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Pacific fisheries fleet revenue and diversification

Release date: April 2024
Infographic: Pacific fisheries fleet revenue and diversification
Description: Pacific fisheries fleet revenue and diversification

Pelagic

Tuna - licence prefix CT

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $160,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 255
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 0
  • Tuna: 19%
  • Halibut: 29%
  • Sablefish: 23%
  • Prawn: 11%
  • Others: 18%

Shellfish

Crab - licence prefix R

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $574,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 187
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 34
  • Crab: 97%
  • Prawn: 2%
  • Halibut: 1%

Red sea urchin - licence prefix ZC

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $157,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 80
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 30
  • Red sea urchin: 35%
  • Sea cucumber: 38%
  • Geoduck: 19%
  • Green sea urchin: 5%
  • Others: 3%

Green sea urchin - licence prefix ZA

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $75,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 48
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 1
  • Green sea urchin: 13%
  • Sea cucumber: 42%%
  • Geoduck: 25%
  • Red sea urchin: 19%
  • Others: 1%

Shrimp - licence prefix S

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $89,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 207
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 26
  • Shrimp: 9%
  • Groundfish trawl: 29%
  • Prawn: 14%
  • Halibut: 11%
  • Others: 37%

Geoduck - licence prefix G

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $1.4M
  • Number of commercial licences: 50
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 5
  • Geoduck: 94%
  • Sea cucumber: 5%
  • Others: 1%

Sea cucumber - licence prefix ZD

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $326,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 83
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 3
  • Sea cucumber: 43%
  • Geoduck: 36%
  • Red sea urchin: 15%
  • Green sea urchin: 4%
  • Others: 3%

Prawn - licence prefix W

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $203,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 185
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 62
  • Prawn: 64%
  • Halibut: 10%
  • Tuna: 8%
  • Crab: 5%
  • Others: 13%

Salmon

Gillnet - licence prefix AG

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $20,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 797
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 334
  • Gillnet: 26%
  • Halibut: 26%
  • Prawn: 20%
  • Crab: 7%
  • Others: 21%

Seine - licence prefix AS

  • Average landed per active vessel: $89,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 209
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 67
  • Seine: 23%
  • Groundfish trawl: 33%
  • Halibut: 31%
  • Sablefish: 8%
  • Others: 5%

Troll - licence prefix AT

  • Average landed per active vessel: $63,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 293
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 92
  • Troll: 23%
  • Halibut: 37%
  • Tuna: 16%
  • Prawn: 11%
  • Others: 13%

Groundfish

Halibut - licence prefix L

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $360,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 340
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 94
  • Halibut: 44%
  • Crab: 16%
  • Sablefish: 11%
  • Tuna: 9%
  • Others: 20%

Rockfish - licence prefix ZN

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $103,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 210
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 51
  • Rockfish: 4%
  • Halibut: 39%
  • Sablefish: 19%
  • Crab: 16%
  • Others: 23%

Sablefish - licence prefix K

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $730,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 41
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 7
  • Sablefish: 55%
  • Halibut: 31%
  • Tuna: 6%
  • Prawn: 3%
  • Others: 5%

Groundfish trawl - licence prefix T

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $1.5M
  • Number of commercial licences: 135
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 4
  • Groundfish trawl: 84%
  • Sablefish: 5%
  • Halibut: 3%
  • Tuna: 2%
  • Others: 6%

Schedule II - licence prefix C

  • Average landed value per active vessel: $65,000
  • Number of commercial licences: 308
  • Number of communal commercial licences: 14
  • Scehdule II: 1%
  • Geoduck: 30%
  • Sea cucumber: 29%
  • Red sea urchin: 22%
  • Others: 17%

Average landed value in X per active vessel* - refers to the average landed value earned solely in the subject fishery per vessel that actively fished in the subject fishery.

Average revenue streams per active vessel licensed in x** - refers to the average landed value earned across all diversified fisheries per active vessel that was licensed in the subject fishery, regardless if it fished in the subject fishery or not.

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