics, Salmonids, Crustaceans, Molluscs and Others), the number of stocks in each stock status zone.

Status of major fish stocks, by stock group, Canada, 2011

Stock Group	Species Included	Critical Zone (number of stocks)	Cautious Zone (number of stocks)	Healthy Zone (number of stocks)	Status Unknown (number of stocks)
Marine Mammals	Whales, walrus	0	2	4	5
Groundfish	Hake, plaice, cod, haddock, halibut, flounder, pollock, redfish, skate, sablefish, lingcod, rockfish, perch, thornyhead	14	11	10	8
Small Pelagics	Herring, walleye, mackerel, whitefish, capelin, sardine, striped bass, gaspereau, eulachon	3	6	9	4
Large Pelagics	Tuna, swordfish, shark	0	2	2	3
Salmonids	Salmon, trout, char	0	6	8	3
Crustaceans	Crab, lobster, shrimp, prawn, krill	0	2	29	4
Molluscs	Scallop, clam, geoduck, whelk	0	2	7	7
Others	Sea cucumber, sea urchin, eels	0	0	3	1
Total		17	31	72	35

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