nas MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT BRITISH COLUMBIA’S FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SECTOR April 2007 BCBritish Colnbia’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector, 2007 Edition BC Stats Table of Contents Introduction ....00 What's new in this report? 1. Defining the fisheries and aquaculture SeCtOF nn 1 1 Highlights 2 9 0 2. Why do we use GDP to measure the size of an industry?. 1 3. An overview of the fisheries and aquaculture sector... 4, Commercial fishing 24 5. Aquaculture 6, Fish processing... 7. Sport fishing, 8, International Trade in Fish and Seafood Products... 7 Fish and seafood product exports. 47 Fish and seafood product imports. 49 9, Establishment Counts... 53 10. Input/Output Multipliers 55 11. Topics for Further Research... 12, Revisions to the Data in this Report. 59 Appendix I: Methodological Notes and Issues, 60 1 Separating commercial fishing and aquaculture from hunting and trapping... . Commercial fishing... 2 3. Aquaculture 4. Hunting and trapping 6 5, BC Stats estimates versus the Statistics Canada data nnn 66 6. Fish Processing, 66 7. The “50% Rule” and how it applies... 67 8. Defining the sport fishing industry 67 9. Relationship between sport fishing and tourism industries. 69 10. Determining sport fishing shares... 69 11. Commercial fishing boats versus those used in the sport fishing industry: why are they treated differently?. 2 Appendix I: Data Sources. 74 1. Gross Domestic Product. 74British Coltonbia’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector, 2007 Edition BC Stats Revenue. .. Employment. . Wages and salaries. 5. Exports and Imports 6, Establishment Counts ...:.ssssinnnnsesnnnnntnnininninnnninnnnnntnnninsnnnnnsennni Statistical Tables Supplementary notes on methodology .....:ssmnnsinnnnnnnnnnnsninsnninnnnnnnnnnnn 7 73 7 76 76 7 98.