Session One: Contaminants and Ecosystem Health CHARACTERIZATION OF FISH PROCESSING PLANT EFFLUENTS IN THE ATLANTIC REGION – 2003
The fish and shellfish processing industry is an important commercial activity in Canada, par-ticularly in the Atlantic Region. In 2000, catches in the Atlantic Provinces totalled 819,361 tonnes, which was 85 percent of the national total (AMEC 2003). The highest production in the region is in herri...
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Summary: | The fish and shellfish processing industry is an important commercial activity in Canada, par-ticularly in the Atlantic Region. In 2000, catches in the Atlantic Provinces totalled 819,361 tonnes, which was 85 percent of the national total (AMEC 2003). The highest production in the region is in herring, shrimp, snow crab, scallop, cod and lobster. In that year, the Pacific fishery accounted for 14 |
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