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Fish and Seafood

Aquaculture Atlas of Canada

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island

 


Marine Species

Atlantic Salmon
67 Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

Atlantic Halibut / Flétan de l'Atlantique
2 Atlantic Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)

Steelhead / Truite arc-en-ciel
6 Steelhead (Onchorhynchus mykiss)


Shellfish

Blue Mussels / Moules bleues
9 Blue Mussels (Mytilus edulis)

American Oyster / Huîtres américaines
69 American Oysters (Crassostrea virginica)

Scallops / Coquilles St. Jacques
13 Scallops (Placopectin magellanicus)


Developmental Species

Bay Scallop / Pecten
70 Bay Scallop (Argopecten irradians)

Soft Shell Clam
71 Soft Shell Clam (Mya arenaria)

Quahaug / Praire
16 Quahaug (Mercenaria mercenaria)

Sea Urchin / Oursin
18 Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis)


Freshwater Fish

Arctic Char / Omble chevalier
19 Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Tilapia
7 Tilapia (Tilapia spp.)


Fish images - source: Brenda Guild Gillespie