Status of Major Fish Stocks Data
| 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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| 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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