Introduction

One of the three primary industries in Canada, fishing is a highly recognized commercial enterprise. There are many Canadians that depend on sea food for their diet. In fact about 8.6kg of fish is consumed per person/year in Canada. There are three major fishing regions (fisheries). They are the Atlantic coast fishery which is off the coast of the Maritime Provinces such as New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the Pacific coast fishery which is off of BC, and the freshwater fishery which is the fishing done in Inland lakes, mostly the great lakes. The three types of fish found are Pelagic which are surface fish, groundfish that stay in deep water, and shellfish that live in the shallow waters.