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British Columbia's Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector

May 2001

Document format: pdf

Publisher: British Columbia Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations

Creation date: May 2001

This is the second edition of a report commissioned from BC STATS by BC Fisheries. The first report, which was released early in 2000, presented estimates of gross domestic product (GDP), revenue, employment and earnings in the province's fisheries and aquaculture sector for the period from 1984 to 1997. Also included were data on international trade in fish and seafood products, as well as counts of the number of fishing-related establishments in the province in selected years.

The initial report represented the first-ever attempt to provide an overview of all four components of the province’s fisheries and aquaculture sector, which includes the following industries:

Commercial fisheries; Aquaculture; Fish Processing; and Recreational fisheries (sport fishing)

The report was the first to put all four component industries in the sector on a consistent footing, using standard concepts and data similar to those used to assess other sectors such as forestry, agriculture, tourism and high tech. This made it possible to assess the overall size and economic impact of the fisheries and aquaculture sector relative to other industries, and to identify emerging trends. The ability to measure the performance of the sector vis-a-vis the rest of the economy will provide a basis for a better understanding of the long-term prospects of British Columbia’s fisheries and aquaculture sector.

This edition of the report presents updates to the previously published information. It includes updates to the historical data, as well as information for 1998 and 1999 and where possible, for the year 2000. At the same time, the methodology used to generate the estimates, in particular for the sport fishing industry, has been further refined, and revisions to the data used to generate the estimates have been incorporated.

Key Words: Canada • British Columbia • Aquaculture Statistics • Economics • Socio-economics